CNN style holograms (though hopefully more realistic) are coming to the US military. Using a process called “quantum ghost imaging” they hope to create realistic, self-aware virtual soldiers that can be actually put into battle. The exact science behind quantum ghost imaging is a bit mind boggling, and not quite perfected, yet (though very close).
Beyond holographic soldiers, the army is pursuing equally sci-fi to reality tech, such as erasing and implanting memories(!), electronic telepathy and regenerating body parts. There’s hope that some of the more practical (like limb regeneration) innovations will eventually be used to help everyday people.
[via Gizmodo]
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Are you for real?!
That last paragraph is really scary! You think this sounds cool and the government are gonna use it to help people?! Open your eyes dude
November 6th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
dude…you’re lame
November 6th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
I understand the author takes his/her source from Gizmodo but I believe the article is a bit misleading.
The hologram thing is not created using Quantum Ghost Imaging techniques. It will be photo-realistic, but it’s not like what you see in Star Wars or Star Trek’s hologram for that matter. It’s your usual projection onto a screen technique. Nothing amazing here.
As for that Quantum Ghost Imaging technique thing, it’s a technique that utilizes quantum entanglement to capture “photos”, so to speak, without directly capturing photons reflected from the target object. It’s like you point your camera at A but you get picture of B, that is located elsewhere.
November 8th, 2008 at 3:37 pm