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Los Angeles (AFP) April 29, 2010 After immersing movie-goers in the dazzling imaginary world of Pandora, "Avatar" director James Cameron is training his 3-D camera on a planet closer to home: Mars. The Pasadena Star News reported Thursday that the Oscar-winning filmmaker has persuaded NASA to install a high-resolution 3-D camera on the next generation Mars rover, Curiosity, due to launch in 2011. Cameron had lobbied NASA administrator Charles Bolden directly in a meeting in January, the newspaper reported. Cameron, whose science-fiction epic "Avatar" has earned more than 2.7 billion dollars worldwide, argued that a rover with 3-D "eyes" would better help to capture public imagination in the mission. "He actually was really open to the idea," Cameron was quoted by the newspaper as saying. "Our first meeting went very well." The report said NASA had purchased a 3-D camera that would be rigged to a mast on top of Curiosity. "It's a very ambitious mission. It's a very exciting mission," Cameron said. "(The scientists are) going to answer a lot of really important questions about the previous and potential future habitability of Mars."
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Sharp says to launch 3D televisions by summerTokyo (AFP) April 12, 2010 Japanese electronics giant Sharp said Monday it will begin selling 3D televisions before the summer, as competition in the sector intensifies. "We will unveil our 3D Aquos models in May, and launch them before the summer shopping season," executive vice president Masafumi Matsumoto told a press conference. In doing so Sharp will join rivals Samsung Electronics and Sony Corp. in a sector ... read more |
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