Robot Drawn Caricatures 29
ptresset writes "From Singularity Hub: 'Artists and programmers in the UK have decided to improve upon the male and female symbols outside many toilet facilities. They’ve developed a set of robotic arms that take pictures of people entering into a bathroom and then use that image to create a unique drawing to place outside the door. It then wipes away this art to make room for the next person’s caricature.'"
But is it sanitary? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:explanation please (Score:2, Funny)
Apparently.
Of course, the images it drew didn't even appear to be caricatures, only a random-looking image of the vague outline of a person, with circles for representing the boobs for women (and, if I ever met a women with boobs up on her shoulders, I'd probably run for my life) and a crudely drawn schlong and meatballs for men. It's like they had a 3-year-old spend 5 minutes looking at a copy of Playboy and Playgirl and having the child draw what they thought they saw.
Plus, if I gotta take a piss, no way I'm standing still long enough for that glacially-slow robotic arm to draw anything.
Re:explanation please (Score:5, Funny)
You mean like this? ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j19Aoe9EUVY [youtube.com]