[Robotgroup] Cool water printer

[Richard Abbott]

Hmm.. You've given me something more to think about. Thanks Andre'
  Rick

Andre Lamothe <ceo at nurve.net> wrote:
  Well, they are under pressure, but other than that, just a bunch of valves 
controlled by a pc or embedded system. Then yes, you would just run the LEDs 
right under, so the water would run over them and the light would diffuse. 
If you can get your hands on 8-16 small valves and a pump, you could make 
one with a PIC/AVR/Prop proof of concept that would be pretty cool.

Andre'

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Abbott" 
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Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] Cool water printer


>I get that this is a water filled tube with a bunch of computer controlled 
>valves strung along it's length. Would the programming and interface be a 
>big job? I like the tri color LED idea. Would they just be stuck in the 
>middle of the water stream and be well insulated? I'm just asking.
> Rick
>
> Andre Lamothe wrote:
> Definitely a simple 32-64 jet display with tri color LEDs on each, a PC
> controller, you could do some really cool stuff graphically. Also, things
> like digitize a person's face and then play it back, etc. I think they 
> would
> definitely go for something like that.
>
> Andre'
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Donovan Kolbly"
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> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 5:18 PM
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>
>> That would make an awesome FirstNight display.
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Joshua Hintze wrote:
>>> Very cool.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 9:16 AM
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>>>
>>> Not sure if others have seen this already, but had to pass it along.
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HeUixe_Lpg
>>>
>>> Evan
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