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Point number one: there are companies who breed and
sell butterflies in large numbers to be released at
weddings, funerals and other festive occasions.
Point number two: the brightly-coloured scales on butterfly
wings are extremely delicate, and can easily be rubbed
off.
Point number three:
the underlying, scaleless wing is flat.
Point number four: butterflies (of a given species) are
pretty consistent in terms of size and shape.
Point number five: inkjet technology is advanced.
All in all, then, there is surely an advertising opportunity
being missed here.
Sarah Garzoni Creates Beautiful Printed Butterflies Using Inkjet Printer
http://inhabitat.co...ing-inkjet-printer/
[Skewed, Jun 03 2014]
Max's advertising butterflies
https://www.dropbox...h7&st=6iv6p3s9&dl=0
[doctorremulac3, Nov 08 2024]
The Painted Bird is a 1965 novel by Jerzy Kosiński
https://en.wikipedi...ki/The_Painted_Bird
The book's title was drawn from an incident in the story. The boy, while in the company of a professional bird catcher, observes how the man took one of his captured birds and painted it several colors. Then he released the bird to fly in search of a flock of its kin, but when the painted bird came upon the flock, they saw it as an intruder and viciously attacked the bird until it fell from the sky. [LoriZ, Nov 14 2024]
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Damn I thought for sure this was either one of
[xenzag's] ideas, or one of mine. But not you, MB. I
personally love it. An iridescence bun for you. |
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//there is surely an advertising opportunity being missed here.// |
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butterfly torture [-] You shall be reported to the
ASPCB |
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EDIT: bone withdrawn, bun provided in recognition of
proposal
of new humane method |
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You didn't say *how* the advertising would be done. If
you are implying running butterflies through an inkjet
printer, then [Voice] is correct. So there is really no
idea here or it's being missed. |
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I was awaiting the disclaimer that no butterflies would
be flattened in this process, and since I have not heard
that, I am making my bun fly away home :-( |
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//running butterflies through an inkjet printer// |
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//awaiting the disclaimer// |
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Allow me to set your minds at rest. Here's how it
works. The printer bed consists of a large
perforated sheet, on which the purpose-bred
butterflies are allowed to alight entirely of their
own free will. |
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Once they are happily sunning themselves (heat-
lamps are provided), a modest vacuum is applied
through the perforations in the table. This
vacuum is sufficient to hold the butterflies flat on
the table, but not to suck them through the holes
(obviously). |
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Next, image recognition software maps out the
positions and orientations of the butterflies, and
drives the scale-washer. |
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The scale washer is simply a fine moderate-
pressure water jet, moved in the X/Y plane by the
software. It gently washes away the scales from
the butterflies' wings, avoiding the bodies,
antennae and any personal possessions. |
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A waft of warm air then dries the newly-erased
butterfly wings, after which the inkjet head
(mounted on the same X/Y gantry) applies the
necessary graphics. |
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The vacuum is released as soon as the ink has had
time to dry, and the butterflies are free to go
about their normal business. |
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Of course, double-sided printing comes more
expensive. For this, a second perforated slab is
brought into close proximity with the first one,
after the initial printing. Vacuum is applied to
this second slab, and the vacuum is then released
from the first slab. The butterflies are therefore
transferred painlessly to the second slab, after
which the erase/print cycle can be performed on
their underwings. |
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Now that the lethality has been fixed, I'll replace my brilliant bun once again, in it's place of honor atop the stack. Well done oh benevolent one. |
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Animal welfare has always been close to the top of
my agenda - just after breakfast and immediately
before elevenses. |
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Sadly, of course, these patterns will not be
reproduced if the butterflies breed. This is a great
pity - the Coke Zero Red Admiral and the Cheetos
Monarch are, if I may say so, very fetching. |
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How about a great many 3ft high butterfly suits, insert baboon into each one, release on unsuspecting wedding party...to be financed by jilted fiance ? |
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Surely a better way to acheive this would be to just change the branding of large multinational organisations to the patterns commonly found on butterflies? |
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But then you couldn't have the all important website
or other contact details [hippo]. |
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Would magnifying glasses be distributed to wedding
party so they could read these? |
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//Would magnifying glasses be distributed// |
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We tried that - bad news in strong sunshine.
