Amazing Machine Paints Images With Ping Pong Balls
October 3rd, 2006
Artists Jonathan den Breejen and Marenka Deenstra developed the interactive artwork, Ping Pong Pixel, a machine which will take in a digital image, then render a huge image using colored ping pong balls.
The installation contains a 2-meter by 3-meter display board which is injected with 2700 ping pong balls from a dispensing cabinet which contains tubs of 6 differently colored balls. Custom software analyzes the input image, then renders the image row by row until the picture is complete. Each time a new image is uploaded, the machine recirculates the balls and the whole process starts all over again.
See it in action below (youtube video):
[via Neatorama]
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I made one of these 5 years ago. But it could only render two photos, “Polar Bear in a Blizzard,” and “Whipped Cream and Marshmallows.”
hah!