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February 28th in Engadget by . Comments Off .

TI-Nspire graphing calcs get full color displays, 3D, WiFi, and new OS

It’s been a good year or so since the TI-Nspire line of graphing calculators got a refresh, but that was nothing compared to what the company’s planning for this year. Possibly responding to changing times (or the Casio Prizm), the new Nspire devices …

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February 27th in Gizmodo by . Comments Off .

"Fabricate Yourself" Kinect Hack Does Just That [Video]

Want a really, really rough 3D representation of yourself, printed out by a 3D printer using information gleaned from everybody’s favorite game accessory-turned-hacked accessory Kinect? Great, just sta…

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Nintendo 3DS launches in Japan, populace tears through initial 400,000 unit shipment

You won’t be able to snap one up at your local GameStop for a full month, but the Nintendo 3DS had a solid launch in Japan today, reportedly liquidating nearly its entire initial shipment of 400,000 spiffy stereoscopic gaming handhelds by the end of t…

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Clash of the Titans sequel will be another 2D-to-3D conversion, and Inception too?

After a poor response to the first Clash of the Titans movie and its substandard 3D effects, courtesy of a rushed conversion process, you’d think they would never try that again, and you’d be wrong. Director Jonathan Liebesman, fresh off of Battle:LA …

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February 25th in Gizmodo by . Comments Off .

A Brief and Wonderful History of Hollywood Special Effects [Blip]

From the earliest cartoon dinosaurs to stop-motion to CGI to today’s eye-gouging 3D, Time guides us through a tour of the major milestones in over a century’s worth of special effects achievements. Even The Parent Trap gets some much-des…

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February 25th in Gizmodo by . Comments Off .

Why the Hell is Inception Being Converted to 3D? [Movies]

Christopher Nolan, you made a great movie and all, but converting it to 3D post-production is not a good idea. Sure, it’ll squeeze a few more dollars out of everyone, but as we know, 3D conversion does not make for a good experience. [Bl…

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The Future of 2D Photographs Is 3D [Video]

You’ve probably seen Microsoft’s Photosynth tech, which creates mega-panoramas in 3D by compiling a ton of crowd-sourced photos and applying a little software voodoo. This new 3D-environment-from-2D p…

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Hasbro hops on the 3D bandwagon with Transformers Cine-Mask 3D glasses

Have any kids that want to see Transformers: Dark of the Moon this summer? Then you’ll likely want plan on adding $10 to the cost of each ticket, as Hasbro has come up with the ingenious idea to produce these Transformers Cine-Mask 3D glasses and sell…

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A Small Victory: Panasonic’s Just Pleased 3DTVs Have Now Beaten LaserDisc [Block Quote]

That’s in the US, anyway, where around 2 million LaserDisc players were sold from the late ’70s. 3DTV sellers still have some catching-up to do globally though, where 16.8 million LaserDisc players wer…

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Cornell University scientists use 3D printer to engineer human ear made of silicone

Welcome to the future, where scientists can print body parts. No, seriously: researchers at Cornell University have used 3D printing technology to engineer a human ear out of silicone. This should one day soon open the door to the creating functional …

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