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martyb
on Friday November 17 2017, @10:54PM
from the engineers-need-artists-to-keep-them-honest dept.
from the engineers-need-artists-to-keep-them-honest dept.
A very clever (imo) artist has developed a simple trap for autonomous cars --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thuN2HD6m2s
Less than 90 seconds of video, no sound. If you get it right away it's only a minute.
Oh, and if you didn't get the title, there is this,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heffalump
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If tin whistles are made of tin, what are foghorns made of?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by leftover on Friday November 17 2017, @11:10PM (3 children)
This could either be funny or very much not. Software will need to recognize this situation just because it is so easy to do. Two sets of lines on a single-lane road would make quite a trap.
Bent, folded, spindled, and mutilated.
(Score: 2) by PinkyGigglebrain on Saturday November 18 2017, @02:27AM (2 children)
it would also work on the entrance(s) to a parking lot, or across just about any road for that matter.
I wonder how long before we start seeing these traps in the "wild". I give it about a week, probably less.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 18 2017, @03:30AM (1 child)
The video was "Published on Aug 22, 2017."
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Monday November 20 2017, @02:24PM
You mean the car's still stuck there?