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Self-Portrait Machine Forces Your Hands Into Drawing a Pretty Picture

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Hello Mister Walrus
07/03/09

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Why do the guys arms need to be strapped to the machine? If you want "mind-generated" images, you can just attach sensors to your head, and have the pencil attached to a robotic printer, or robot arm with a pencil. There is absolutely no reason for the person's arms to be involved.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
07/02/09

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I wonder if this could be used to help develop muscle memory and enable people to draw/write better.
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Pi-face
07/02/09

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I'd say that it's art just about as much as photography/graphic design is.
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Hello Mister Walrus
07/03/09

@Pi-face: Photography or computer-aided graphic design can qualify as art, but they are generally held to a higher standard than drawing or painting, since the medium is easier to work with. For instance, if I paint a realistic portrait of a person, that might qualify as art. However, photographs have to be pretty spectacular images to merit artistry.

With that being said, the machine above is really just a photocopier. Machines that draw with a pencil after scanning pictures are not new. It doesn't make any difference that this is strapped to some guy's hands.
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