What if your dining room table could show you when your coffee or cocoa is too hot to drink? That could be a reality today: hacker Ken Kawamoto shows us how with a technique called thermal projection mapping.

Before digital took over, a theater's projectionist used to be an essential part of the business. Their mastery of the equipment made a trip to the movies possible. A series of photos by Joseph O. Holmes documents the remains of a dying profession.

As digital displays are becoming more common than ever, good old-fashioned projectors are getting rarer and rarer. That includes the hulking beasts that are planetarium projectors, those often massive, rotating behemoths that spout out views of the entire sky. Fortunately, the antiquated gadgets have a home at the…

Commercial artist Josh Van Praag was commissioned by Alys Beach to do a piece of animation that would compliment the architecture of this house for their annual Digital Graffiti event, the key concept behind which is to cover as many walls as possible with video art and then throw a giant outdoor gallery party.

A group of developers from the Human Media Lab at Queen's University, in Canada, has developed a cylindrical display system—called the "TeleHuman"—that is capable of projecting within itself a person's full 3-dimensional figure. Circle the TeleHuman, and you will see your long-distance lover (or perhaps just your best…

File this under cool shit we probably won't see for a long time. Apple just recently filed filed an expanded patent application for a system that would detect hand/head motion around a computer and let you manipulate projected image controls.

Here's a new weight loss tool that uses public humiliation to force you to lose weight. Available from Hammacher Schlemmer, the projection scale will display your current weight on the wall ... where everyone can see it.

You can literally roll Visual Drugstore's MMOV and stage a party anywhere, with the multimedia off-road vehicle bringing along a stage, speakers and a projection lighting system. Sure beats turning up to a party with some onion dip.

What's the fastest way to reupholster a couch, paint the walls, and otherwise totally change the look of a living room? Some 3D mapping, two projectors, and a garish color scheme were all it took to give this totally blank canvas an infinite variety of interior designs. If creators Mr. Beam are taking requests,…

I always thought 4D was time, but according to the fashionable people at Ralph Lauren, 4D is actually perfume wafting out of huge projected-upon stores. Even if you're dressed in hoody and jeans, you'll still find this quite impressive.

Not content with your run of the mill giant rock, soon to be award winning husband Luke Jerram teamed up with a local jewelry designer to create a custom mini-projector wedding ring. And a chorus of ten thousand Awwwwwwws rang out.

This Sanyo projector's plenty impressive on its own: native 2k resolution for 2048x1080 images thrown up against your wall, 3,000:1 contrast ratio. But like Voltron, it's when you get a few of them together that the real show starts.

Tomorrow, Brits will vote on a new prime minister, with the results being projected on the landmark tower known as Big Ben, in real time. It's not the first time projections have been beamed, but it'll be interactive at least.

Da-Lite is taking home entertainment to ridiculous new places with a video projection screen that boasts a 184-inch diagonal. For those of you doing the math, that equates to a viewing area covering a 160.4 inches(w) x 90.2 inches(h) or a total viewing area of 14468.08 sq inches. No pricing details have been made…

With a little bit of technology, everyone around you will be able to judge your fashion sense, thanks to Nanette Lepore and her department in the New York City Bloomingdales. Lepore has installed and began testing interactive projection mirrors. They work by projecting a picture of said piece of clothing and allows…

Oregon Scientific has had the DP100 projection clock available available for a while now, but an update is already in the works. We snuck our way into the super secret back room at the Oregon Scientific booth and caught a glimpse of the DP100's taller and rounder brother. They were hush-hush about the updated…

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