'Magic brush' paints visual world

I.O Brush

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 more...

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.

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