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Super Door of the Future
romka1 writes "Japanese scientists came up with a new automatic sliding door that opens to the approximate shape of the person or object passing through, minimizing entry of dust, pollen, and bugs while keeping precious air-conditioning in. Here is a Real Demo Video"
I don't know about the door, but I will buy it if I girl is included in the package.
"Shh!"
What about someone carrying a glass panel?
guess you could turn sideways..
will it recognize my imaginary friend walking beside me? I'd hate for my children to go insane cause they saw their uncle bobbins refused entry.
** "It's not my job to stand between the people talking to me, and the ones listening to me." -- Pego the Jerk
You seem to be mistakenly implying that the video is viewable on other operating systems.
What will happen to all those cool movie scenes where people kick down doors and bust in with guns blazing?
Because the thing seems to have enough as it is.
They're gonna need a triple wide version if they want to sell this to McDonalds.
I'll look into it when it comes with Sirius Cybernetics Corporation's new GPP feature.
If you just took anything I said seriously, read it again.
I can't wait for the thoughts and comments of this door opening exactly enough to accomodate the fat ass of a pear-shaped person.
You know what I'm talking about. Sometimes you see a person who has a really fat ass. There's nothing wrong with having a big fat ass, but you still look at it. Hell, maybe you're even turned on by it. Polite society requries us not to mention it. But it's practiacally an eye-magnet. With super glue on it. And extra gravity (due to mass).
But the door, by nature not constrained to the whims of polite society, will "mention" it.
Or what if the door's sensors/algorithm fails and the person's fat ass gets stuck in the door? I suppose that would be even worse.
I don't make the rules. I just make fun of them.
That's what traditional beaded doorways are for. Plus they look cool.
Dude, its Japan.
They got Toilets with heated seats probably playing AM/FM radio while spraying hot water on your ass.
Ha ha ha, typical technician response.
I remember a salesman trying to talk me into a Nissan Murano by telling me that there is a seperate computer controling the torque and brakeing for each tire. Greeeeaaaaattt, just what I want, instead of a blue screen of death I get a firey scream of death?
"probably playing AM/FM radio"
Dude, its Japan.
They are streaming *.ogg over cell phone networks to serenade your sprayed ass.
They only look 5'6 because they live so far away! Remember the difference is always attributed to the other guy.
In other news a women from Ohio is sueing japense scientists for their automatic sliding doors insulting her by opening wider for her then anyone else.
Signatures are so 90s
Sure is. Especially if the Marketing Division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation has anything to do with them...
Thank you for using this door. I've enjoyed opening for you. Hhmmyaahh...
What a pleasure it is to open for you. I will gladly close for you now.
There's a Douglas Adams article in A Salmon of Doubt talking about a trip to some resort on the Great Barrier Reef (I think). The resort had people stationed at all of the doors to open it for visitors.
The reason? It was a popular Japanese tourist destination, and they were often so used to automatic doors that they would sometimes stand in front of them for a minute or two waiting for them to open automatically.
(Or so says Douglas Adams)
They got Toilets with heated seats probably playing AM/FM radio while spraying hot water on your ass. :P
Are you sure you weren't just taking a dump in some restaurant's kitchen sink? It seems to fit all the criteria
-Jason