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Researchers Develop 3-D Search Engine
An anonymous reader writes "Researchers have developed new search engines that can mine catalogs of three-dimensional objects, like airplane parts or architectural features. All the users have to do is sketch what they're thinking of, and the search engines can produce comparable objects."
How long until we hear about an "architectural piracy" case over the design of small-city houses...
Oh, wait
I didn't get the memo about the April Fools jokes going on ALL APRIL?
A 3D haystack!
If Slashdot started comparing the general shape of submitted articles maybe we would avoid a couple of dupes...
How long before the porn industry capitalizes on this one?
The possibilities are endless.
Note to Slashdot editors: Smoking weed causes short term memory issues.
I believe that the killer app for this technology will be for 3d desktops. Unfortunately, the killer app for 3d desktops probably doesn't exist.
If you're a fan of women, add me to your friends list.
How exactly *does* one draw 36-24-36 anyways?
but I can give you her measurements....
Sometimes boldness is in fashion. Sometimes only the brave will be bold.
And if somebody *ahem*Bush*ahem* drew a WMD, it'd still give him this
Ahhh I can see it now. The marketing types will have a field day with this one. Maybe they could incorporate Clippy into the program, to help out the drawing impared.
"I see you are trying to draw a monkey wearing what looks like a condom on it's head... May I assist you in finding such an item?"
"Click'
"Find books about Monkeys With Condoms on their Heads at Amazon.com"
"Find the lowest priced Monkey with Condoms on their heads with Price Grabber"
Bring it.
the user's ability to sketch. I used to teach an amature art class, most people can't even draw a recognizable hand.
What a coincidence. I used to teach a Spelling for Amateurs class, and most people couldn't even spell the name of the class.
The researchers have released the most popular sketch submitted by beta testers who were asked to sketch what they're thinking of:
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Now all they need to do is a similar engine for pr0n. That way I can draw the perfect tits to look for :D
Say I want to look for some weird industrial part. I open up google and type "long hard metal round"
And I come up with plenty of usefu... oh nm
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