The Pixel Roller

roller.jpg[Via WMMNA] This is the one of the most incredible projects you absolutely need to see. The Pixel Roller “rolls” out a picture in any direction on any surface using phosophescent ink which will eventually fad away. Check out the video here and gallery here.

11 Responses to The Pixel Roller

  1. alankilian on said:

    It

  2. alankilian on said:

    It

  3. alankilian on said:

    Holy cow!!! Movable type is an AWFUL way to have people participate in a discussion.

    I can-t use an apostraphe in my postings.

    So I

  4. alankilian on said:

    ARGHHHHHHHHH. I was trying to tell you how this thing works, but your blog software is horrible.

    I give up!

  5. I’m pretty sure that’s not true. It’s got’ta be pretty easy to ‘postrophe up your posts.

  6. alankilian on said:

    It-s probably Internet-Explorer compatible or something like that.

    I-m using Firefox 1.0.1 on a Fedora-Core-3 Linux distribution.

    Windows-only? What are you using?

  7. alankilian on said:

    Kinda looks like a Movable Type/HTML entry bug to me.
    Bug list

  8. abstrakONE on said:

    On Topic:

    Wow, that this is quite impressive. Any howtos?

  9. I saw something similar a while back, but have since lost the link… It was a contraption that was made from five spraypaint cans and rolled along the ground. As the machine creeped across a parking lot, it would paint “pixels” to spell out a pre-determined message.

    Anyone know of the link?

  10. el_wombato on said:

    You’re thinking of the Bikes Against Bush guy.

    There’s also Hektor, the graffiti “printing” robot, which is sorta related.

  11. Wonkybutt on said:

    The Graffiti Writer and the Street Writer, the projects Bikes against Bush ripped off^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H used as inspiration, are the creation of the Institute of Applied Autonomy

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