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...three at once. With the new Foveon X3 technology, however, three sensors are stacked on top of one another, so that each pixel absorbs the full color spectrum. Result: a 3.5-megapixel camera using Foveon technology will produce images as clear as today's 7 MP models. INVENTOR Richard Merrill, Foveon AVAILABILITY December 2002 TO LEARN MORE www.foveon.com...
...virtual world now evolving on the Internet. Unlike other shared online adventures, Second Life isn't about slaying monsters or zapping aliens. It's about building things, meeting people and expressing yourself. Even if you already have a life, you may want to get a second one. INVENTOR Linden Lab AVAILABILITY Summer 2003, for a monthly fee TO LEARN MORE www.lindenlab.com
...point B while incurring maximum bodily risk, your ride is here: the Wheelman. Imagine strapping your feet to a clown-sized motorcycle, and you will get the basic idea. You steer with your weight, control the speed with a handheld throttle and pray with all your might. INVENTOR Grant Taylor AVAILABILITY Now, from $1,200 TO LEARN MORE www.wheelman.com.au...
...first time a scramjet has flown outside of a wind tunnel. It will take years of work before scramjets are available for practical uses, but they could eventually revolutionize space launches and commercial flights. At Mach 7, New York City to Tokyo is just a two-hour hop. INVENTOR The University of Queensland AVAILABILITY Alas, commercial flights are still many years away TO LEARN MORE www.mech.uq.edu.au/hyper/hyshot...
...Alexis (Angela Sperrazza ’04), says he’s going nowhere. “You’re a super hero comic book rock star by night, a victim of the world by day,” she says. Brent’s best friend, an inventor named Ty (Jay Chaffin ’06), first appears on stage recounting a religious experience on the toilet. Perlman, who is also a Crimson editor, describes Ty as a “cutting edge QVC media mogul, always inventing another crowd-pleasing novelty item.” His invention...