'Hologram Fan' - animated images in ‘mid-air’

[@bortflong5734]

This is pretty much what 1986 me thought 2019 would look like

[@technopoptart]

1986 you and 1992 me X'''D

[@handcoding]

Robert Elkins Great Scott!

[@cms1138]

@@roberte2945 We have to go back!

[@tjyoyo3]

The mechanical versions of these are called nipkow disks, BBC used them for early tv but they were god aweful because there were poor standards for calibrating it so you'd be constantly changing it station to station. This is the pinnacle of tech rn... actually no, it's not. This is the ~$130 dollar version while I'm sure there's a lot better ones for more money, to the point we're approaching 30fps (monitor territory!)

[@luke0s]

@@tjyoyo3 It did make me think of the mechanical television video on the 'Technology connections' youtube channel.

[@The8BitGuy]

Kind of neat. What would perhaps make it more interesting is if it had several blades that were different depths. That way it could produce 3D images.

[@Techmoan]

Some of the demo rotating graphics and logos manage to look surprisingly three dimensional.

[@akirahideo6904]

depends ... for a single person experience .. you could in theory use a camera to get.position* viewing angle - and re-arange the data based on that ... giving it the effect of depth

[@zobook]

@@akirahideo6904 if you do it sorta like a 3D print of the object it will look very 3D with no tracking needed, imagine a sphere made of big-to-small circles going from the back "fan" (the big circle) to the front "fan" (small circle), you get a 3D effect. Of course the effect works on a limited angle range, like Martin Gardner's 3D dragon illusion. I hope i make myself clear in English.

[@akirahideo6904]

@@zobook that's shape based depthness and very limited... .. .it's just my opinion , but that initially suggested approach does not make much sense

[@zobook]

@@akirahideo6904 I agree, is very limited, but not based on a single person position, it works for everyone on the "angle range".

[@Bakamoichigei]

Heh, that Heineken animation is the kind of thing you'd see in a 1990s cyberpunk movie, to scream "LOOK, IT'S THE FUTURE! WOOOO!" at you. 😂🤣

[@sinformant]

That is exactly what I thought. Brought up memories of the fifth element and judge dredd

[@drowningin]

@@sinformant BIG BATA BOOM!

[@dextrodemon]

There's more holograms in scifi now than there were in the 90s

[@philiprizek6384]

I thought it'd be really cool to do a Captain America shield with that

[@NathanDavisVideos]

Either 1990s, or even 1980s cyberpunk movie!

[@badmeme486]

The coca cola video you used is absolutely like something from blade runner

[@WolvenSpectre]

I was thinking about the Geisha ads on buindings and blimps would look great on that.

[@matthewdavies2057]

@@WolvenSpectre So would the 50 foot tall talking naked floozy figure. She loves you.

[@AtheistOrphan]

Bad Meme - I’ll see you in the off-world colonies!

[@matthewdavies2057]

@@AtheistOrphan He say you under arrest Mr. Decker! :)

[@bazahaza]

I saw these when I was watching C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gates.

[@NandR]

This channel is everything that is good about KZbin.

[@DemeDemetre]

no

[@kodinamsinh1267]

@@DemeDemetre Yes.

[@JoshiiWah]

Watch a movie or trim the hedges, so many uses!

[@mandolinic]

Watch a movie AND trim the hedges at the same time.

[@blackhatfreak]

Porn

[@afarhan21]

Doubt if it'll hold a 2 hr gif in it. No audio makes it difficult too

[@pqrstzxerty1296]

Just what I thought

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

@@afarhan21 You mean you can’t stream a video to it via Wi-fi?

[@Wacholder]

Stop showing me stuff i didn´t know about but desperately want now!

[@snerttt]

The TVs at the bowling alley when you get a strike 0:35

[@skvoch100]

Okay Techmoan. I just have to say that I have been watching your videos for some years now, and it's been an absolute pleasure! Everything about you, and how you make the videos, the quality, the content, the puppets, the nostalgia, the knowledge, the passion, and so much more makes your videos exceptional. I'm always happy when there is a new video out, and it gives me some time to just relax and enjoy. Keep it up!

