Wednesday, April 1, 2009

3D TV

Are you ready for 3D TV? As bad as most TV shows are I think it will be a nice innovation, and the masters of techno gadgets, the Japanese are promising the world that it is just around the corner. Imagine watching a football game on TV that not only shows the players in three dimensions but also lets you experience the smells of the stadium as you watch.
The target date for 3D TV is 2020, according to a broad Japanese government plan to bring researchers together form government, technology companies and universities. It says that virtual reality TV will allow the watcher to see hgh-definition images in 3D from any angle in the w room. In addition, the viewer will be able to touch and smell the objects being projected upwards from a screen parallel to the floor.
According to Japan's Minister of Internal Affairs, Yoshiaki Takeuchi, all this is very possible. This may not be as easy as the Japanese government says it will be. Though we have d some 3D images already created in lab tests, there is no progress yet in the touch and smell technology that is planned for this kind of TV. (Hmmmmmm If it lets me touch Bush, I might throw a few punches as well...) Researchers are now looking into ultrasound, electric stimulation and wind pressure as potential technologies for touch. Apparently this is a serious undertaking. The Ministry plans to request a budget of more than 1 billion yen to help fund the project in the next year.
Sigh..But can 3D make so many of the awful programs shown more appealing? Even in 3D those reality shows still would be idiotic. It may be another example of technology preceding the art it is used to display.
How's this for another strange lawsuit? Alan Finch, 21, of Melbourne, Australia is suing his doctors for malpractice, saying they misdiagnosed him as a transsexual and in 1988 advised Michael to have a sex change. Alan was 21 when he consented to have the surgery making him physically a woman. But by 1996, Alan says he was "a mess" and struggling to live his life as a woman named Helen. In 1997, Helen became Michael again after another round of surgery recreated his male identity.
But Michael isn't satisfied no longer being Helen. He claims that those doctors who performed the first surgery knew he was not a suitable candidate based on a medical report that said Michael had an above average masculine quotient. So does the patient not have the legal responsibility to make decisions about his sexuality? Are doctors more aware of whether a patient is suitable for a sex change or is the patient?
Hmmmmmmm I am confused.......but not as confused as was Michael! I am not confused enough to have a sex change operation
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