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A video of a laser doing crazy weird things

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here we go, just had to dig thru the googles

http://www.k2.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/perception/StickyLight/

Thanks. It's pretty interesting that it's done without a camera and framegrabber.

        *  Alvaro Cassinelli: concept, software and hardware development
        * Daito Manabe: sound concept and sound generation
        * Kuribara Yusaku: latest software development including contour
          tracking and interface
        * Stephane Perrin: participated in early development of the smart
          laser scanner technology used for tracking.

i think if these guys aren't the entrepreneurial types someone needs to contact them and find out if this could be produced for cheap (just a laser pointer and sensor I imagine). this could be a really cool toy. pong with your hands, make the cat freak out etc.

Air hockey might be a cool idea too.

Very cool. Now I want to think of useful applications of the technology (beyond toys). Again, very cool.

That's just damn cool. That's all I've got. :)

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