so many questions… how does it decide what to paint? if you had a fitful night’s sleep would the art be more aggressive? what if you had a partner in your hotel bed? fascinating… Robot Paints Your Sleep Pattern Measuring sleep usually involves attaching sensors to a person’s head and then creating basic charts and graphs based on brain waves… Not anymore, now a robot is using your dreams to create art. It’s called the, “Sleep Art Experience,” and it’s a six-week project being promoted by five Ibis-brand hotels in France, Germany and Great Britain. To start, 80 sensors are embedded in hotel room mattresses. They record sleep variables including motion, temperature and sound between midnight and 7 am. That data is then transmitted via Wi-Fi to a robot housed in a studio in Paris. The robot uses an algorithm to convert the data into art, which is expressed through a series of brushstrokes on a black canvas. The result is a beautiful depiction of what an individual’s sleep looks like, blending together the best of science and art. read more… P.S.: “I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they’re going and hook up with them later.” — Mitch Hedberg

so many questions… how does it decide what to paint? if you had a fitful night’s sleep would the art be more aggressive? what if you had a partner in your hotel bed?

fascinating…

Robot Paints Your Sleep Pattern

Measuring sleep usually involves attaching sensors to a person’s head and then creating basic charts and graphs based on brain waves… Not anymore, now a robot is using your dreams to create art.

It’s called the, “Sleep Art Experience,” and it’s a six-week project being promoted by five Ibis-brand hotels in France, Germany and Great Britain.

To start, 80 sensors are embedded in hotel room mattresses. They record sleep variables including motion, temperature and sound between midnight and 7 am.

That data is then transmitted via Wi-Fi to a robot housed in a studio in Paris. The robot uses an algorithm to convert the data into art, which is expressed through a series of brushstrokes on a black canvas. The result is a beautiful depiction of what an individual’s sleep looks like, blending together the best of science and art.

read more…

P.S.: “I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they’re going and hook up with them later.” — Mitch Hedberg

Source: news.discovery.com

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