'Holographic magazine' comes to life via augmented reality (Tomorrow Daily 288)
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Laser.
Robot.
Snake.
Okay, so maybe we should explain a little bit more.
It's not nearly as terrifying, or, honestly, as fun as it sounds.
OCRobotics and TWI Limited thought that maybe if they could figure out a way to weld pipes from the inside, instead of the outside, it would help a lot of different People.
Sometimes it's too tough or dangerous to access tight spots to patch a pipe externally so they created a robot snake that can move inside pipes.
When it reaches its target it uses a five kilowatt fiber laser to weld from within.
That's a pretty nifty thing for things like older buildings and other inaccessible pipes.
But I suggest we definitely put a kill switch on that thing, just in case.
Next up, print magazines seem to be out of fashion, but this company wants to bring them into the 21st century by creating what they are calling the world's first holographic magazine.
Fun Magazine is looking for cash over on Kickstarter to create an augmented reality magazine.
There's an accompanying app that lets the reader scan pages and then watch them come to life with animation, models and more.
They're looking at a pretty aggressive timetable on delivery though saying if they hit their goals they can move to faster servers and deliver their first issue by next.
To months.
I'd be a little skeptical of that, but you can test the actual concept out on their Kickstarter page where they have some sample pages you can scan with their free iOS and Android apps.
You have to shell out 25 bucks to get a single issue of Funn Magazine, so you'll have to kinda decide whether that's worth it or not for your wallet.
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