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Heffalump Trap

posted by martyb on Friday November 17 2017, @10:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the engineers-need-artists-to-keep-them-honest dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 17 2017, @11:19PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 17 2017, @11:19PM (#598455)

    Ant pheromones are a better metaphor than honey in this instance actually. Ants are dumb and do what pheromone trails tell them to do.

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  • (Score: 1) by insanumingenium on Friday November 17 2017, @11:27PM (3 children)

    by insanumingenium (4824) on Friday November 17 2017, @11:27PM (#598456) Journal

    Didn't they use honey to bait the heffalump trap?

    • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 17 2017, @11:35PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 17 2017, @11:35PM (#598461)

      Doesn't the car in the video react in a way that shows it is stupider than an ant?

      • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 18 2017, @03:48AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 18 2017, @03:48AM (#598556)

        I don't think it's an actual autonomous car in the video. A steering wheel is visible, but sensors are not.

      • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 18 2017, @08:50AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 18 2017, @08:50AM (#598602)
        the video and click bait title is used to trap viewers for views.