Robo-Blinds Add Privacy, Attract the Perplexed
Niklas Roy has devised an incredibly clever method of maintaining his privacy. Faced with a steady flow of foot traffic, Roy engineered a robotic "smart" curtain to block his first-floor apartment window from peering pedestrians. The Curtain Control system employs a surveillance camera, motion-tracking software and a motorized curtain. The computer identifies a target and then positions the ...
The Web is teeming with the unrealized ideas of both students and established designers who set out to produce astonishing renderings and prototypes for unusual products. Unfortunately, due to the lack of time, money, or technology, many of those products never progress from the planning stages to the mass market. But that doesn't mean we can't salivate over them, nevertheless.
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