Ra One nets highest ever Diwali day collections
[Philip Lelyveld comment: I saw this movie last night (in 2D projected from film). I thoroughly enjoyed this 2 1/2 hr Bollywood video-game action hero movie targeted with excellent special effects and fun dance numbers. It isn't great, but it is a lot of fun.]
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Next Stop: Nollywood
UNESCO has deemed the modern Nigerian film industry, popularly known as Nollywood, the second most prolific in the world. Its production volume far eclipses that of Hollywood and almost matches that of India’s Bollywood. In 2010, the Nigerian National Film and Video Censors Board, the federal regulator of the industry, reviewed an eye-wearying 1,612 domestic releases. This official number doesn’t include scores of others that bypassed the board.
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3D Silver Nano Funnel Converts Infrared Laser Pulses To EUV Light Flashes
Pulsed EUV light is used in the field of laser physics for exploring atoms and molecules. The novel technology can enable measurement of electron movement with high temporal and spatial resolution.
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Now Playing: Reality in 3D
In a holographic universe, all the information describing a certain volume of space would reside on its 2D boundaries. A close look at the boundaries would reveal no detail smaller than individual packets of information, much like the dot-like pixels of a photograph that appear when you zoom in. But with increasing distance from the information source, the dots would appear to blend into one another to create a smooth picture and, eventually, a 3D image. Think of the universe as a Magic Eye poster, with myriad dots on a 2D surface that turn into a 3D picture if you look at it in just the right way.
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3D Steampunk Robot Magnet Sets
One of my favorite places in the house is my refrigerator; and not just because that’s where all the food is. The fridge allows us to show off our creative side by place things like the Social Media Magnets, iPhone App Magnets, and the Giant Mustache Magnet on it while giving it some personality at the same time. These 3D Steampunk Robot Magnet Sets are sure to add to the fun.
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