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August 7, 2009

Who Wants To Have Sex With A Hologram?

BASICALLY. Touchable holography? Get out of this town!

Hahaha, baby elephant! In your pocket! The future is here, my ninjas. BALLIN'!

That is pretty magical, if you think about it. But somehow it doesn't seem that magical in watching this video, right? If you just watch this video it's like "yes yes, nerds on a Sunday, I know."

So I fixed it to bring the magic out.

Better. (Via Common.livejournal.com, basically the most important science site out there right now.)

P.S. you can actually read about, like, what this IS over here.

Posted by Gabe at 3:45 PM in
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Total Recall

Posted by: MYHAIRISABIRD profile link at 08/07/09 3:51 PM  | Reply
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my ninja, please

Posted by: super! profile link at 08/07/09 3:56 PM  | Reply
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what happens...if like...okay, let's say you're being a hologram, k? and you go peepees, can someone touch the "pee-gram" (TM) and it will feel like you're peeing on their hand?
because if the answer is "yes", we are sitting on a goldmine here

Posted by: BRAAAAAAAINSSss profile link at 08/07/09 4:00 PM  | Reply
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May I offer the makers of this video a hearty DUHHH on a silver platter for stating that this "holographic image" is brought to us by the magic of "concave mirrors"?
Like, you mean, the magic holographical projector was broken?

Posted by: Napoleon Complex profile link at 08/07/09 4:00 PM  | Reply
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nerd

Posted by: RobinRubbermaid profile link  in reply to  Napoleon Complex's comment at 08/07/09 4:33 PM  | Reply
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I'm sorry. I didn't realize that being a nerd on this site is a bad thing. ALL APOLOGIES!

Posted by: Napoleon Complex profile link  in reply to  RobinRubbermaid's comment at 08/07/09 10:47 PM  | Reply
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I meant that affectionately?


Are you kidding, this place is crawling with nerds!

Posted by: RobinRubbermaid profile link  in reply to  Napoleon Complex's comment at 08/08/09 5:50 PM  | Reply
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Hence, the confusion!
Wooh. Glad we cleared that one up.

Posted by: Napoleon Complex profile link  in reply to  RobinRubbermaid's comment at 08/08/09 8:42 PM  | Reply
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relax

Posted by: njoy profile link  in reply to  Napoleon Complex's comment at 08/07/09 5:47 PM  | Reply
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Computer, initiate program: tiny white elephant running around on my hand.

Posted by: Godsauce profile link at 08/07/09 4:02 PM  | Reply
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that was my favourite episode.

Posted by: kathleen11 profile link  in reply to  Godsauce's comment at 08/07/09 4:05 PM  | Reply
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All I'm saying is, Kanye was already doing this shit on his Glow In The Dark tour.... WHY WON'T YOU LET HIM BE GREAT??11!!!?!?!!1!!

Posted by: Becca profile link at 08/07/09 4:05 PM  | Reply
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I've almost come to grips with the fact that this little handheld elephant, albeit a holographic one, may be the closest we ever get to a Lindsay-post in this new age of Videogum. Almost.

Posted by: Tom Foolery profile link at 08/07/09 4:08 PM  | Reply
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Time Traveller arcade game circa 1991, y'all!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Traveler_(video_game)
What will Tokyo come up with next? Mother fucking blue jeans?

Posted by: Smokey Harem profile link at 08/07/09 4:14 PM  | Reply
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On that website it says, "I hope that the researchers plan on sticking to holograms of balls."


*grin*

Posted by: Godsauce profile link at 08/07/09 4:19 PM  | Reply
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(does anyone remember Bebe Neuwirth playing a touchable hologram in the Jim Belushi vehicle "Wild Palms"?)
(because I just remembered that)

Posted by: Patrick M profile link at 08/07/09 4:22 PM  | Reply
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viva anti-scientology wild palms! -- also, at 0:37 "i'm crushing your head!"

Posted by: inko8 profile link  in reply to  Patrick M's comment at 08/12/09 12:45 AM  | Reply
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I wish that the person belonging to the hand would say: "Hmmm. Rain drops keep falling on my hand." That would make this Friday sweet.

Posted by: K profile link at 08/07/09 4:33 PM  | Reply
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To answer your question: I do! I want to have sex with a hologram! (Not the little elephant, though. No homo!)

Posted by: WakeyWakey profile link at 08/07/09 4:42 PM  | Reply
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TOUCHABLE HOLOGRAMS ARE FUCKING AWESOME.

There, I said it. And I meant it too.

Posted by: hlebtastic profile link at 08/07/09 4:56 PM  | Reply
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AGREED. But where the FUCK was WILL.IAM at? I need HIS POLITICAL opinions all in MY EYES (that IS THE LAST thing I need IN MY EYES. After CLOROX (r) bleach).


PS. Hlebtastic I WANT to put you in the novel as A RATHER PIVOTAL character. THAT COOL?

Posted by: An American Patriot profile link  in reply to  hlebtastic's comment at 08/07/09 5:22 PM  | Reply
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I'd be honored.

Posted by: hlebtastic profile link  in reply to  An American Patriot's comment at 08/07/09 6:38 PM  | Reply
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I hope CNN starts using this!

Posted by: ber profile link at 08/07/09 5:20 PM  | Reply
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A bunch of nerds and not one of them is an A/V guy? what are the odds?

Posted by: product tester at the laxative factory profile link at 08/07/09 5:39 PM  | Reply
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I hope the holo-shed doesn't go on the fritz again. I can't deal with Evil Lincoln today.

Posted by: moonmaster profile link at 08/07/09 5:40 PM  | Reply
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I actually gaffawed when i heard the audio of your video edit.

Surprise lol's are the best lol's.

Posted by: Elliot profile link at 08/07/09 6:03 PM  | Reply
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I have NO DOUBT IN MY MIND BODY OR SOUL that the first viable commercial application of this technology will be remote e-peeing in people's hands.

Posted by: I Basically Don't Respect Your Country's Cultural Underpinnings Face King profile link at 08/07/09 6:25 PM  | Reply
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AGAIN, that was supposed to be a reply to the guy who said something about e-peeing in people's hands up there. I did not independently, simultaneously come up with the idea of online holographic watersports on your hand.

Posted by: I Basically Don't Respect Your Country's Cultural Underpinnings Face King profile link  in reply to  I Basically Don't Respect Your Country's Cultural Underpinnings Face King's comment at 08/07/09 6:26 PM  | Reply
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Isn't this the technology Megan Fox is made out of? S1m0ne 2.0!

Posted by: Ashley profile link at 08/07/09 9:19 PM  | Reply
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Uhh- I wouldn't want to have sex with a halogram, I got a man at home for that.

Posted by: reneelucky7 profile link at 08/07/09 10:01 PM  | Reply
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So Where the Wild Things Are IS the answer.

Posted by: susie dillingsworth at 08/07/09 11:36 PM  | Reply
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I don't know guys. That petri dish full of water sure looked aroused.

Posted by: Zayin_451 profile link at 08/08/09 3:32 AM  | Reply
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punctilious post. simply one decimal where I quarrel with it. I am emailing you in detail.

Posted by: Debt Settlement Program at 08/08/09 3:55 AM  | Reply
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Why does the water have mysterious floaties in it? That"s gross and unscientific. I'm a republican.

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