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Video ads and other ways sci-fi came true

Asylum Staff — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Entertainment, News, Weird, Science This week’s edition of Entertainment Weekly features a video screen embedded right into the magazine. While some are poo-pooing the impact of the gimmick, which features an ad for Pepsi Max and...

CCTV cameras on Brit streets detect crime before it happens

Bharat — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:07:52 +0000

I faintly remember the girl famed over the internet for her ability to guess crime scenes even before they happened. It was hallucination alright; she would see the reality before it happened in her dreams. There are numerous such instances when...

G-speak is the ‘Minority Report’ style OS we always wanted

Bharat — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:21:21 +0000

We’ve seen a range of jaw-dropping models of interactive displays, yet we long to see some more. Since we saw the Spielberg-directed Minority Report, wherein Tom Cruise and the other cops interacted with the glass displays with finger movements,...

Toyota designs futuristic car for 'Minority Report'

Jaiyant Cavale — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:53:44 +0000

Ladies, imagine a car that will freshen your lipstick without causing you to miss that red light, and men, haven’t you always fantasized about a car that can wolf-whistle at the hottie passing you by while you’re busy being fed a...

FirstPaper's e-newspaper could hit the markets soon

Jayaprashanth — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:17:22 +0000

Displays are developing rapidly by leaps and bounds to get slimmer by the day and in the near future you might be able to read from an electronic newspaper that is ‘printed’ on a foldable display screen, similar to the Philips-LG...

‘Minority Report’ technology applied to comic navigation

Asmita — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:40:33 +0000

Remember the super-cool wall PC interface that Tom Cruise manipulates with his hands in the sci-fi flick Minority Report? A team of PhD students led by Daniel Stoldle at the University of Tromso, Norway, have developed a display based on the...

Top 15 interactive display technologies

Naveen — Tue, 15 May 2007 11:12:38 +0000

I have seen the future, and it’s the Minority Report styled interactive displays. We have already come across an array of jaw-dropping demos on the interactive displays. Here, I have compiled a list of top 15 interactive displays that give us...

Futuristic gesture sensing displays could be out sooner than expected

Jayaprashanth — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:30:24 +0000

Tom Cruise used gesture sensing in the movie Minority Report. Now, you too might be able to do so very shortly if the researchers at MITs Media Lab manage to commercialize their latest gesture sensing display technology. This technology...

12 Sci Fi Surprises of the year 2009

Jayaprashanth — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:53:19 +0000

Over the years, Sci Fi flicks have given us many a gadget to drool upon. And along the way, many gadgets, which were fat first a preserve of the movies, became an integral part of our daily lives. In this feature, we bring you a few oh-so-wow...