Paint + windshield wiper = rainbow machine

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Paint + windshield wiper = rainbow machine
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Becky spotted this delightful improvisation from Dutch artist Helmut Smits. Now we need somebody to put a printer in a windshield wiper blade that can paint graphics across the windshield and/or wipe them off on command. Or maybe a windshield wiper POV display? [via CRAFT]

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I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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