According to a piece in the New York Times Mandarin Makes Inroads in U.S. Schools. The demand for new programs in Mandarin Chinese is ten times higher than the demand for other languages on the new advanced placement list and it looks like even more programs will be started. This is a nod to the…
Daily Archives: January 3, 2006
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Taipei 101 . . .
. . . fireworks from above . . .
. . . . happy new year!
by Brian David Phillips •
Here it is . . . fireworks from the tallest building on the planet . . . Taipei 101 New Year’s Fireworks . . . We didn’t go as we were having our annual potluck get-together but a few friends did go. Instead of the estimated 200,000 people (more than capacity), there were over 400,000…
3D/VR/AR/360°
dual CCD . . . twin lens digital camera . . .
. . . but not 3D, yet
by Brian David Phillips •
Kodak unveils the “world’s first dual lens digital camera” . . . Kodak EasyShare V570, dual CCD . . . so, is a fully featured stereodigicam for digital 3D photography so far off? This model is not 3D but Kodak did manufacture one of the most popular of the film stereocameras in the 1950s and…
3D/VR/AR/360°
Depp and Winslet to narrate Deep Sea 3D
by Brian David Phillips •
Interesting . . . Depp and Winslet to narrate Deep Sea 3D . . . ‘Finding Neverland’ co-stars Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet are set to join forces once again after signing on to narrate ‘Deep Sea 3D’, an exclusive Imax underwater documentary. The documentary is an Imax and Warner Bros. Pictures collaboration and was…
