Skateboard tagging

skateboard-tagging

We abhor vandalism, but we love art. Here's a skateboard hack that lets skate punks young and old tag their turf while they ride. [D*Face], a multimedia street artist who grew up in London, added a mounting system to the bottom of his skateboard which includes a can of spray paint. We're a bit surprised that there's room enough for that, but the system fits nicely. They're not locked into a … [Read more...]

PIC controlled spray paint

Most people make LEDs light up for their first microcontroller project. [Alex] built a "large scale dot matrix printer." This beast is a PIC controlled ground graffiti machine. As it rolls across the ground it deposits strategically located bits of spray paint. Rather than use actual spray paint, he opted for a set of solenoid controlled nozzles that shoot the paint downward. … [Read more...]