[@paulofmamausfilho9721]

Preciso do programa eu apaguei o arquivo no sd do fan

[@MetalJesusRocks]

As you are waving your hand around, I kept thinking you'd accidentally HACK it off in the fan! #Scary ;)

[@Techmoan]

You’re not the only one - please do not attempt this at home, all stunts performed by an untrained buffoon with a penchant for reckless behaviour.

[@TheRestartPoint]

Hi MJR big fan!

[@VidweII]

Techmoan how odd - I have the bell clicked and yet I was only served this video 15 minutes ago when apparently you uploaded it three days ago. Yikes. Must've been a North Atlantic storm slowing my bits up.

[@shinyblu2144]

@@Techmoan should make another video seeing what would happen in you stuck a finger into that

[@punkgift]

@@VidweII Patreon subscribers get to see it earlier.

[@walterheukels]

I'm now picturing a KZbin collaboration where you review things and then send them on to Clive to take them apart

[@Techmoan]

There was something recently that I was contemplating contacting him about as it seemed extremely shoddy - but I can't remember what happened in the end. That's the trouble with getting old, you start doing something then

[@lordmuntague]

@@Techmoan It'll probably turn out that you actually contacted JW! #o)

[@fluffyty19]

2:54 I lost it laughing at Great Value Nemo there

[@Phenom98]

Bollywood 'Remo'

[@BigOlSmellyFlashlight]

clowno

[@sinformant]

Lol I read "hologram fan" and thought someone who really really likes holograms

[@der4rdi]

Between that title and the thumbnail featuring Mario, I was like "why would Mario be a holographic fan of something ...?"

[@stockicide]

Techmoan missed a trick by not showing a GIF of Hatsune Miku on it.

[@lashyndragon]

Haha I thought it was something a fan sent him

[@emmajacobs5575]

I might be showing my age, but it made me think of the T Rex song Telegram Sam

[@KrunchyTheClown78]

Me too! LOL

[@MarkAHoltz]

Does this mean that the Tech Moan logo will be upgraded with the output from this device?

[@jfmc2581]

I hope not, not really a big fan of the new intro...

[@tjsynkral]

He should upload a recording of the current spinning LED Techmoan logo onto the new spinning LED device

[@vennril]

@AstronomyToday And then, before you know it, Sonic looks like a weird man in a furry suit.

[@nagualdesign]

@AstronomyToday _"because when you quit changing, you die"_ How so? :-/

[@twocvbloke]

Stop changing your underwear, you'll soon work out why... :P

[@joyo9323]

this is almost like a modern version of a mechanical TV

[@pippolupin8715]

MRxOTARIS Yes !! I love Nipkow-Baird that it will be back TV HD colour soon.

[@GadgetAddict]

Very impressive and the software is a LOT simpler than I expected.

[@alfiesellers89]

Hi! This is a long shot on an old comment I realise, though do you still have a copy of the software? I lost the original sd that came shipped with it and can't find the software online for the life of me!

[@GadgetAddict]

@@alfiesellers89 I don't have it, sorry. Maybe you could email technomoan. I doubt he gets to read all his comments. Especially on old videos.

[@ccllvn]

@@alfiesellers89 look for an aliexpress seller that has this and message them odds are they'll send it to you

[@robertlandrum1971]

You should use this to create a new Techmoan intro or outtro. That looks absolutely neat.

[@unusefulidiot]

i would prefer the old intro. The combination of the old style audio equipment with the demonstration of technical know how is ingenious. Cheap china junk is just cheap.

[@daftbence]

@@unusefulidiot Yeah, expensive china junk is much better! /s

[@4IN14094]

@@unusefulidiot And I am sure you can find expensive made in "WHATEVER country you fancy about" good quality products out there. That said, who cares?¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@TheRetroArchive]

Humanity has finally invented a device that will entice small children into a blender by rendering a cuddly dancing Pikachu on a blade

[@fabianfeilcke7220]

Just my tought. My kid would loose his fingers within seconds of being in the room with that thing...

