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Robot Drawn Caricatures
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.'"
I wonder if it washes its hands after wiping?
Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train.
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.
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You mean like this? ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j19Aoe9EUVY