Instead of cars, listening devices and expensive cameras, you just need a computer and the ability to take a screen shot.

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The other, a hapless piece of pseudo-mythology called "Clash of the Titans, " was shot in two dimensions, then hastily bumped up by computer finaglings of such crudity as to establish the principle, or so we thought, that 3-D conversions were to be avoided at all box-office costs.

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This new system, as with a traditional CAT scan, uses X-rays shot from multiple angles, and assembled into one three-dimensional image by a computer.

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Seven minutes later the computer screen in Mandel's private observatory reveals an intricate pattern, shot through with what look like human veins, punctured by hundreds of glowing orbs.

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'Twas not the case at all, however, in a recent reprogramming effort at a Virginia ATM, where a clever individual somehow fooled the computer into thinking it was dispersing five-dollar bills while it actually shot out twenties.

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The images were captured directly onto a computer allowing for an endless stream of video while maintaining the detail and clarity of the shot.

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