Tag: virtual reality
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Nation & World
Forget the sedatives, I’ll take some VR
Study of hand-surgery patients suggests “immersive experience” can curb need for drugs, cut hospital stay.
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Nation & World
Worlds of promise
The future of visual and augmented reality was the theme of a HUBweek event that attracted students, scientists, educators, entrepreneurs, and software developers for an afternoon of demonstrations and discussions.
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Nation & World
A thinner, flatter lens
A new meta-lens works in the visible spectrum, seeing smaller than a wavelength of light. Because of this development, high-efficiency, ultra-flat, or planar, lenses could replace heavy, bulky ones in smart phones, cameras, and telescopes.
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Nation & World
Making sense of memory
It happens to all of us: We think we learned of the Sept. 11 attacks from a radio report, when, in fact, the news came from a co-worker; we’re sure the robber running from the bank was tall, when actually he was short; we remember waking up at 7 yesterday, when 8 is closer to…