world cup 2010 stadiums

The team at Popular Science conducted a little home experiment to find out if people were really enjoying the 3D experience, with all the recent hoopla over 3D TV. Reporter Nicole Dyer invited a bunch of her friends over to watch the World Cup in 3D. Here's what she's reporting.

The constant annoying drones of the Vuvuzelas have become a hallmark of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Trevor Cox, president of the UK Institute of Acoustics, has explained to New Scientist everything you need to know about these darn horns. How do vuvuzelas make their sound? The vuvuzela is like a straightened trumpet and is…

How awesome would it be if you could watch World Cup matches in 3D? The World Cup, which starts tomorrow, is the perfect event for this kind of mass cultural technology demo: It's global, buzzy, and sports are among the most potent demonstrations of how compelling 3D can be in the living room. When Panasonic was showing off its 3D system at CEDIA…

With the World Cup all set to begin on June 11 in South Africa, feast your eyes on this beautiful technological marvel: Cape Town Stadium. It will seat 69,070 fans, all of whom will no doubt scream at the top of their lungs at all the excitement on the field. But thanks to some clever engineering, the people living nearby will hear hardly a peep.…