New Ground Technology’s TurfPrinter Uses GPS, Grass As Canvas

San Francisco, CA - May 21, 2016: AT&T Park home of the San Francisco Giants during a regular season game (Photo by Scott Clarke / ESPN Images)California-based company New Ground Technology (NGT) recently finalized production and delivery plans for the TurfPrinter, a machine that harnesses the power of air to create high-definition image reproductions on turf.

TurfPrinter’s “digital printing system transforms a sports field from a flat green slate, to a field of high-definition imagery,” Pete Davis, Founder and CEO of NGT said in a video on the company’s website.

The sports industry has been using large expanses of grass as a makeshift canvases for years. By bending the turf in opposing…