Phoomph. |
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Hmm... have you considered combining it with a
butterfly wrangler (with a tiny whip & a miniature
chair perhaps)? |
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Print a little of each advert on each
butterfly then the wrangler gets them all in
the right position & you've got readable text. |
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<stern look> You're not taking this seriously,
[Skewed]. <\sl> |
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Actually, I can see this one a) not only working,
but
b) actually happening, or at least if anyone at one
of
those
extant companies you mention reads this I can see
them having a bash at it (quick! get a patent!). |
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I still like the idea of a buterfly wrangler though,
watching him chase them & try & get them to sit
in
appropriate order could be part of the wedding
entertainment, he should wear a clown suit. |
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Thing is, once you've wrangled a butterfly, it doesn't
necessarily stay wrangled. |
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That of course is why it would be so entertaining to
watch him try. |
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If the job is an advert for FCUK, the wrangler is going
to have to be pretty careful. |
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Oh… sorry, but I just found this. |
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That was 2011, I also found a spoof April
1st Virgin Airlines 2002 press release about
laser tattooing their logo on butterflies for an
advertising campaign, that would make it half-baked
even if it hadn’t been baked since wouldn’t it? |
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We humans are so strange: |
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Butterflies are beautiful insects! Let's plaster ads on
them! |
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Mosquitos are annoying insects! Let's just kill them. |
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Chickens, pigs, & cows are mammals like us! They
are delicious! |
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Well, trees are a bit too chewy. |
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I blame the creator, making animals out of food was not the best idea ever.. |
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Good grief. Ah well - time to get a new patent
lawyer. |
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Printing? On butterfly wings? This is pure and unadulterated Half Bake-ism! Seems rather cruel to me; Perhaps small banners can be flown behind the butterflies, such as the type that are towed behind small aircraft? Or, if you are truly dead set on running something through the printer, how about feral cats? |
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This idea is dubiously distinctive. I award one bun. [+] |
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I, for one, love [Grogsters] idea about the banner
behind the butterflies butt being blown in the breeze. |
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//banner behind the butterflies butt being blown in
the breeze// |
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We've tried that, but it seems to upset the
aerodynamics. Hummingbirds, on the other hand... |
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Maybe using certain pheromone sprays it would be possible to cause butterflies of distinct colors to flock together as pixels. |
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I don't know if butterflies flock. A group of
butterflies is known as a "fold" (as in sheep), but
that doesn't necessarily clarify the verbal term.
Incidentally, a group of moths is known as a
"bother", but that is an entirely different bicker of
eels. |
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A fold eh?... guess that's my something new for the day.
Thanks!
I don't think they'll like being folded though. Tie-dyed maybe, but folded would be bad. |
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Now moths are something to bother with. Since they are attracted to light you could, (using tracking software), light up individual moths with lasers of whatever color causing others to swarm to that location to be lit up when in position. Their colorless wings would be a bonus then. |
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I suppose you could try robotic buttetflies instead.
Then you'd just kill the environment where the real
ones land with the factory. |
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I think robotic butterflies would be too costly.
Besides, who would be won over by a Coke Zero
paintjob on a robotic butterfly? |
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Actually, thinking about this, we could probably
expand the project to breed butterflies with
naturally-produced corporate logos. |
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First, you print and release huge numbers of
identical advertising butterflies over a period of
several years (I may mean millennia here). |
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Initially, there will be little mating with these
printed butterflies, by either wild or printed
individuals, since they will all be genetically
hardwired to seek out mates with the natural
colouration. However, any mutants which actually
prefer the printed versions will have a huge
advantage, number-wise, and will come to
dominate. |
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So now you have a population of printed and
natural butterflies, all of whom tend to seek out
the printed versions as mates. |
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Over time, this sexual selection will ensure that
any natural butterflies who, by dint of a small
mutation, resemble the printed ones more
closely, will have an advantage over the non-
mutated natural butterflies. |
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Eventually, therefore, the natural population
should evolve to perfectly mimic the printed
butterflies, after which your work is pretty much
done and your advertising has gone viral. |
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Too weird to do anything but bun, despite prior art. |
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I thought butterflies required their scales to be able to fly.
The zoo tells you not to touch the wings of the butterflies in
the butterfly enclosure for this reason. |
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A no brainer. Please review and bun as necessary. |
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Ink jet technology? At first I was thinking genetic engineering. Margaret Atwood, in Oryx and Crake, described genetically engineered butterflies "the size of dinner plates." |
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Hey, however they did this would be super cool. |
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