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On September 1st 1928, Philo Farnsworth displayed the first working television which was made commercially available in the late 1930's. Now, as we rapidly approach 2009, the average American watches between 2-5 hours of television a day. The role the boob tube plays in our everyday lives, however evil it may be, has rapidly transformed since its inception. A recent scientific breakthrough ensures that the television has just begun its technological evolution.
Since 1990, a team of scientists at the University of Arizona have been studying holographic projection technology and have made their first major step forward in making it a plausible reality. In the next 20 years, it looks like we could be watching movies with the characters in vivid 3d, popping out of our wall or being broadcast on our coffee table. Fascinating stuff.
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