Post AuhGa7lLNgnnpFaVcW by jerod23@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #Auh9T57A83KnuGUJgu by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
2025-06-01T18:39:06Z
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I want a graffiti drone. I'm thinking we seriously need a graffiti drone. Text and line art.Monocolor OK, aerosol can, solenoid system to squirt. Hell I can do that.Stroke based? Dot matrix? Single pass? Single drone? Multiple drones? Single more practical for small crews/loners.
(DIR) Post #AuhAAsJ56p4evRwfho by tomwsmf@mastodon.social
2025-06-01T18:46:58Z
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@tomjennings meshed collab drones you can gather for big group projects that can then go back to being individual based for quick tagging. Side note ...repurposed roombas for postering (preloaded wheat paste, scrounged Avery office supplies,...)
(DIR) Post #AuhAML7IKp6rSmtnXs by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
2025-06-01T18:49:04Z
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The sheer number and positioning of anti-grafitti drones in web search tells a lot. I think text writing drones could could huge impact for opposition communication. And safe and distributed.
(DIR) Post #AuhATNzc2XcePVfKk4 by skewray@mathstodon.xyz
2025-06-01T18:50:18Z
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@tomjennings This is a horrific idea. Also, you will probably want to have a long stem with a nozzle to get the spray away from the fan thrust. Better than an aerosol can would be a COâ‚‚ cylinder & paint tank. Airbrush parts would work for a lot of that. Software would need to use the camera to actively stabilize the drone position relative to the surface.
(DIR) Post #AuhGa7lLNgnnpFaVcW by jerod23@mastodon.social
2025-06-01T19:58:46Z
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@tomjennings Stencils. No programming required and applies much faster than writing/printing.
(DIR) Post #AuhMR3jFbnQGQxfZQ0 by brettbalogh@tldr.nettime.org
2025-06-01T21:04:21Z
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@tomjennings Ooh, like Joshua Kinberg's 2004 Bikes against Bush: https://youtu.be/URS_7FY4krU?si=xMEQyTErPDXboynK but with drones.
(DIR) Post #AuhMw4bcOkvk89t808 by brettbalogh@tldr.nettime.org
2025-06-01T21:10:00Z
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@tomjennings The Graffiti Research Lab did a lot of cool projects back in the day (2000's) https://graffitiresearchlab.com/blog/ which came out of the Free Art and Technology (F.A.T.) lab https://fffff.at
(DIR) Post #AuhN345ii3I2YuImXI by smellsofbikes@mastodon.social
2025-06-01T19:03:29Z
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@skewray @tomjennings I've messed a bit with this, and yes, long stem on the nozzle just like WD40 cans seems to be able to get the spray outside the area where the rotor airflow is the worst. Other people have talked about using enclosed rotors, but you could make an interesting quadcopter that's really long, two rotors on either end and a half meter between them where there's no real airflow from the rotors.A BIG one with something hanging down could do dot-matrix printing in a hurry.
(DIR) Post #AuhN359eku25rP9RJI by smellsofbikes@mastodon.social
2025-06-01T19:04:32Z
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@skewray @tomjennings though tbh my main interest is in one that can use flash photography to find near-specular reflections from lenses (there was a 2014 paper on this) and then spray the lenses with paint.
(DIR) Post #AuhN35joaSxLfY4Jfc by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
2025-06-01T21:11:13Z
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@smellsofbikes @skewray Ooh these are good ideas. Long ago I considered making a handheld device with multiple nozzles and four wheels, youd rolls the little car thing across a surface and it would spray out text dot matrix style, adapting as it could to velocity. Paint delivery is not trivial. So maybe I'll work on w remote nozzle system. That's a core issue.
(DIR) Post #AuhNFAHhVcVhFFfwKu by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
2025-06-01T21:13:27Z
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@jerod23 Yes and very effective. The San Francisco trick of old drum heads as stencils, taped onto the bottom of a paper shopping bag with handles with a big hole in the bottom, as camouflage. You set the bag down, pickup the can inside, spray and pickup and leave. Clandestine and cheeeep.
(DIR) Post #AuhNMg2DrP1BkC19uK by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
2025-06-01T21:14:48Z
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@brettbalogh very nice! Gonna save and look at.
(DIR) Post #AuhNWYtvErc2VxqgZk by smellsofbikes@mastodon.social
2025-06-01T21:16:34Z
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@tomjennings @skewray I've seen people implement dot matrix chalk dust or water spray dispensers in bike-towed trailers and get pretty good image transfers. My use case was as noted mostly blocking rather than decorative.
(DIR) Post #AuhNyacISACdway9Oi by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
2025-06-01T21:21:39Z
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@brettbalogh even more doable. Bummer he got caught.
(DIR) Post #AuhOSXy8rU4eQ6TJlQ by brettbalogh@tldr.nettime.org
2025-06-01T21:27:04Z
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@tomjennings Maybe he wanted to. For optics 👀
(DIR) Post #AukB5PzrcVt36WnYAK by vortex@tldr.nettime.org
2025-06-03T05:41:20Z
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@tomjennings Some years back, I came across Niklas Roy hard at work at a grafitti wall in Berlin. https://niklasroy.com/graffomat/ For gnarly details, see https://github.com/royrobotiks/GraffomatA collaboration with a geek drone collective might kickstart this!
(DIR) Post #AukzjogAGbQuwk2an2 by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
2025-06-03T15:08:55Z
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@vortex Wow that's pretty great!