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Domestic Screen Count Will Increase By Over 2,200 BOCA RATON, Fla., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MovieTickets.com, a leading destination for the purchase of advance movie tickets, has added Carmike Cinemas, one of the nation's leading digital cinema and 3-D motion picture exhibitors. MovieTickets.com is currently providing ticketing services for Carmike's newly acquired Rave locations, and has launched the process of rolling out the additional 2,200 screens in the Carmike circuit....

On April 18th JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) will publish a new video article by Dr. Paul A Iaizzo demonstrating the anatomical reconstruction of an active human heart. The research uses contrast-computed tomography (CT) to allow in-depth 3-D computer modeling of hearts that can be used for prolonged archiving. Computational technology, when combined with advanced imaging techniques like CT, gives researchers extensive insight to the structure and function of human organs. While...

WATCH VIDEO: [Synthetic Tissue Built With 3D Printer] Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Scientists reported in the journal Science that they have developed a 3-D printer that can create materials with several of the properties of living tissues. The new type of 3-D printing material consists of thousands of connected water droplets within lipid films, which can perform some of the functions of the cells inside our bodies. It could become the building blocks of a...

Another breakthrough using customizable 3-D printable designs Just as the power of the open-source design has driven down the cost of software to the point that it is accessible to most people, open-source hardware makes it possible to drive down the cost of doing experimental science and expand access to everyone. As part of this movement, a Michigan Technological University lab has introduced a library of open-source, 3-D-printable optics components in a paper published in PLOS One from...

NEW YORK, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- 3doo Inc., the world's only global 3-D media and entertainment platform, today announced that LG, the world's second largest television manufacturer, has approved 3doo's Player App for download and installation on LG's line of Smart TVs in 87 countries and territories on every continent. "This significant milestone will expand 3doo's digital 3-D platform reach to millions of LG TV viewers in 87 countries, including major markets such as the...

In a new discovery that represents a major step in solving a critical design challenge, Arizona State University Professor Hao Yan has led a research team to produce a wide variety of 2-D and 3-D structures that push the boundaries of the burgeoning field of DNA nanotechnology. The field of DNA nanotechnology utilizes nature's design rules and the chemical properties of DNA to self-assemble into an increasingly complex menagerie of molecules for biomedical and electronic applications. Some...

WASHINGTON, March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has provided images allowing scientists for the first time to create a 3-D reconstruction of ancient water channels below the Martian surface. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) The spacecraft took numerous images during the past few years that showed channels attributed to catastrophic flooding in the last 500 million years. Mars during this period had been...

Raskullz expands playful helmet line with new 3-D attachments and infant helmets TORRANCE, Calif., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Raskullz has cracked the code on keeping bike and skate helmets on kids' heads. Cute characters come to life in 3-D designs, from a cuddly kitten's nose and ears to shark fins, ladybug antennas and multi-colored Mohawks, making Raskullz helmets so fun to play with, kids won't want to take them off. (Photo:...

Kemper America announced a new 3D-Welding Table System to its product lines of industrial welding solutions. The new 3-D Welding Table System provides businesses enhanced production through less down time and improved manufacturing standards, plus it is guaranteed for life. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) January 30, 2013 Kemper America announced a new 3D-Welding Table System to its product lines of industrial welding solutions. The new 3-D Welding Table System provides businesses enhanced production...

LONDON, January 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- EmergingGrowth.com, a leading digital financial media company, Reports on the Next Hot Technology and 3D Systems, Proto Labs, and Stratasys. One of the highlights of the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was an array of 3-D printing systems. While the concept is not new, dating to the 1980s, it has become increasingly powerful in recent years. Some now feel that it has the ability to fundamentally redefine many aspects of the...