But that began the somewhat cyclical fascination with three-dimensional film. The next big boom in 3-D happened in the 1950s. That era introduced the world to dozens of B movies that relied heavily on odd gimmicks. Movie producers wanted to find ways to lure audiences away from their ...
The next big boom in 3-D happened in the 1950s. That era introduced the world to dozens of B movies that relied heavily on odd gimmicks. Movie producers wanted to find ways to lure audiences away from their television sets and into the theater. Their schemes ranged from installing vibrating...
including the oil majors and chemical giants that produce the building blocks for our modern plastic world — think Exxon, Dow, and Shell — and consumer giants like Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and Unilever that package their products in the stuff. Big Plastic isn’t...
With the war finally over, American consumers were eager to spend their money, on everything from big-ticket items like homes, cars and furniture to appliances, clothing, shoes and everything else in between. U.S. factories answered their call, beginning with the automobile industry. New car...
Humans would become obsolete in the computer world. We would have created a superhuman intelligence. Advances would come faster than we could recognize them. In short, we would reach the singularity. What Would Happen Next? Vinge says it's impossible to say. The world would become such a ...
While the EBR was sold only in Japan, the PRS models were sold all over the world. This marks the transition of the ebook market from a technical novelty to a (relatively boring) mass market. Because it was only sold (at least officially) in Japan, because it was not very successful,...
This man’s work had been the lonely but joyful task of raising his family. This man was my father. I was the 16-year-old, the oldest of seven. 【1】There were ___ children in the man’s family. A. eight B. seven C. six D. five 【2】The man’s parents and his wife’...
Last November, FilmRise inked a deal with electronics giant LG to launch a suite of its FAST channels, including one for Gordon Ramsay reality format Hell’s Kitchen and a FilmRise Free Movies channel, on LG’s smart TVs worldwide. By most measures, FilmRise is now the largest independent...
already starting to look a bit old hat, because there's always newer and better stuff on the horizon. Back in the 1990s,HDTV (high-definition television)was an example of this "newer and better stuff"; today, it's quite commonplace. But what makes it different from the TVs that came ...
I would be remiss if I did not mention Smart TVs, another form of watching digital television. While many of these devices come with built-in technology to stream content over the internet, most are OTT services such as the hugely successful Roku. These are great options for those who are...