MIT Interactive Whiteboard Simulates Real-Life Engineering Environment

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Published Oct 5, 2006 by  Allan - 15 votes, 18 comments
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This is a really cool video where a prof from MIT shows how a computer can recognize simple line drawings on a whiteboard. The computer can process it to make it animate with real-life gravity, springs and movement.
This doesn't sound very exciting to watch, but I was blown away. Very interesting.
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