Imagine if Michelangelo had been able to use drones—perhaps the Sistine Chapel wouldn’t have taken so long.

A group of researchers at MIT’s Media Lab have created an interface for drones that swaps the bulky radio controller for a pen. When researchers run the motion-tracking pen over a flat surface, the modified drones draw on the walls using markers attached to them. MIT has dubbed the drawing drone a “flying pantograph.”

Source: The future of art is here: You can now make art using a drone strapped with a Sharpie – Quartz