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Cars
6 years ago

The World As Seen By A Self-Driving Car

Adam Clark Estes

For self-driving cars to work safely, we need better maps — much better maps. These maps will not only need to know where the roads are. They will need to show real-time details as general as traffic patterns and as specific as the number of centimetres to the curb. They…

This Massage Chair Has Everything But A Happy Ending
Online
10 years ago

This Massage Chair Has Everything But A Happy Ending

Casey Chan

This massage chair by Panasonic has everything you’d want. 3D mapping! It creates a map of the body-height, weight, dimensions – and then massages accordingly. There’s even hot stones! It can heat itself up to 42C. Happy endings? Uhm, well…

This Room Is Entirely White
10 years ago

This Room Is Entirely White

Brian Barrett

What’s the fastest way to reupholster a couch, paint the walls, and otherwise totally change the look of a living room? Some 3D mapping, two projectors and a garish colour scheme were all it took to give this totally blank canvas an infinite variety of interior designs. If creators Mr…

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