Hackaday is highlighting the Glow Engine, a laser scanner that projects images much like a slow-scan CRT—slowly painting complex visuals in open air. Rather than displaying on a screen, the technique harks back to Slow Scan Television, the narrow-bandwidth imaging method used by ham radio operators and NASA. It's a clever marriage of retro display principles with modern laser hardware.

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