Writing on water

July 26, 2006 | 5 comments

It seems that it is now possible to write on water.

From the Sci Fi Tech blog:

Researchers at Akishima Laboratories have developed a way to spell out words and draw pictures on the surface of a pool by using 50 wave generators. The generators create “pixels” in the water and combine them to create the letters. Earlier versions of the pool had trouble creating straight lines and took up to 15 minutes to input each letter. This latest version, however, handles Ks and Ls with ease and takes between 15 and 30 seconds to input each letter.

That’s pretty damn cool. Having said that, this image is still making me feel a bit.. off. It just looks like something that shouldn’t be possible.

Writing in Water

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  1. Emad’s avatar

    Emad on July 26, 2006 at 4:53 pm

    That’s interesting. The question is what pragmatic uses could this invention have?

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  2. vintner’s avatar

    vintner on July 26, 2006 at 6:15 pm

    There’s another question. How much did this invention cost and how much of the tution fees has been taken for that :P

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  3. Josh’s avatar

    Josh on July 26, 2006 at 9:03 pm

    Dunno’ how much it costs to make something like that.

    And in regards to ‘what pragmatic use could this invention have?’… mmm.. not much? :)

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  4. Zeitlos’s avatar

    Zeitlos on July 27, 2006 at 6:31 pm

    written communication with mermaids? ;-)
    but the sign in the water looks really scary to me….

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  5. Josh’s avatar

    Josh on July 27, 2006 at 6:39 pm

    Agreed, Zeitlos. It just doesn’t seem ‘right’.

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