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<title><![CDATA[E3 2011: Hands on with the 24-inch Sony 3D PlayStation display]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Sony 24-inch 3D display.(Credit:Dan Ackerman)LOS ANGELES--At Sony's E3 press conference, the company doubled down on 3D video game content, handing out passive 3D glasses to the audience for use in several demos, and revealing a new 3D display bundle. The $499 bundle includes a pair of active 3D glasses, a copy of Uncharted 3, an HDMI cable, and a 24-inch Sony display. We got a chance to get hands-on with the display and test one of its notable features. The still-unnamed display has a native resolution of 1,920x1,080, and a pair of HDMI inputs, along with one set each of component and composite inputs. The thin chassis was reminiscent of Sony's recent all-in-one desktop PCs. The demo available at the Sony press conference was not of the display being used for 3D gaming, but of a two-player mode, where two gamers can each wear a pair of the Sony glasses (which sell for $69 separately), and each sees a unique image on the screen. Vizio showed off a similar technology atCES 2011 -- essentially, one pair of glasses reads half the images on the screen, and the second pair reads the other half. If you're not wearing the glasses, you see both images ghosted against each other. The $499 bundle includes one pair of glasses.(Credit:Dan Ackerman)Unfortunately, in this two-image view, you'll be playing in 2D, not 3D (as a 3D image already requires two sets of images to be merged). We tried the two-player mode and found it worked fine, with no visible ghosting between the two distinct sets of images, but we weren't able to test the display with a single-player 3D game. Related links &amp;149' What was missing from Microsoft's press conference &amp;149' E3 and the video game bubble &amp;149' E3 2011: Complete coverageThe glasses themselves were typical plastic active-shutter 3D glasses, a product market Sony has been in for some time. A small power button on the top of the frame switches between the player one and player two images when pressed. On a smaller display like this, it may be less of a dealbreaker to limit the set to two eyeglass-wearing players. On a larger TV, you may want to have more participants, at least to watch if not play. Sony's goal is to help 3D gaming make inroads into the mainstream by offering a low-cost entry to the third dimension. If you take out the $69 glasses and $60 game (we'll just toss in the HDMI cable), the display itself comes out to around $370. The package should be available later this year. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WeatherBill nabs $42M from Khosla, Google to help farmers cope with climate change]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Weather-based insurance startup WeatherBill said today it had raised $42 million and signed on new investors Google Ventures and Khosla Ventures for its second round of financing.The company, which was founded by two ex-Google employees in 2006, offers what it calls &amp;''disruptive&amp;'' technology that delivers personalized weather insurance products for the $3 trillion global agriculture industry. In a statement, venture capitalist Vinod Khosla said WeatherBill hasthe potential to &amp;''fundamentally change the risk profile&amp;'' of agriculture. The company&amp;'s products is aimed at helping farmers protect their business and crops from weather changes brought on by climate change.As we wrote last year, data is the next big thing in cleantech. WeatherBill is one of the companies leveraging weather and data to produce new products aimed at billion-dollar industries. WeatherBug is using weather data to make smart grid offerings. A number of lighting systems, home energy management and building energy management startups also factor in weather to determine how to program lighting and air conditioning systems for the maximum amount of energy savings and tenant comfort. Others use data in other ways &amp;8212' Genscape, for example, uses sensors to provide data about the grid that energy traders pay to use. And while WeatherBill&amp;'s weather and data technology is currently used for agricultural insurance, it could one day be used for energy markets as they become more weather-sensitive.Farming and food supply is, of course, very sensitive to the weather. More than 90 percent of crop losses happen because of unexpected weather, and WeatherBill expects things to get worse as the effects of climate change increase the frequency of those events, says CEO David Friedberg, pointing to recent droughts in Russia and China and flooding in Australia. Friedberg co-founded the company with other ex-Googler Siraj Khaliq, now WeatherBill&amp;'s company&amp;'s chief technology officer.The companya4a4s technology enables the real-time pricing and purchasing of customizable weather insurance by using weather modeling and local weather monitoring systems.WeatherBill&amp;'sprograms pinpoint weather conditions expected to affect adversely affect farmer&amp;'s land, and automatically pays the farmer if those weather incidents happen. The company&amp;'s technologyalso powers Raincheck.com, an automated weather insurance program for travelers worldwide.Investors in this financing round also include NEA, Index Ventures, Allen &amp;amp' Company, First Round Capital, Atomico and Code Advisors. The company plans to use the capital to support product expansion in the U.S. and worldwide.[Images via Flickr/Sony200boy and NatalieMaynor]Next Story: Watch DEMO Spring 2011 now (live feed) Previous Story: Unofficial: Verizon iPhone surpassed 1M sold at launchPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: agriculture, cleantech, climate change, data, farming, weatherCompanies: Google, Google Ventures, Khosla Ventures, WeatherbillPeople: David Friedberg, Siraj Khaliq, Vinod Khosla          Tags: agriculture, cleantech, climate change, data, farming, weatherCompanies: Google, Google Ventures, Khosla Ventures, WeatherbillPeople: David Friedberg, Siraj Khaliq, Vinod KhoslaIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name). Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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