Holographic technology at its finest

For those of you who just started replacing your DVD collection with high definition Blu-Ray discs having not all that long ago finished the transfer from VHS, you might want to consider banging your head against a nearby wall about now. A clever chap at the University of California has just ironed out the last few problems with HVD (Holographic Versatile Disc) technology which can store 20 times the ammount of data. Personally I’m hanging on to my vast cinefilm collection for another six months at which point it’s more than likely I’ll be able to have the films transfered directly to a microchip in my brain using nanomachines.

Sarah Jessica Parker in the Blu Ray version of Sex & the City

The Museo del Prado in Madrid, home to Hieronymous Bosch’s opaque masterpiece The Garden of Earthly Delights among other things has produced super high resolution scans of some of their major artworks and made them available to us all using the google maps API.

Meanwhile, the cracks are starting to show in less desirable places with the onset of Blu Ray technology and high definition televisions. Not only can we now see the celluloid grain on our favourite films, we can also see the blemishes and make-up lines
of our favourite actors and actresses. As we speak, HD ready make-up is being created and marketed to a horrified Hollywood. For example, Airbase are suggesting that you airbrush your face before stepping in front of those unforgiving HD cameras.