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Shoes with built-in inkjet printer let you print where you walk

2 points by ttabb 3y ago

adnanaga 3y ago
The tubes make it feel so fun! Next up I want a Heely X HP collab when it can print endlessly
h2odragon 3y ago
It does not emit ink? Surely an actual inkjet ripped from a printer could be tied to the heel and driven off a small wearable platform with battery. Just a little bit of software with some of the acceleration sensors available on those boards should enable you to tell when the foot has been planted and squirt out a glyph from the inkjet. see Adafruit, they got stuff that makes it easy. Making it look like anything with varying distance to a varying print surface is gonna be fun; but you can call it abstract art and just leave (multicolored?) blobs of ink behind you as you walk. Combine it with wheeled heels and it could be a kids fad: streetwriter shoes! I bet Nike could sell millions.
- ttabb 3y ago
  It does emit ink! It uses a modified hand-held inkjet printer (princubestore.com). The distance to the print-surface is fixed by tiny wheels which make direct contact. For some reason the article doesn't include a video of it working, if you'd like to see it in action: https://www.instagram.com/p/CwN3NFBv4sO/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CwN3NFBv4sO/ source: I made the shoe :)
  - h2odragon 3y ago
    Thank you for the clarification; from the article it looks like a piece of costume art. Impressive results indeed! I'm still thinking of some way to lay down a line of "wildlife tracks" while walking. Like the illustrations in old books. This could work but it's not subtle. I want people to look at each other and ask "when did a duck come through here?" edit: you've advanced technology in an important way here: It's the most efficient possible arrangement for kicking the printer when it goes wrong. You should patent that. "method of minimizing latency of percussive printer maintenance"
ttabb 3y ago
For some reason the article doesn't include a video of it working, if you'd like to see it in action: https://www.instagram.com/p/CwN3NFBv4sO/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CwN3NFBv4sO/

2 points by ttabb 3y ago

The tubes make it feel so fun! Next up I want a Heely X HP collab when it can print endlessly

It does not emit ink? Surely an actual inkjet ripped from a printer could be tied to the heel and driven off a small wearable platform with battery. Just a little bit of software with some of the acceleration sensors available on those boards should enable you to tell when the foot has been planted and squirt out a glyph from the inkjet. see Adafruit, they got stuff that makes it easy. Making it look like anything with varying distance to a varying print surface is gonna be fun; but you can call it abstract art and just leave (multicolored?) blobs of ink behind you as you walk. Combine it with wheeled heels and it could be a kids fad: streetwriter shoes! I bet Nike could sell millions.

ttabb 3y ago
It does emit ink! It uses a modified hand-held inkjet printer (princubestore.com). The distance to the print-surface is fixed by tiny wheels which make direct contact. For some reason the article doesn't include a video of it working, if you'd like to see it in action: https://www.instagram.com/p/CwN3NFBv4sO/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CwN3NFBv4sO/ source: I made the shoe :)
- h2odragon 3y ago
  Thank you for the clarification; from the article it looks like a piece of costume art. Impressive results indeed! I'm still thinking of some way to lay down a line of "wildlife tracks" while walking. Like the illustrations in old books. This could work but it's not subtle. I want people to look at each other and ask "when did a duck come through here?" edit: you've advanced technology in an important way here: It's the most efficient possible arrangement for kicking the printer when it goes wrong. You should patent that. "method of minimizing latency of percussive printer maintenance"

ttabb 3y ago

For some reason the article doesn't include a video of it working, if you'd like to see it in action: https://www.instagram.com/p/CwN3NFBv4sO/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CwN3NFBv4sO/