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Photos: A safer way to navigate the skies
Photo The black screen on the right shows the current system pilots use to fly in low visibility conditions, called the Remote Access Aviation System (Raas). The system also provides on screen a host of other... [05 Oct 2006]
Technical Brief: 3D Graphics Demystified
White Paper But most of the marketing and advertisements never really describe what 3D graphics are or why 3D graphics are useful.3D graphics in general are used to create realistic looking environments that are visible through the... [18 Jul 2007]
Diamond Systems Upgrades to 3D to Maintain Its Reputation for Leadership
White Paper The company upgraded from 2D CAD to Solid Edge Model virtual assemblies on-screen as well as re-used Solid Edge models in technical documentation, shop floor instructions and customer presentations.... [15 Jan 2008]
Creating 2D Action Games With the Game API
White Paper The new GameCanvas class makes it possible to paint a screen and respond to input in the body of a game loop, instead of relying on the system's paint and input threads. MIDP 2.0 includes a Game API that simplifies... [23 Nov 2004]
3D CAD Allows 50 Percent Time Savings Through Faster Development of Watch Movements
White Paper It doesn't just simply happen that the watch developer simply sits down in front of the screen and immediately creates a virtual 3D model from his initial rough ideas. NOMOS watches are mechanical watches offering an... [15 Jan 2008]
From High-End Bicycles to Complex Machinery, Solid Edge Supports the Creative Vision
White Paper In the machine design arena, Bardou combines solid models of individual components into digital assemblies, then views them on-screen to find interferences. Hugo Bardou wanted to support customers' demands for fast... [15 Jan 2008]
Satyam spices up silver screen with latest effects
News The glamour of Hollywood and the Indian outsourcing industry will collide on the big screen this year. Outsourcer Satyam will bring CGI effects to the silver screen when First Fear hits the cinemas... [29 Apr 2008]
Photos of the month - October 06
Photo If the plane gets too close to the ground or other obstacles, or the system picks up any other imminent disasters, the screen goes red. The screen to the left of the shot shows the new safety system with... [31 Oct 2006]
Mobile check-in coming in to land
News Passengers will then be required to present their phones, with the barcodes read from the screen using handheld scanners. Paper boarding cards could soon be a thing of the past: checking in with mobile phones has... [15 Oct 2007]
Holograms on handsets by 2010
News The global 3D screen market is forecast by industry to grow to 8.1 million units by 2010. Holographic mobile handsets capable of projecting, capturing and sending 3D images have been developed by an Indian tech company. [19 Jun 2008]
Those were the days: The Acorn Electron
Comment At least one screen - in Drummer Street Bus Station, Cambridge - still does, though we've yet to check that out. Yet again a journey down memory lane has produced a torrent of reader feedback, this week on the subject of... [25 Jan 2002]