One goal of the year-long project, involving 3, 000 vehicles, is to come up with a realistic time frame for the technology.

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And, as the technology progresses, we may even see multiple frame rates used within the same movie to replicate a specific creative intent maybe a high-speed chase in HFR to reduce motion blur and flicker, and a dialogue scene in 24fps.

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The plane represented a big bet on new technology for Boeing: The plane's lightweight frame was to be built using mostly carbon-fiber composites, and it was to have an enhanced electrical system to power more systems and use less fuel than other jets.

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Digital technology first sought to emulate the frame rate of film and was able to do so successfully in the early early 2000s.

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Rebecca Arbogast, a Washington-based industry analyst with Stifel Nicolaus, said that while the stay is clearly a victory for Vonage, the expedited time frame causes problems for two reasons: It gives the company less time to develop a workaround technology should the appeal fail, while making it harder to market the service because consumers will know the issue could surface again this summer.

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It is possible that we will see one of these major technology transitions for HDDs start to appear in the 2013-2014 time frame.

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