OK, tell me... is this a "green" solution for graffiti artists, a way to refill spray cans, or could we do something else with it? Chris Burns, at Yanko Design, has discovered the designer of new technology that turns a single spray can into a "hand held" full color inkjet-type of sprayer - refillable CMYK spray cans! Here's what Chris had to say:

If you’re familiar with graffiti, you might have stood up close to a giant spraypaint masterpiece. Out in nature, right there in the scene of the “crime,” you’d see the real shame: the cans. Often when a painting is executed, the only way a street artist can escape scott-free is to leave their quickly emptied, no-good cans at the scene! Well, no more! No one in their right mind would abandon a reusable can like this! This design is called “Color Dial Spray.” Designed by some magnificent geniuses with a longer-lasting environment on their minds, this can has re-fillable paint containers and a super-amazing color-choosing set of dials. Yes! Select both hue and brightness, spray away, and don’t forget your large bottles of paint refill for long day of super spray!

Let's think about this a bit. The ability to control the color of dots from a hand-held "inkjet" sprayer might offer a new generation of pointillist painters a new tool! A DPI of 1 might result in some really interesting images. But then, close examination of Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (now in the Chicago Art Institute), painted by Georges-Pierre Seurat between 1884 – 1886, reveals tiny dots juxtaposed to cause the eye to see colors in a new way.