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05-12-2003 06:07 AM ET (US)
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Edited by author 05-12-2003 06:17 AM
An LED grid that fine? On something that spins quickly? How would they transfer that much instruction from a still base to a spinning object? It could instead be lasers aimed at the spinning element, like the 3D display I saw on some submarine documentary about eight years ago. It was a white plane twisted about its centerline, spinning in a clear cylinder, painted by lasers so as to accomplish the effect described in the press release for this latest incarnation. It was about two feet across in the documentary, and had a less-than-impressive refresh rate.
But how do they bounce the lasers out of the base to make them visible from anything resembling "above"? Maybe it's only a side-on technology if the lasers are contained in the base. Or maybe the spinning element isn't twisted in this one.
I still heed the exploding cd principle. I also heed the Jesus-Christ-do-not-tilt-the-display-unit-during-operation gyroscopic principles. However, on that note, I'm still in great and deep awe that I can (accidentally) tilt a computer with a 7200rmp hard drive and not hear horrible noises.
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