[Robotgroup] Cool water printer

[Michael Boswell]

Along these lines, why not just have a two dimensional grid of water outlets
instead of a 1D. This would allow three dimensional shapes to be printed.
Triple the grid resolution and use dyed water for an RGB effect(hard to
re-use the water though). I wonder if you could you insert tiny colored
balls into the water stream and then sort them out below? How about using
some sort of fast drying substance that would turn to a solid (foam?) by the
time it hit the ground and then you could have a 3D solid printer. 

It sure if fun to think of stuff without having to worry how I would
actually build it :)

Michael Boswell
Austin End Of the Line Kite Team - Kite #4
http://Austineol.com
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[mailto:robotgroup-bounces at puremagic.com] On Behalf Of Vern Graner
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 10:55 AM
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Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] Cool water printer

Evan Harris wrote:
 > Not sure if others have seen this already, but had to pass it along.
 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HeUixe_Lpg

Sweet! Hadn't seen it before. Now, replace the white lights with some 
RGB LED spots and make color a part of the process! :)

Hmm. I wonder how much water it uses and how big a pump they have to 
have to keep up with the "print" output... Also.. it doesn't look like 
the flow is laminar...

I wonder if the non-laminar flow makes the "pixels" easier to see since 
they contain air so they would reflect light better? Hmmm.

So, make the water dispenser a circle (like a hula-hoop) instead of a 
bar, could you make 3-d images? :D

Damn nice work anyway you look at it! :)

Vern

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