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Japanese research develops holograms you can touch (via Switched)

According to the NTDTV report  researchers at Japan’s Tokyo University have managed to concoct holograms that not only react to touch, but that also create the sensation of touch, itself. Apparently, and not surprisingly, an integral part of the system is Nintendo’s Wiimote technology, which senses user input.

Ultrasonic waves are what create the sensory impression.

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Enceladus, one of Saturn’s 62 known moons, spews plumes of water ice.

At least four distinct plumes of water ice spew out from the south  polar region of Saturn’s moon Enceladus in this dramatically illuminated  image.
Light reflected off Saturn is illuminating the surface of  the moon while the sun, almost directly behind Enceladus, is  backlighting the plumes. See PIA11688 to learn more about Enceladus and its plumes.
This view looks toward the Saturn-facing side of Enceladus (504 kilometers, or 313 miles across). North is up.
The  image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft  narrow-angle camera on Dec. 25, 2009. The view was obtained at a  distance of approximately 617,000 kilometers (383,000 miles) from  Enceladus and at a Sun-Enceladus-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 174  degrees. Image scale is 4 kilometers (2 miles) per pixel.

via nasa
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