"Pixelstick (pixel stick)" which makes it easy to create light painting with overwhelming quality

Move the light and draw a locus with the camera shutter speed very slow (or released)Light paintingAlthough I think that some people actually realized the difficulty, a tool to make such light painting easy and high quality "Pixelstick"Has been developed.

Pixelstick - Light painting evolved. By Bitbanger Labs - Kickstarter
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bitbangerlabs/pixelstick-light-painting-evolved

The concrete usage of pixelstick can be confirmed in the following movie.


Two people standing on a light light road. I have something like a stick in my hand.


Pushing the switch in your hand ... ...


The bar glowed with various colors and patterns. This isPixelstickis.


When creating light painting with pixelstick, rainbow will flow like this ...


You can make a movie in which a band of light turns the earth's surface.


Depending on the idea, it is possible to make various movies and images.


A band of light runs around the city.


The biggest feature of pixelstick is to be able to display images captured by a personal computer. In this way, drawing a face in space ...


Actually what I thought as spray art ......


It is light painting using pixelstick.


Until now, it was difficult to write a letter on a campus that is not visible in the sky with a light pen.


The finish is not very impressive either.


However, using pixelstick makes light paintings of different dimensions possible.




The structure of pixelstick is like this. First, create an image as a material with image editing software such as Photoshop. At this time, the height of the image is the same as the number of pixels of pixelstick198It is a point to make it pixel. The width of the image seems to be unlimited.


When the image is completed, let the pixelstick read using SD card ......


Hold pixelstick in hand and move it sideways, you can draw a picture in the space. The left is the original image, the right is the picture drawn in space with pixelstick.


The pixelstick which has such a function is gussely packed with 198 full-color LEDs in an aluminum frame and has a structure with milky white frost cover on it.


This is the controller.ArduinoIt has become a system incorporating, and we control all LED bulbs individually. Data is designed to read from SD card.


A handle is set on the aluminum frame. Since the handle has a double structure, it is also possible to rotate the main body.


The controller is set on the handle with this feeling.


8 AA batteries are used for power supply. RechargeableEnelopeIt also corresponds to that it was able to be used overnight with one set of batteries.


The contents of the set looks like this. A carry bag will be shipped.


This pixelstick is a cloud funding siteKickstarterWe are seeking investment, but in just 10 days from the start of the recruitment, we have over 350,000 dollars (about 34.4 million yen), which is much larger than the desired amount of 110,000 dollars (about 10,800,000 yen). It is possible to get pixelstick with a capital of 300 dollars (about 29,500 yen). The shipping time is scheduled around April 2014, and shipping to countries other than the United States requires a shipping fee of $ 60 (about 5900 yen).

The deadline is 1:40 AM on Saturday, December 14th, Japan time.

Pixelstick - Light painting evolved. By Bitbanger Labs - Kickstarter
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bitbangerlabs/pixelstick-light-painting-evolved


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