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Sticky Light

By John Farrier in Arts & Crafts, Science & Tech, Video Clips on Aug 9, 2009 at 9:44 am



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I’m not sure what this is, but it is awesome. Sticky Light is a student project at the Department of Information Physics and Computing at the Ishikawa Komuro Laboratory of the University of Tokyo. One source says this:

Sticky Light is a 3d tracking technology using a laser diode (low power), a pair of steering mirrors and a single non-imaging photodetector. The big difference to other tracking technologies is the fact that the Sticky Light doesn’t use a camera or projector. So what could you do with? It can track the contour of objects and even augment real-time drawings. Or you could build games like air hockey or a pinball game.

Official Website via Oh Gizmo!


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  1. Kevinsky
    Aug 9th, 2009 at 11:04 am

    That right there is the ultimate cat toy. Where can I buy one?

  2. Kalel
    Aug 9th, 2009 at 11:35 am

    Draw a line down the middle of the road and let the car steer itself.

  3. Kalel
    Aug 9th, 2009 at 11:37 am

    Bring Keith Haring's art to life.

  4. Kalel
    Aug 9th, 2009 at 11:37 am

    Punish those who color outside the lines.

  5. Johnny Cat
    Aug 9th, 2009 at 11:41 am

    Holy crap, that's the neatest thing I've seen all week!

  6. violetriga
    Aug 9th, 2009 at 12:17 pm

    Very good, shame about how annoying the sound is though!

  7. ;_;
    Aug 9th, 2009 at 12:18 pm

    Yeah! I actually clapped when he trapped the laser with his hands.

  8. Ali S.
    Aug 9th, 2009 at 9:54 pm

    This is by the same fellow/group who created the face dancing video I believe...you know the one that looks awfully painful to watch?

  9. tt
    Aug 10th, 2009 at 2:05 am

    i hate physics..

  10. tigergulp
    Aug 10th, 2009 at 10:55 am

    Ppsh. They have way too much time on their hands

  11. daddymak
    Aug 11th, 2009 at 1:26 pm

    The noise is pretty annoying, but the rest is great.

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