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Walk-thru Fog Screen

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the you're-soaking-in-it dept.

fluor2 writes "Ever wanted a screen floating in air? Two scientists, Ismo Rakkolainen and Karri Palovuori, both from Tampere University of Technology, Finland have come up with an idea. It is called the Walk-thru Fog Screen. The fog screen, consisting of 'fog' that is blown down from top, and the protective laminar airflow creates a thin and crisp surface, pretty undisturbed by the air in the rest of the room, making it ideal for projector usage. People can walk right through this screen of fog. Their next idea is to use the fog as a touch-screen, making it even more accessible." For a screen one can walk through, the image quality is better than I'd have thought.

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  2. Re:Great.. now I'd like to by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OMFG! ROLFMAO!

    And no SCO TAX!!!1111 LOLERZ!2!

  3. In Soviet Russia... by asn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...fog walks through you!

  4. morons looking through the 'fog' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    does anywon think that the payper liesense hostage ransom felonious fuddites' legal sparrow onslaught on the hobbyists is just some last gasper attempt buy the softwar gangsters to buy time in order to 'create' their owned proprietary 'product' from the work of the the good gnus et AL?

    does anywon bulleave that the phonIE fauxking billyonerrors are going to be abull to resurrect their wall street of deceit moneysuck execrable?

    could be they're facing a power that they must deny the existence of, as it disallows their Godless greed/fear/death based behaviours.

    consult with/trust in yOUR creator. vote with yOUR wallet. that's the spirit.

    the murderous thieving georgewellian fuddites are the walking dead.

    planet/population rescue is the current task. don't blow up over some megalomaniacal greedmongers' folly. pay attention. that's affordable.

    the 'fog' will be lifted by yOUR intentions/behaviours.

  5. Easy answer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Ever wanted a screen floating in air?

    No.

    Where do posters/editors take these stupid questions from? I'll suggest a few more:

    • Ever wanted to kiss a hyena?
    • Ever wanted to dress a clown costume in a volcano?
    • Ever wanted to be able to eat a pink mustard-flavored cannon ball?
    • Ever wanted a Beowulf cluster of those?
  6. Will Cmdr Taco sue?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For violating the IP of his 'walk-thru fart screen'??