We are a private start-up company specializing in decorating lattes. You got it right: we make industrial robot machines that do nothing but pretty up tasty beverages, creating the intricate Latte Art.
Way, Way Back
I made the first latte art machine in 2007, published a short video and moved on to other projects. It was during this time that I submitted a New Tech Demo proposal to SIGGRAPH and started a semi-serious, short-lived blog posting online about building up latte art machines, which you can still find online.
After the smashing success of the video and my demo acceptance at the conference, I formed a company and received the title of a founder of the newly formed OnLatte, Inc. I joined forces with Josh Grob to bring our venture from a one-man-team to a …. two-man-team.
The machine itself takes a printer, combines it with the scanner, caramel based cartridge and creates a Latte Art Printer, controllable from PC. There is a good description of a project and many more pictures here
(complete instructions)