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The US Army wants a means of determining if mysterious objects may be improvised bombs. Specifically, they want to be able to fire a chemical pellet at an object and tell from the color of the splatter if the object is an explosive:
The system would work by loading up projectiles with materials that advertise the presence of explosives — sort of like a litmus test for bombs — and firing them at the suspected bombs. Picture paintballing, but with a target that might really kill you. [...]
The paintball idea is comparatively low-tech. The Army notes that the technology to detect explosives with paints and powders is already a commercial reality. They point to Raptor Detection Technology’s SAFE-T Spray, which turns orange on contact with certain explosives, as an example.
Link -via GearFuse | Photo: Flickr user VisitLakeland
This commercial for an energy drink features a paintball machine with 840 barrels. It fires a single volley with different colors to produce, in just a second, a image through a stencil. The action starts at 0:35.
via This Is Colossal | Previously: Paintball Art
Meanwhile in the vast military-industrial complex, work continues to create the Scary/Awesome-est Deathbot ever.
Behold, a head-controlled robot death turret that absolutely kills on the paintball course: Link [embedded YouTube clip]
The Facade Printer is a computer-controlled paintball gun. It was developed by the German design group Sonice Development GmbH and can paint images onto a wall:
It consists of a two-axis turntable and a print head which is powered by compressed air. The printer shoots the picture dot by dot from a remote distance on a selected surface. Particularly inaccessable, formatless and uneven surfaces can be printed on. For example a building can be printed from the street, without having a complex scaffolding.
Gallery and Technical Info (in German) via GearFuse
The Colombian Pop artist Bon Yurt created an enormous portrait of Marilyn Monroe using paintball equipment. It’s modeled after Andy Warhol’s depiction of the actress. The final seconds of the above video show a time elapsed version of its creation.
Artist’s Website via Geekologie
UPDATE: Apparently ‘Bon Yurt’ is actually a yogurt brand marketed in Colombia. So I’m not really sure who is responsible for this thing. Maybe it’s an attempt at viral marketing. Thanks, Spanish-speaking commentors.
