"Tanning invitation"
/Ob Real Genius
Show HN: Laser Graffiti
11–20 of 65 posts
Re: Show HN: Laser Graffiti
#12While this is interesting, what I really wanted to see was more 'graffiti' and less 'laser'. Graffiti, fundamentally, is a defacement of public property as a form of artistic self expression. To that end, why not combine this with a laser engraver instead of a laser pointer ? Imagine hooking this up and then literally carving your graffiti into the side of a brick building. Or burning it into the paint on a metal con…
You’ll probably burn your retinas with the backscatter
Re: Show HN: Laser Graffiti
#13Cool project
Re: Show HN: Laser Graffiti
#14https://graffitiresearchlab.com/blog/projects/laser-tag/#vid... everything old is new again, and toys will be toys
Heh I was just about to say, people were doing stuff like this at Parsons/ITP a decade and a half ago, at least...haven't thought about GRL in a while, thanks for the flashback
Re: Show HN: Laser Graffiti
#15Very cool. I remember seeing a video of some people doing this on a whole building… found it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DKbtTPYZEig&t=30s
same crew as is referenced here too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49513717
Re: Show HN: Laser Graffiti
#16https://graffitiresearchlab.com/blog/projects/laser-tag/#vid... everything old is new again, and toys will be toys
This is what I immediately thought of as well, I'm just grateful you remembered the name of the project.
An absolute blast from the past, thank you for unlocking the memories of me reading these cool projects way back when!
Re: Show HN: Laser Graffiti
#17[deleted]
Re: Show HN: Laser Graffiti
#18https://graffitiresearchlab.com/blog/projects/laser-tag/#vid... everything old is new again, and toys will be toys
This is even older (I think), similar idea of building interactive experiences using off-the-shelf lasers: https://web.archive.org/web/20040202205307/http://www.monzy....
Re: Show HN: Laser Graffiti
#19While this is interesting, what I really wanted to see was more 'graffiti' and less 'laser'. Graffiti, fundamentally, is a defacement of public property as a form of artistic self expression. To that end, why not combine this with a laser engraver instead of a laser pointer ? Imagine hooking this up and then literally carving your graffiti into the side of a brick building. Or burning it into the paint on a metal con…
Defacement is not the point of graffiti. It's fundamentally visual, not fundamentally destructive.
Re: Show HN: Laser Graffiti
#20Cool. I'm imagining the extra fun of using that with a cat jumping at the laser dot.