And we never knew there was a faint possibility to make pool even more addictive than it actualy is! Enter Obscura and its wonderful knack  of adding a lot of chutzpah to whatever little project it plans to take up. This time around it is the CueLight that has caught everyone’s fancy. This innovative pool table makes use of sensors and motion detectors along with an overhead projector. The latter creates images as you go about leaping on the table.

This system works well because the balls can now be tracked and tailed with fire illusions. In fact, the pool table can also create ripples when the balls strike the side rails. All this comes for a price, and might we add a big one too. $80,000 is what the system costs while the pool table comes for nothing less than $125,000. So we are thinking whether the system will work on the old pool table lying in your attic?

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Those who are still hunting for a complete DVD projector can keep their fingers upon R2-D2, which is an emblem of movies and a comfy accessory to be installed in any home theater. It enables to watch the movie from a distance of over 16 feet. It can be projected onto ceilings and walls up to a 260-inch picture and comes with an integrated CD/DVD player that can play videos in MP3/MP4 format. It also features an iPod docking station, memory card, USB slots, FM wireless audio out, incorporated 20 watt amplifiers, fully flexible with a 360 degree recline, Millennium Falcon remote control with detachable stand and plays R2-D2 sound effects.

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Priced at $2,995, it would be creating a buzz in coming months.

Other specks:
Resolution: 1024×768
Contrast Ratio: 1800:1
Lumens: 1500

Via BookOfJoe

After the usage of interactive floors for imparting knowledge amongst kids (albeit still a concept), the realistic turn taken by interactive flooring is clearly visible at The Science Museum as part of their “Science for Survival” exhibition. Featuring an interesting projection by experts, Arcstream AV has unveiled their revolutionary offering of an Interactive Floor ‘Living Image’. How this system works: Its access to an overhead projector and a variety of sensors performs the real-time changing of an image as and when some on goers steps upon. The floor interaction via changing images of pool of water, fishes, water ripples purely depends upon the movement of people walking on it. Its infra-red sensors provided by Electrosonic enables top track several people at one go.

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The projector used has a reasonably normal resolution of 1024 x 768, but is chiefly bright at 6,500 Lumens.

It is the ability of this technology that very beautifully engages people’s senses i.e. sight, sound and touch. The exhibition would be open till November 2008.

Via SlashGear/ AboutProjectors