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Related to some of my previous presentations which included sections on Java ME’s Mobile 3D Graphics (M3G) and Java SE’s Java 3D API:

IBM devWorks is publishing a series of articles by Claus Höfele on “3D graphics for Java mobile devices“. Part 1 is on M3G’s immediate mode (you provide instructions to the graphics engine and they are carried out and the results rendered immediately). If you’re interested in a standard API for fast 3D graphics on a wide range of mobile phones and handhelds, check out Claus’ article.

Expect a future installment on M3G’s retained mode (enables you to use scene graphs to build up content, carry out transformations, etc. before rendering at a later time).

National Geographic News published an interesting tidbit on the use of miniscule radio tags to track dragonflies.

As they note in the story:

The transmitters—which weigh 0.01 ounce (0.3 gram) and are about 0.4 inch (1 centimeter) long—are glued to the insects’ undersides. A single wire antenna runs the length of the abdomen, and a tiny battery powers the device for up to a week.

That’s one tiny tag! I’m going to have to Google this and see if I can turn up more about the tech being used. It makes me wonder how far we are from tiny dragonfly migration tracking video cams…