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...issue are two blue-laser technologies that will drive tomorrow's DVD players. Both formats enable far more information to be packed onto discs the same size as traditional DVDs (which are read by red lasers). The two new varieties also offer strong copyright protection and far greater picture clarity, making them well suited to high-definition television as well as to computer screens. Beyond that, there are differences in price, storage capacity and other technical details...
...same time, we are seeing the emergence of smaller, brighter and cheaper data projectors. The technology in supermarket bar-code scanners is being transformed to create miniature high-resolution color laser projectors the size of a fingertip. Within a couple of years you will see them integrated into your cell phone and PDA; if you want to view data that won't fit on such small screens or if you want to look at the information with someone else, you can use those devices to project it onto any wall, tabletop or other surface so it appears as large...
...Kyle and I are laser sailors, so our boat handling skills are pretty good,” Johnson said. “We had great starts, but for Kyle, a freshman, to come in here and start like he did was incredible...
...dustup that harks back to the VHS-vs.-Betamax standards showdown at the dawn of the VCR era, the industry has splintered into two warring camps over how best to implement blue-laser technology. Spearheading one group is Sony, which promotes a technology it calls Blu-ray. Sony senior vice president Kiyoshi Nishitani, a battle-tested engineer who heads up the Blu-ray initiative, says his company began work on the new technology four years ago and quickly enlisted Matsushita (best known for its Panasonic brand), Philips and Pioneer, among others, as allies in its cause. All was going well...
...nearsighted Americans who are not good candidates for laser surgery, the Food and Drug Administration has approved another option: a tiny lens surgically implanted in the eye. The procedure, in use in Europe, takes half an hour and costs $3,000 to $4,000 per eye. In a company-sponsored study, 92% of 662 patients who got the Verisyse lens had 20/40 or better vision after three years; 44% tested 20/20. But patients also showed a steady loss of cells in the cornea, and the FDA has asked for a five-year follow-up study to track long-term effects...