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Muralizer: it prints on walls!

by Josh Myer

Muralizer is a robot that prints on walls. I'll make it an easy-to-assemble kit, so you can print your art on the wall.

  28% funded

$1,101 pledged

19 backers

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LOVELAND Round 4: Premonitions of Inches In Detroit To Come

by Jerry Paffendorf

Move to Detroit for $1 a square inch and join the adventures of LOVELAND. Collaborative activities will transform real properties around the city.

  107% funded

$618 pledged

15 backers

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Recent Posts by Josh Myer

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   Josh Myer
   Posted project update #5

   Thanks everybody!

   Hey all,

   Unless we raise $1,000/hour for the next three hours, this project won't make the funding limits.

   Thanks to everyone who offered their support, and were interested in kits. I'll be putting up some more details at the muralizer blog soon, as well as selling kits of the current state. It's going to be a lot more than $200, and the quality isn't what it could be, but they'll be available to everyone who wants one.

   This has been a really neat process, and something like 30,000 people have seen the muralizer idea. Hopefully it'll be changing the world gradually soon!
   -jbm
   Project: Muralizer: it prints on walls!
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   Josh Myer
   Posted project update #4

   Software is hard, let's go sleeping (5 pieces of great news)

   First news: I rewrote the whole software stack from the ground up this week, after running into some problems in preparing demo art for someone. It's been exhausting, but things look a hell of a lot cleaner now, and it's going to be great for modifying it as time goes on.

   Other exciting news: someone wants demo art! Someone you've probably heard of if you're into hip fashion on the West Coast or NYC. They're planning an installation of a muralizer in their flagship store here, which is fantastic! I'll have more definite news there later, but it's feeling less tentative every sheet of sample art I produce.

   I need to get some sleep tonight, as I have an interview with someone tomorrow. An international publication is doing a piece on Kickstarter, and wanted to talk a bit about Muralizer. I'm looking forward to this, if nothing else, as a chance to practice talking to journalists again. It's something I haven't done much of in the last few years (working in research departments, you're kind of not allowed to...). So, it'll be fun to get back into the saddle of that.

   And, the most exciting piece of news: tomorrow is also the first public-ish Muralizer demo! It's going to go fantastic, since it's at an Elementary School. My friend is demoing electronics kits for some kids and their folks a science-y event, and I'm tagging along to show kids Muralizer. So, I need to find some kid-approachable art, and, more importantly to me, work on my "Math is cool!" spiel for third graders.

   The last, and most enheartening piece of news: there's still time for me to catch some sleep tonight, despite all this. Call me self-centered, but this is the one that I look forward to the most. Video of the demo art, as well as images, and more of the podcasts, will be coming up soon. I've been totally wrapped up in rewriting software that I've barely left my house this week, and have been slack about keeping you all updated. I'll try to be better about that going forward.

   More to come!
   Project: Muralizer: it prints on walls!
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   Josh Myer
   Posted project update #3

   A quick clarification on the first kits

   First off: thanks to the new batch of backers! We're picking up steam, and should be able to break 33% funded by the end of this week. Let your friends, family, and coworkers know that this project is out there: we need their support to make this thing happen!

   And, on to real news: I, an engineer, didn't explain something well enough. Shocking, simply shocking. I neglected to mention that, as a first-kit-recipient pledger, your muralizer experience will be easier than everyone else's: you're not going to have to solder anything!

   CS writes in asking: "What would be needed to get the pledge-level kits working?" Good question, CS. Answer: not much! The first batches of Muralizers come fully soldered, assembled, and ready to plug-and-play. You just need to install some software, plug it in, and you're good to print.

   As an added bonus, the first ten Muralizers will have serial numbers, all lovingly hand-applied by yours truly. If you want, I'll even sign it, but I refuse to make them out to "eBay."

   Thanks again to the new supporters, and please drop me a line with any questions you have. I've got another question from you all, suggesting a somewhat immodest use of Muralizer, which I'll be revealing (and answering) soon...
   Project: Muralizer: it prints on walls!
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   Josh Myer
   Posted project update #2

   Muralizer around the web

   Today was a big day for Muralizer! There's been a bunch of emails and twitters, all from a mention on the Make blog: Make: Online: Muralizer prints art on the wall, which begat a Gizmodo story: Gizmodo: The Muralizer draws art on your wall automatically. And, somehow, we wound up on Spike TV's website: Muralizer video on Spike.com. Personally, I'm just thrilled that my little video is high-quality enough to warrant major advertising slapped in front of it, and maybe getting to meet my UFC heroes someday!

   It's pretty awesome to see tons of people get excited about something, and especially great to see a google search for "muralizer" change radically. Until this morning, the results were mostly me talking about the project. Now, it's full of other people talking about the project, which is kind of awesome.

   Thanks to everyone who's been talking about Muralizer, and an extra-special thanks to our new supporters!
   Project: Muralizer: it prints on walls!
5. 

   Josh Myer
   Posted project update #1

   Thanks everybody!

   Thanks to the first few supporters! We need more, though, if we're going to make this thing happen. Please, plug it to your friends, mailing lists, and random passers-by on the street!

   I've been refining the control software when I can find time, and have been making progress. The next thing to work on gradually is the pen caddy, the thing that actually carries your marker around. Right now, it's a binder clip, a zip tie, and some Play-Doh. While this is awesome (I grew up watching MacGyver), it's not reliable.

   A couple weeks ago, my friend Naomi was nice enough to have me on her radio show to talk about Muralizer. Here's a segment from that, about what all needs to be done. Have a listen, and remember: pass on the link!

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