Comments on: And the Wankley Award goes to… the CNN hologram http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/07/and-the-wankley-award-goes-to-the-cnn-hologram/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: paddy http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/07/and-the-wankley-award-goes-to-the-cnn-hologram/#comment-17425 paddy Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-17425 Rarely has there been a more worthy winner.<br /> Rarely has there been a more worthy winner.

]]> By: scot http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/07/and-the-wankley-award-goes-to-the-cnn-hologram/#comment-17426 scot Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-17426 Appropros to what Mark Duffet says, yeah, a hologram doesn't capture or transport matter. it is merely an 2-D interference pattern of light that can be re-projected and recreate the illusion of the original 3-D object. As an interesting side effect, any small part of the hologram contains the whole (at a appropriately less resolution).<br /><br /><br /> Appropros to what Mark Duffet says, yeah, a hologram doesn’t capture or transport matter. it is merely an 2-D interference pattern of light that can be re-projected and recreate the illusion of the original 3-D object. As an interesting side effect, any small part of the hologram contains the whole (at a appropriately less resolution).

]]> By: Mark Duffett http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/07/and-the-wankley-award-goes-to-the-cnn-hologram/#comment-17427 Mark Duffett Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-17427 "a hologram in the sense that they were able to capture matter and transport it in real time"<br /><br />Er...that's not a hologram in any sense at all. The invention of what you describe, which is a teleportation device (or 'transporter' in Star Trek terminology), would be bigger news than the election of Obama. “a hologram in the sense that they were able to capture matter and transport it in real time”

Er…that’s not a hologram in any sense at all. The invention of what you describe, which is a teleportation device (or ‘transporter’ in Star Trek terminology), would be bigger news than the election of Obama.

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