How to Easily Build a “Light Paintbrush”
Turn a Circuit Playground into a light-generating “paintbrush” for long-exposure photography.
light painting
3D Light Painting With A 3D Printer
Yesterday we showed you how two creative people were using an industrial robot arm to do some light painting. The results were really cool, but the hardware was simply out of reach for most people. However, Ekaggrat has come up with an interesting way to use existing 3D printers to make light paintings in 3 […]
Light Painting With An Industrial Robotic Arm
The IRB 6440 robotic arm is typically used for industrial purposes like moving materials around a clean room without human intervention. In this case, however, Jeff Crossman and Kevyn McPhail wanted to use it for a more artistic pursuit. They have outfitted the end of the robot arm with a single RGB LED and are […]
10 Tools and Techniques for Light Painting
Modern light painters have developed a rich variety of original tools and methods to create their art.
What IF…Festival of Innovation and Imagination
What IF… Festival: Don’t miss the geeky gadgets, DIY demos, cool experiments, new technologies, hands-on learning, and live performances! September 7th, 10am-4pm in Colorado Springs, CO.
RPi Light Painting
A couple of years ago, we featured Gavin’s super cool LightScythe light-painting staff on MAKE. Since then he’s updated the project with a Raspberry Pi and an Open Beam staff, using this Adafruit light-painting tutorial.
Light Painting with Raspberry Pi
Adafruit’s Phillip Burgess posted this fantastic tutorial to their Learning System on how to use Raspberry Pi to paint with light.
