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Ever seen a fish swimming through water droplets in the air? Today, I learned Panasonic has been cleverly repurposing an outdoor air conditioning system to produce effects like that. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Panasonic calls it \u201cSilky Fine Mist,\u201d and the company primarily sells it as a way to beat the heat. The company claims<\/a> its nozzles use a combination of pressurized water and compressed air to spray mist that\u2019s so fine (six to \u206010 microns), it doesn\u2019t feel wet to the touch. Panasonic says<\/a> the system has been adopted by \u201ctrain stations and public facilities nationwide\u201d in Japan since its 2019 debut.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n But like Disney and decades of other projection mapping<\/a> technologists, Panasonic quickly realized it could use the fog for art installations, too, which it has been testing out since 2018<\/a>. And more recently, it\u2019s been bringing a single hidden mist dispenser and projector to a handful of technology expos to show how amazing it could look as a piece of digital signage. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n One note: Panasonic\u2019s system doesn\u2019t seem like it\u2019s exactly portable \u2014 the one sprayer system it apparently sells<\/a> in North America is three feet wide, three feet tall, weighs nearly 420 pounds, and consumes 2.4 kilowatts of power all by itself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n