[@officialclownbusiness7788]

Finally, a reason for Pikachu to exist.

[@rickbustamante]

That's pretty funny dude. Prob true as well.

[@TheSektorz]

Nice to see Big Clive mentioned by both ashens and tech moan 👏

[@zh84]

Big Clive refers to that kind of adaptor as a "deathdaptor".

[@johnfrancisdoe1563]

The SektorZ Electroboom mentioned him too.

[@MyManiacGamer]

When he pulled the adaptor out of the box I said to myself there's the deathdaptor 😂😂

[@michaeltempsch5282]

@@zh84 Deathinitely don't use....

[@themightyimp08]

Yay, big Clive!

[@butwait]

Nintendo's lawyers are gearing up as we speak.

[@stuartmcconnachie]

Brofessor Zweistein Not to mention Pixar/Disney and Heineken. Can’t imagine any of the “demo” properties were licensed.

[@Channel-gz9hm]

I'm sure China is shaking in their boots, lmao

[@butwait]

@@Channel-gz9hm it wouldn't be china that gets a takedown notice

[@RobCamp-rmc_0]

Forget it, Jake, it’s China.

[@NathanDavisVideos]

Well OF COURSE!!! It's from CHINA!!! Home of bootleg products and stuff!

[@westburybaldwin]

I can see a Max Headroom animation looking great on that

[@oldm9228]

This looks amazing :) especially the ones with a clear background

[@gkwame4981]

I will definitely be tempted to pass my hands through the 'hologram'.

[@anticarrrot]

I remember seeing PoV devices that spun a transparent screen rather than a single strip of lights. Be nice to see a modern one given how much better LED and OLED displays have gotten.

[@hotaru8309]

I remember these from many years ago. I've always wanted one. I know they are gimmicky, but it's a lot like a lighted painting. It's art and fun to look at, even though it might fall into the tacky category as fads change and it will inevitably break. I think it might be worth it, though I know too many engineers to buy one without their recommendations. That's where I saw these so long ago. Thank you for this trip down memory lane.

[@amcluesent]

If it could take a real-time feed, you could do animated circular VU meter in ‘mid-air’

[@Mainyehc]

This would look absolutely great in a bar/pub. Another plus is the fact that those are already noisy environments, usually.

[@aitchpea6011]

With some LEDs and tricky maths, John Logie Baird's idea of the mechanical television has finally reached a usable state!

[@pippolupin8715]

Harry Potter Yes !! I love Nipkow-Baird that it will be back TV HD colour soon.

[@liquidsoftpc]

With this you can recreate the scene in star wars where princess leia asked for help via hologram

[@AtheistOrphan]

IDK Plays - You’re my only hope!

[@FuglyFatt]

That was my first thought when I saw this. If I had one, that would be the first thing I upload to the SD card and try to play on it.

[@webchimp]

There's a video with a Chinese (I think) lass using two to do Dr Strange magic effects.

[@Dedubya-]

Seems like a modern day Logie-Baird mechanical TV of sorts....now to get this to accept a live video input!

[@Hyreia]

That would be great! I wonder what kind of fps we could get hacking this and converting the the images live.

[@kendokaaa]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@pippolupin8715]

Yes !! I love Nipkow-Baird that it will be back TV HD colour soon.

[@flomojo2u]

Very cool looking! Those POV displays have always fascinated me, even the simple “wiper” types that swing back and forth to display the date and time. There’s just something so magical about having this virtual image floating there. Have to wonder what the largest one ever made is like, I would assume eventually you’d hit limits in materials and stability with a really large, heavier one, and since you get a better image the faster it goes you would likely end up with tip speeds that were crazy.

[@rjc0234]

This is the best quality footage of one of these I have seen vs real life! you can also get 4 bladed ones, where the LED pixels on blades 1 and 3 are slightly misaligned to pixels on blade 2 and 4. This way it fills in the gaps a bit better (a bit like how a dot matrix printer could do higher details by shifting the paper ever so slightly and going over it again!)

[@svenzo1199]

It's like a mechanical television.

