{"id":3337,"date":"2009-12-25T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-25T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/lightdrawing-robot-takes-the-guesswork-out-of-long-exposure-paintings-robots\/"},"modified":"2009-12-25T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-25T13:00:00","slug":"lightdrawing-robot-takes-the-guesswork-out-of-long-exposure-paintings-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/lightdrawing-robot-takes-the-guesswork-out-of-long-exposure-paintings-robots.php","title":{"rendered":"Lightdrawing Robot Takes the Guesswork Out Of Long Exposure Paintings [Robots]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2009\/12\/nils01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/9f57f_500x_nils01.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a>Not everyone's a <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5407851\/shooting-challenge-slow-shutter-photography\">PIcasso<\/a> when it comes to <a title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #longexposure\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/longexposure\/\">long exposure<\/a> art&mdash;though <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5411177\/74-mesmerizing-slow-shutter-shots\">some of you guys<\/a> aren't too far off&mdash;but even Pablo himself couldn't replicate the precise, geometric light illustrations created by Nils Voelker's Lightdrawing robot.<\/p><p>Voelker, a German designer, says the robot is still in the prototype phase, but from the look of things it already has the Christmas tree and house routines down pat.<\/p><p>The prevailing \"lightdrawing\" technique for humans&mdash;waving a LED key chain around in the air like a madman&mdash;is not the easiest to master; at best you get a nice halo over your head, at worst you get a big ugly mess of light. But Voelker's Lightdrawer putters along, cool as a cucumber:<\/p><p>  <a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2009\/12\/8262571.jpg\"><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/8262571\">Robot Drawing with Light<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user1711155\">Nils V&ouml;lker<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p><p>Using a robot might not be the most fun way to paint a long exposure Christmas tree, but at least this way people will be able to tell it's a Christmas tree when you show them the picture. 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