Computer-Controlled Spray Paint Lets You Print Graffiti

Have you always wanted to leave your mark on building , box cars , and overpasses but were too self - witting of your non - actual graffiti skills ? TheSprayPrinteris a clip - on accessory that turns toilet of nebulizer key into handheld Department of Transportation matrix printers that can utterly reproduce almost any design .

The hardware is actually made of two fundamental components : the SprayPrinter can attachment that keep in line the nozzle , releasing tiny blasts of blusher to build up an image pixel by pixel , and a smartphone that converts and sends image to the SprayPrinter , but also use its camera to track the position of the gadget of all time so it knows just when to secern it to free the Elvis of paint .

It ’s a crude room to keep track of where and how the SprayPrinter is being moved , and the feeler will almost certainly mean the mortal holding the can wo n’t be able-bodied to move too fast to check the best results . But it ’s also much cheaper than involve a custom sensing element regalia to track positioning .

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And a cheaper approaching is particularly important here because while this is n’t the first time someone has turned cans of spray paint intogiant dot - matrix printers , it is the first time that someone is assay to commercialize the engineering and put in the hands of aspiring ( but untalented ) graffiti artist .

The creator of the SprayPrinter are trust to set in motion an Indiegogo crowdfunding run next month to betray the gimmick to the public . Pricing has n’t been break yet ; in fact , it look like the SprayPrinter ironware is still being perfected and refined . But the computer hardware will also come with access to an online community where design can be share , buy , and sold . If it ’s a success , it could intend that any graffiti artist could potentially become the next Banksy — at least after downloading his purpose .

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