Weird. Cool idea!!

Posted at 2:45 pm on Jul 2nd, 2009 by Parker

I would disagree on this being a self protrait machine.

The robot actually drawing the image, it would be the same as someone else holding the pen, and another person moves the arms. The person moving the arms is directing the drawing.

However, still a very nice idea.

Posted at 3:01 pm on Jul 2nd, 2009 by Vince

@vince I think that is the point of the art exhibit.

Posted at 3:15 pm on Jul 2nd, 2009 by Paul

“it comments on how much in society is created by machines and we are dependent on them”

okay, but:

1. society is dependent on machines.
2. machines are created by people.

therefore, society is dependent on people. which happens to be exactly what a society is supposed to be.

Posted at 3:18 pm on Jul 2nd, 2009 by andrew

thats kul! i like this idea… has tons of potentual if you pay attentuion.

Posted at 4:19 pm on Jul 2nd, 2009 by Vash_SIN

Built for those who have no talent…

Posted at 9:29 pm on Jul 2nd, 2009 by Bill Hates

@ vash_sin learn how to fuking spell

Posted at 9:31 pm on Jul 2nd, 2009 by Bill Hates

@ vash_sin,

learn how to fuk!ng spell. illetartarate prick

Posted at 9:32 pm on Jul 2nd, 2009 by samantha

@vash_sin
Well what do you think I’m going to say? I totally agree with bill hates and samantha.

@bill hates & @ samantha
Learn to spell. Thank you, come again.

@The Machine
Isn’t this basically just strapping someone to a printer?

Posted at 11:44 pm on Jul 2nd, 2009 by Benny M

How long before it goes mental and rips of your arms!

Posted at 12:55 am on Jul 3rd, 2009 by grovenstien

A time lapse of this would look very funny!

Posted at 12:56 am on Jul 3rd, 2009 by grovenstien

What a load of crap, it’s just a plotter that you lean on.

Posted at 6:47 am on Jul 3rd, 2009 by SelfSilent

Hmm i think other posters are not quite getting the idea of this, nor the irony! Also do people really need to slate people for there speeling!

Posted at 7:09 am on Jul 3rd, 2009 by grovenstien

i believe we already saw this, except the last one didn’t make you strap into the machine.

i mean, where is the machine taking his picture or reading his face?

Posted at 7:19 am on Jul 3rd, 2009 by sunjester

@benny m
strapping somebody to a printer is a pretty novel hack, if you ask me

Posted at 10:34 am on Jul 3rd, 2009 by sol

I need one of those face-palm buttons mentioned in the wtf button topic…

The human element in this project is completely irrelevant and unnecessary. If the marker were mounted to the machine, the image would still be created just the same. Why not just have a cradle for a person’s wrist, and then have the machine just move the paper around under the person’s hand? Kind of like strapping a human to a plotter^^^. This just makes no sense to me… :(

Posted at 4:31 pm on Jul 3rd, 2009 by Hitek146

Why does this remind me of when they strapped workers to a stamping machine so that the machine would yank their arms out before it smashed down?

Scary.

Posted at 10:11 pm on Jul 3rd, 2009 by nubie

But it doesn’t make portraits of itself at at all, just drawings of those lousy humans! It even needs their weak little hands to hold the pen for it. Machines these days are too dependant on people.

Posted at 10:25 am on Jul 4th, 2009 by MDude

*facepalm*

Few of you actually realize what the point of this is. The point is not to draw a picture of a person. If that was the goal a machine could be created to draw much faster than moving humans limbs.

the point is to show how dependent we are on machines to do things for us. Adding to the list, there are 24 hour dry cleaners that accept laundry 24 hours a day and you can also pick up 24 hours a day. Humans do the work during the day but the machine sorts the clothes and everything else. Soon (as this work shows) we’ll have machines doing everything for us.

Posted at 11:22 am on Jul 4th, 2009 by skinner

What would Bob Ross say ?

Posted at 1:43 pm on Jul 5th, 2009 by hendi

@hendi
Bob Ross would love this project and would justify it on the basis of the “happy little squirrels” running in the wheels that control the x and y axes of the pen.

Posted at 1:57 pm on Jul 5th, 2009 by sol

There’s a “in Soviet Russia” joke in there somewhere.

Posted at 7:43 pm on Jul 5th, 2009 by TheBlunderbuss

Wow…. Strap on or in and go for a ride… Looks like the beginning of a robotic bondage machine to me… I could defiantly see old Bob Ross strapping this sucker on and going all Lawn-Mower-Man on all of the happy little trees, clouds and squirrels in the forest…. Don’t ever see myself strapping into this love machine, but I am sure some would like it.

Posted at 12:16 pm on Oct 7th, 2009 by or_muddslinger