For over seven decades, Batman, also known as the Caped Crusader and the Dark Knight, has captured the imagination of comic book readers as well as television and cinema viewers in his quest to bring justice Gotham City and keep the streets clean from evil-doers; sometimes in a very comical, tongue-in-cheek fashion (1966 TV Series), other times in a dark and perhaps tragic manner (Dark Knight). One of the coolest things about Batman other than man himself are his high-tech toys and especially his ride, aptly called the Batmobile, of which we've seen many, many iterations over the years, with this writer's personal favorites being the 1966 television model based on the Lincoln Futura Concept and the Tim Burton's live-action film edition. In essence, the Batmobile can be any kind of car, though, that doesn't mean we like everything we see. This one, however, a hot-rod edition of the Batmobile designed by Mark La Frenais, looks pretty cool in our books and we wouldn't mind seeing it make the jump from a computer generated design to a real-life, fire-breathing, V8-powered bat-monster. What do you think? Story References: Mark La Frenais Hat tip to Sebastien! Source: Carscoops
Researchers in South Korea have developed new technology that could enable 3D television and cinema to be viewed without glasses. The team, from Seoul National University, created a slatted barrier that is placed on the screen itself and creates the illusion of depth in the viewer’s perception. Previous attempts at making glasses-free 3D TV have made use of a similar technology, but they required the screen to be viewed from a certain angle. The South Korean researchers got around this problem by creating the slat effect using polarisers similar to those that feature in the lenses of 3D glasses. They claim their method uses less projector space and is cheaper than current 3D projection technology. 
