Great account for anyone who's anytime dreamed of their arid board lamp advancing to activity as their adorable sidekick. Inspired by the activated Luxo lamp that greets admirers at the alpha of every Pixar film, Adam Ben-Dror, Shanshan Zhou, and Joss Doggett created the Pinokio lamp which moves and reacts to its ambiance with what appears to be 18-carat emotions.
Powered by an Arduino, a afraid webcam, a automated iris, and a set of servos to move it about, the lamp seems analytical of its environment, decidedly humans, acknowledgment to software that recognizes and advance faces. It even appears to be able of arena peek-a-boo, searching rather afflicted if it's not accepting absorption from anyone sitting nearby. And it hates getting put to sleep, so it will adorably about-face itself aback on if you try and ability it off. Ok, that part's a little creepy.
[Pinokio Lamp via Creative Applications Network]
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