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Even at 200 dpi this would be 15 meters wide and 2.25 meters tall. Imagine that in a museum, just a massive wall with 100 billion stars. It would be ridiculous

Even at 200 dpi this would be 15 meters wide and 2.25 meters tall. Imagine that in a museum, just a massive wall with 100 billion stars. It would be ridiculously cool.

zokier 5y ago
Realistically, that seems pretty achievable goal for a Kickstarter? Rent some smallish exhibit space (500-1000sqft old warehouse or something?) in the valley/bay area outskirts for a few months, find a large format printer service, print out in strips, and figure out physical installation. How much can that really cost? $10-20k total? Somehow I feel its not far fetched that there would be a thousand geeks willing to chip in $10-$20 bucks for this sort of thing
- mensetmanusman 5y ago
  Might be even less. Japan is huge on making very large graphics from printing on sheets of white adhesive: https://youtu.be/ioyMec7YU0Y https://youtu.be/ioyMec7YU0Y If they added it to the ground it cheaper to install and then kids could run on it in the gym (could easily cover an entire Gym, lol): https://youtu.be/mBjSM783Tug https://youtu.be/mBjSM783Tug Would be fun with the retroreflectors added like in the latter video, as with the lights off and only head lamps on you could see stars below your feet.
  - beezle 5y ago
    That's pretty neat. But I wonder what the surface looks like after removal?
    - mensetmanusman 5y ago
      Of the sticker? Very clean, because the adhesive is built to stick together like a command strip.
      - beezle 5y ago
        No, was thinking how does the wall look after removal? Does the adhesive take paint or other parts of the surface off?
        mensetmanusman 5y ago
        I have worked with this type of material. It depends a lot on the strength of the underlying layers. If it is just cement, it takes bits of dust/debris with. If it is stained wood, it can peel some of the stain off if it is left on for a while. If it is painted drywall, it can peel off any little bits of poorly primed paint unless a heat gun is used to gently remove it by softening the adhesive (even this can be tricky though…). On glass it’s perfect :) For a robust epoxied wooden gym floor, it would be a clean removal.

Even at 200 dpi this would be 15 meters wide and 2.25 meters tall. Imagine that in a museum, just a massive wall with 100 billion stars. It would be ridiculously cool.

zokier 5y ago

Realistically, that seems pretty achievable goal for a Kickstarter? Rent some smallish exhibit space (500-1000sqft old warehouse or something?) in the valley/bay area outskirts for a few months, find a large format printer service, print out in strips, and figure out physical installation. How much can that really cost? $10-20k total? Somehow I feel its not far fetched that there would be a thousand geeks willing to chip in $10-$20 bucks for this sort of thing

mensetmanusman 5y ago
Might be even less. Japan is huge on making very large graphics from printing on sheets of white adhesive: https://youtu.be/ioyMec7YU0Y https://youtu.be/ioyMec7YU0Y If they added it to the ground it cheaper to install and then kids could run on it in the gym (could easily cover an entire Gym, lol): https://youtu.be/mBjSM783Tug https://youtu.be/mBjSM783Tug Would be fun with the retroreflectors added like in the latter video, as with the lights off and only head lamps on you could see stars below your feet.
- beezle 5y ago
  That's pretty neat. But I wonder what the surface looks like after removal?
  - mensetmanusman 5y ago
    Of the sticker? Very clean, because the adhesive is built to stick together like a command strip.
    - beezle 5y ago
      No, was thinking how does the wall look after removal? Does the adhesive take paint or other parts of the surface off?
      - mensetmanusman 5y ago
        I have worked with this type of material. It depends a lot on the strength of the underlying layers. If it is just cement, it takes bits of dust/debris with. If it is stained wood, it can peel some of the stain off if it is left on for a while. If it is painted drywall, it can peel off any little bits of poorly primed paint unless a heat gun is used to gently remove it by softening the adhesive (even this can be tricky though…). On glass it’s perfect :) For a robust epoxied wooden gym floor, it would be a clean removal.