A tin of light switch paint?

This reminds me of those dreadful initiation stories where the master asks the apprentice to go and get some sky hooks or a long weight.  Now the apprentice electrician might be asked to go and get a tin of light switch paint. The apprentice will say “pull the other one mate, I wasn’t born yesterday, in fact I could sue you for bullying” (our apprentice was a Gen Y-er, after all).  But it would be a legitimate request if this story is to be believed – you can now, apparently, get paint with can be brushed which will operate exactly like a light switch.

How does it work?  According to the inventor Quark Design there is an ‘electronic mechanism’ which connects somehow to the paint making it possible to touch any part of the wall and for the lights to be switched on or off.  Sounds amazing, but would it actually work?  Don’t know – let us know if you see it in action…

Look mum, no switch