Idea 095b - Dot Matrix water printer bike carriage

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A horizontal matrix of 16 water nozzles in a grid on bike carriage to draw with water on the sidewalk

Description

dotmatrixBicycle pulling a carriage. On the carriage there is a horizontal row of 16 water nozzles. When the bike is moving the speed is detected by a microcontroller. The microcontroller tiggers the 16 water nozzles on and off to release water at specific times. The nozzles paint the sidewalk with dots of water to spell a message.

Afterwards the water evaporates and no harm is done.

A Persistence of Vision (POV) dot matrix printer for the sidewalk using water.

Think of ASCII art

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Prior art

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