I don't own one, but I've used one. I think that the main advantage of having two screens instead of one larger one, is that you can fold it up to a smaller size! Plus, it's like a mini HHGG:-)
I immediately thought "tungsten light bulbs", when I read the title of the article, but didn't see it mentioned. A glowing wire to produce light is ancient technology, and about as efficient with its energy as using a truck to do your daily shopping. Modern gas discharge lamps produce the same amount of light at 1/7th of the power, last 6 times longer, and even produce the same 'cosy' type of light nowadays... Ok, tungsten light bulbs can be made really small, and are cheaper, but still... For general use, I don't really understand why the 'saving light bulbs' haven't caught on as much as I'd espect.
The surfaces on the spaceborn craft don't primarily function as wings for atmosphere, but are 'S-foils'. They generate normal forces that allow the craft to manoeuvre in space. They are a sort of reactionless propulsion, and are based on the same principle as hyperspace engines and gravity plating.
Wouldn't it be cool to have Soiid-State gyroscopes analyse the rotation of the handle, and produce that cool humming sound accordingly? Could be made really cheaply...
Shocks in rollercoasters can be far greater than 4 G. The construction itself endures hundreds of G's but this is, through dampening in the seats and the human body, reduced to something in the order of 10 or 20 G. But these shocks are not so much the problem, it's the sustained acceleration that might cause brain damage. In rollercoasters however, this is usually not greater than 2 G, and in rare occasions maybe 3. Though this might be too much for an old person with plugged vains, for a healthy individual this should be no problem. The human body should be able to sustain 6 G for a reasonably long period, which is what fighter- or stunt pilots often experience. In this article, they picked two favorable examples: astronauts and race car drivers, which both don't get a lot of G's (about 3), but seem like they do! Though regulations are fine, I don't think they should be too strict. And place a warning sign at the entrance!
And besides, rollercoaster are for whimps:) Try acrobatic flying!!
Looks to me like these 'units' use an angled glass plate as a semi transparent mirror to both project the image of the virtual person, and capture the image of the real person. This makes it possible to look directly at the image AND into the camera, whcih is the gimmick.
NO holography or 3D.
Slashdot Mirror
Off-topic, I know, but please, if you're going to go latin on us: the plural of virus would be viri, not virii...
I don't own one, but I've used one. I think that the main advantage of having two screens instead of one larger one, is that you can fold it up to a smaller size! Plus, it's like a mini HHGG :-)
I immediately thought "tungsten light bulbs", when I read the title of the article, but didn't see it mentioned. A glowing wire to produce light is ancient technology, and about as efficient with its energy as using a truck to do your daily shopping. Modern gas discharge lamps produce the same amount of light at 1/7th of the power, last 6 times longer, and even produce the same 'cosy' type of light nowadays... Ok, tungsten light bulbs can be made really small, and are cheaper, but still... For general use, I don't really understand why the 'saving light bulbs' haven't caught on as much as I'd espect.
The surfaces on the spaceborn craft don't primarily function as wings for atmosphere, but are 'S-foils'. They generate normal forces that allow the craft to manoeuvre in space. They are a sort of reactionless propulsion, and are based on the same principle as hyperspace engines and gravity plating.
"has cast doubt on possible life on the moon"
Does this mean there was no doubt before?
Wouldn't it be cool to have Soiid-State gyroscopes analyse the rotation of the handle, and produce that cool humming sound accordingly? Could be made really cheaply...
Genuinely curious: what's not solid state about a tube amplifier?
Shocks in rollercoasters can be far greater than 4 G. The construction itself endures hundreds of G's but this is, through dampening in the seats and the human body, reduced to something in the order of 10 or 20 G. But these shocks are not so much the problem, it's the sustained acceleration that might cause brain damage. In rollercoasters however, this is usually not greater than 2 G, and in rare occasions maybe 3. Though this might be too much for an old person with plugged vains, for a healthy individual this should be no problem. The human body should be able to sustain 6 G for a reasonably long period, which is what fighter- or stunt pilots often experience.
:) Try acrobatic flying!!
In this article, they picked two favorable examples: astronauts and race car drivers, which both don't get a lot of G's (about 3), but seem like they do!
Though regulations are fine, I don't think they should be too strict. And place a warning sign at the entrance!
And besides, rollercoaster are for whimps
I guess the article was quoted wrongly... It mentiones 10M degrees, the temperature at the center.
Looks to me like these 'units' use an angled glass plate as a semi transparent mirror to both project the image of the virtual person, and capture the image of the real person. This makes it possible to look directly at the image AND into the camera, whcih is the gimmick. NO holography or 3D.
Wouldn't that hurtle them into space? The circle velocity at this altitude is less then 4.8 miles or 4.15 nm per second...