Eclectic Perambulations in the Noosphere
"It’s a kind of validation when our past visions of the future and the present collide, reminding us that things we thought were possible back then actually were within reach. Take, for example, Tokyo-based Burton’s Aerial 3D technology. The company claims it’s the first 3-D tech that casts three-dimensional objects in mid-air without using any kind of screen. It recalls that scene in Star Wars where the crustacean-faced guy is planning the rebel battleplan around his big holographic table. And it’s here today.
Rather than using a screen to generate the illusion of three dimensions, Aerial 3D is a laser system that uses beams of light projected from below to generate plasma excitation in atoms of oxygen and nitrogen in the air. It currently can create 50,000 points of light per second, giving it a somewhat choppy frame rate of 10-15 fps. Burton is working to improve that to 24-30 fps, comparable to that of basic video.
The result of all of this is a floating, 3-D image that can be viewed naturally in 360 degrees. It’s not quite the Death Star wrecking tech of our sci-fi visions just yet, but if the video below is any indication it’s well on its way." via PopSci
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3D Mathematical Beadwork by Kazunori Horibe
"Looking closely at one example, you can see how the surface curvature depends on the structure. Generally, six-sided cycles correspond to an infinite tessellation of hexagons, which makes a flat plane or can be rolled into a cylinder. But in the places where positive curvature (a spherical region) is desired, some pentagons are used instead of hexagons. And in places where negative curvature (a saddle-shaped region) is desired, some heptagons are used instead of hexagons. With this knowledge, the bead designer can control the surface outcome."
3D view by Volkan Yuksel...To view, click on images above to enarge, cross your eyes, focus on center image
Devils Tower (Lakota: Mato Tipila, which means “Bear Lodge”) is a monolithic igneous intrusion or volcanic neck located in the Black Hills near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises dramatically 1,267 feet (386 m) above the surrounding terrain and the summit is 5,112 feet (1,558 m) above sea level.
Bob Kao and Kieran Short, Monash University
"Three-dimensional image showing a fetal mouse kidney at embryonic day 16 (E16). The sample was dissected whole and stained for two different proteins. The protein in green is expressed in the unspecialised embryonic connective tissue that will ultimately differentiate and form the body of the kidney. The protein in red marks the developing collecting duct system, including the renal pelvis, which is clearly observed in the centre and will funnel excreted urine into the ureter."