[@pippolupin8715]

Svenzo1 Yes !! I love Nipkow-Baird that it will be back TV HD colour soon.

[@SkeletonSyskey]

A modern day Baird Televisor.

[@pippolupin8715]

SkeletonSyskey Yes !! I love Nipkow-Baird that it will be back TV HD colour soon.

[@zappawoman5183]

OMG! The old test-card! Wow such nostalgia. Much feels. Many memories.

[@williamomalley6081]

incredibly powerful thumbnail

[@kian8382]

It's 2019 and we are going to see holographic puppets, exciting.

[@johnnyguitar7921]

yes, the flesh and bone ones are really boring,,, new era for the puppets

[@thumbwarriordx]

The rolling shutter is ruining the effect but that globe looks stupendous. The relatively low res and artifacting just make it look cooler.

[@BILLY-px3hw]

I wonder if you can do a flat earth hologram

[@NewFalconerRecords]

@@BILLY-px3hw Gold!

[@Doobie3010]

Facinating little gizmo,be intresting to see how far that tech evolves to.Neat.

[@JasonHalversonjaydog]

i used to have a little battery operated portable fan with LEDs in the blades that made a moving pattern like you have in your intro. but it just made a pattern, there wasn't any words

[@fishnutter5219]

Be a neat thing to display user icons with, might be something to use to show the icons of patreon subscribers in the background of a video?

[@jasont.9559]

That's a really cool idea!

[@johnpenguin9188]

Very cool device, it’d be even cooler if it could do real-time input.

[@Auberge79]

...HDMI :)

[@eustacequinlank7418]

I don't see a problem with that. It would just be the software I suppose?

[@wolfrobots118]

Really cool! I love you and your videos. Always super interesting, always pleasant to hear you talk.

[@Wolfman7870]

Human ingenuity is so dope. We conceptualized the premise for this technology decades ago, figured out how to put it to film and now it exists in real life. Really gives you motivation to keep living and see just what else we'll turn into reality.

[@ZeeZeeBun]

I love these things... Considering getting one myself for my own amusement.. Might not actually be a true hologram, but it's closest thing available in a commercial product really.. At least that I've seen.

[@kendokaaa]

check out the Looking Glass, that's much closer to being an actual holographic display (it has depth)

[@ZeeZeeBun]

@@kendokaaa Ok.. Just went and looked that up.. Still not quite a true hologram, but very cool...

[@SuperCookieGaming_]

if they can get software to the point where you could just plug it into hdmi and use it as a monitor it would the first step i think to star wars holograms.

[@xyanide1986]

Excellent Halloween decor.

[@protheu5]

I enjoy videos on this channel. This is good. Thank you very much.

[@phreakinpher]

Really brings a new meaning to "Blade Runner"...

[@10p6]

Now I want to hack my ceiling fan so I can watch movies while lying in bed. Now that a cool idea, literary :-)

[@TheSquaredM]

Interesting video, thanks for brining another unknown product into the light!

[@darktetsuya]

that's kinda neat! definitely getting a futuristic blade runner vibe from it for sure!

[@KayoMichiels]

I've seen cosplayers use them to display things like Doctor's Strange's magic circles

[@blargvlarg1390]

Well, those better be flexible or they're gonna be chopping fingers off.

[@takafumiarisawa70]

@@blargvlarg1390 It feels like you've been hit with a TV remote control without batteries.

[@Clay3613]

I need pics.

[@KayoMichiels]

@@Clay3613 Even better: video! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aX3EXmN3mbKNjrc

[@ThatSoddingGamer]

Yeah, I've had a passing fancy for these things for years now and they've certainly improved. Still to pricy for the novelty, especially at the effective resolution they have. Incidentally, the 4 blade versions not only have higher effective resolution and framerate, but they also support wifi and have 'app control', so presumably you can change the animations on the fly and support more features overall, like streaming a video. The page for one of them doesn't even mention .GIF in the supported list, though presumably it would support it. Based on one of the pictures in the description, it seems you might be able to link multiple quad-fans together to produce one larger image?

