I/O Brush

One of my friends has sent a really fascinating video about the I/O brush. I must say, that I assumed that it might be one of those hoax mails. When I googled it out, I found that it is an emerging technology. Folks in the MIT Media library have developed it.

The definition of an I/O brush is as follows

" I/O Brush is a new drawing tool to explore colors, textures, and movements found in everyday materials by "picking up" and drawing with them. I/O Brush looks like a regular physical paintbrush but has a small video camera with lights and touch sensors embedded inside. Outside of the drawing canvas, the brush can pick up color, texture, and movement of a brushed surface. On the canvas, artists can draw with the special "ink" they just picked up from their immediate environment."

You might not understand what they are talking about just by reading the above explanation. Just watch this video and you'll know.

You can learn more about this technology here