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China tests package delivery via drones
While U.S. companies remain grounded by the FAA, a China-based company tests package delivery via small drones in China!
(Bloomberg) — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is making its first trial drone deliveries in China, as e-commerce rival Amazon.com Inc. struggles to start a similar program in the U.S.
via Alibaba Drones Fly Over Beijing While Amazon Pleads for U.S. Tests – Bloomberg Business.
New Olympus E-M5II rumored to shoot 65 megapixel RAW images
Glasses-Free 3D tech based on true holograms
Many people think any 3D image is a hologram – but most 3D images are not holograms at all.
Holograms are a specific method of storing light wave interference patterns on, say, 2D film, in a such a way that when a light passes through the film, the original true 3D image is recreated. A 3D hologram can viewed – glasses free – from any position. It’s not a stereoscopic image.
Researchers are developing true holographic displays based on acoustically modulated crystals that change their refraction. It’s a very clever idea.
Cheap Holograms Could Give Rise to Glasses-Free 3D TVs.
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YouTube Now Streams HTML5 Video By Default
Youtube now defaults to HTML5 video player for all browsers:
Here is one more nail in Flash’s coffin: starting today, YouTube defaults to using HTML5 video on all modern browsers, including Chrome, IE 11, Safari 8 and the beta versions of Firefox.
via YouTube Now Streams HTML5 Video By Default | TechCrunch.
Youtube began supporting 3D videos and output devices back in about 2009 using a Flash-based video player. HTML5 does not presently support 3D video output options. Youtube has made no official announcement as to what will happen with 3D support.