[@bornakovac7857]

Very nice product, great idea, well exicuted. Great review, as always!

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

6:41 I love that: a message saying “Please don’t cancel!” with a Cancel button below it. ;)

[@OpenRoader]

Neat trick, but for that price, you could just hang up a used 15 inch TV/monitor with your advert's looping on it. Love this channel

[@ronnyb5890]

nice one matt,almost like the 3d jaws from back to the future lol

[@vivanecrosis]

This looks superb. I certainly has the feel o the object floating, even on camera :D

[@avejst]

Impressive product, and OK priced Thanks for sharing👍😀

[@InfinityDIY]

Maybe the LEDs on one half of the propellery thing are offset by half the size of an LED, by that it would be possible to double the resolution without doubling the LED count, little bit like interlaced Video

[@paulgascoigne5343]

You would create flicker unless the arm rotates realllllly fast

[@alexdelarge5800]

That's really good, where i can buy the vinyl version???

[@U014B]

You mean one of these? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_television

[@LS460Driver]

I'm real tempted to get one to put in my room to show racing pictures and videos, seems awesome!

[@flecom5309]

We have some of these signs at our arcade and people love them, it's really amusing watching people try and take photos with their cell phones of the images

[@Dochirin]

Add a vaporwave video to it for the full Blade runner experience.

[@kylequinn6695]

I always felt that these rotating displays are successors of Baird's television system. I guess he might win out in the end...

[@pjgathergood6987]

"...This power supply here that I've been holding between my knees". -- I'll be waiting for that one to appear on some mischievous mash-up video! :p

[@brycevo]

This is pretty cool

[@Zakalwe-01]

We demand a carrot-shoved-into-the-fan test! In the name of science of course...😉

[@technopoptart]

he could open his own chippy if he invested in potatoes instead

[@tinplategeek1058]

@@technopoptart Wouldn't you get crisps if you put a potato under the blade? ( For American readers, crisps in UK equals chips in USA)

[@technopoptart]

@@tinplategeek1058 i mean if they were thin enough and cooked in oil until brittle, then sure but that is more effort than a throw-away joke like this needs. in the end it is best if it is concise; replace chipped carrots with chipped potato = profit

[@themightyimp08]

@@tinplategeek1058 shhh, don't tell them . Let them stay confused

[@robertoricardoruben]

That would be a great crossover feat. Colin Furze

[@sanctanox]

As always a very entertaining video. Quite fascinating device. But still too expensive for a gimmick. Imagine this on car rims *g*

[@kwacker45]

Already for bicycles

[@Lumibear.]

kwacker45 yeah I was gonna say that, I got one for my nephew once, it worked by putting a magnet under his seat, as it passed by it, it knew which way up it was and what rate it needed to change the leds, it worked pretty well.

[@qqq1701]

This is so cool, I want one!

[@InfinityNexusReviews]

That's incredible.

[@sinformant]

Now if only this had angled blades to move air as well as displaying images I could see myself buying one

[@sinformant]

@Sannesthesia the weather can't seem to make up its mind here. Freezing cold, nice for a day or two, then a monsoon followed by freezing and repeat

[@hugbearsx4]

Just glue a piece of slanted plastic to each arm and Bob's your auntie!

[@CandyGramForMongo_]

TechMoan! An idea! Change your bumper to this device displaying the video of your current device showing your logo! Lol!

[@Techmoan]

The thing that makes the old intro interesting is the reel to reel machine is driving the effect. This device wouldn’t need the R2R machine, so it loses that DIY mad professor vibe. It’s more efficient, but less intriguing.

[@sideburn]

Techmoan he meant a video of the R2R machine playing the old persistence of vision technmoan logo on this new persistence of vision fan. It would be persistence of vision of persistence of vision of techmoan logos

[@jagardina]

This would be a good device for a pub or restaurant. Very interesting tech. I bet you could make a TV or monitor using such technology.

[@sideshowbob1544]

Oh I definitely need one of those!

[@TheDruidKing]

That is a really realistic, smartly dressed, rendering of Techmoan!

[@phaenius]

All the time Matt presented this gizmo, I can't help noticing how close to the "blade" he was standing. Scary!

[@killysworkshop8080]

Thanks I've been looking for this for a long time

[@styromaniac6967]

That's really neat white noise maker. Comes with a display.

[@rarbiart]

what is the real noise level produced? on the recording it sounds quite significant.

[@DaleFrewaldt]

Was wondering that myself.

[@rarbiart]

@@Tangobaldy he is holding / standing next to it while recording with his microphone. Perhaps it's not that bad if you are 2-5 metres away.

[@nickwallette6201]

In a shop, it's noticeable but totally unobtrusive. At home, maybe don't run it while trying to sleep or study.

[@joshuascholar3220]

similar to how the first television demos worked, except of course LEDs hadn't been invented.

A friend of mine did her art degree using a single bar, persistence of vision art pipe; very similar to what this blade is only hand-held. It seemed like a fun project at the time but this is even cooler. I kind of want one, now.

[@Cat008101]

Thanks for having link to countrys other then just the US and UK

[@jsnsk101]

Me: I wonder how long before someone hacks this with porn... Techmoan: It uses any image of gif. ME: its already be done a thousand times then.

[@TheTurnipKing]

slightly more curious about using it like a monitor.

[@extraemontamontes3618]

If you have acces to the SD card sure but it isn't connected to the internet so you can't just "hack" it

[@dezmobluefire8217]

TheTurnipKing ah yes a refresh rate of 5hz

[@christopheralthouse6378]

@@dezmobluefire8217 Ouch 😂😂😂😂

[@Hedvigu]

I just got a 48-second long unskippable ad? *Starts the video in a bad mood although already sure Techmoan will make it better* Guess the rules are changing on this platform, eh... sigh.

[@Hedvigu]

@@samuelfellows6923 😭

[@pteppig]

Looks nice. Im a huge fan of holograms !

[@obeseclown420]

Your channel reminds me if top gear covered audio equipment instead of cars. Big fan. :)

[@Damienov]

2:30 Captain Heineken, He got pulled over by the police when he's on his way to beat Thanos

[@Individualman929]

YES.

[@JesusisJesus]

This would be extremely cool if you could feed LIVE video to it via composite, or HDMI. If they could get the resolution up to 1080 and accept LIVE HDMI I would pay whatever it cost to get one of these. How Frigging Awesome!!!!!!! This is one of the coolest things i've ever seen. Thank You Techmoan for showing me the light (LED)

[@NebMotion]

Great video, I think I could use these in my live shows, liked and subbed!

[@FoxerTails]

I just saw one of these in action yesterday at a store and thought it was cool. Nice to see how it works here.

[@fluffykitten077]

Hey Techmoan, have you ever tried VR and what do you think of it?

[@madeinuk68]

I love my PSVR though I can't play some of the games,as even after a year of trying I get seriously nauseous. Driving games and first person shooters are the hardest for me. It really is an amazing experience,and has reinvigorated my passion for games. There are a lot of games that don't make me feel lousy though. Every one of my friends that have had a go on my PSVR are also blown away by the immersion,even my girl friend loved it,and she is not even a gamer. I would love to see @Techmoan do a video on it.

[@justinholmes5614]

If you don’t wear glasses and don’t get motion sickness, it’s great. For everyone else, it’s fun for 5 minutes then you give up because you have a headache / feel sick.

[@TheWeepingCorpse]

its a pitting it cant show a live feed, I fancy a virtual gold fish bowl now.

[@AdvancePlays]

Yep that's what I was thinking, how feasible it would be to have something like this function as a monitor. It would make for a cool customisable clock too

[@Wildmutationblu]

Nice product, I'm a fan!

[@stevemayne9305]

Don't need it. Want one! Good to see Big Clive! Enjoyed the video, thank you.

[@vrpk7]

Thank you for saying gif with a G

[@zookatone]

Would be much cooler tho if it was an actual fan

[@FSCforal]

your such a happy go lucky guy always enjoy your videos :)

[@kkgt6591]

Excellent device for doing research.