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Day: October 12, 2007

Computer Controlled Lawn Defender

October 12, 2007 by Will O'Brien 13 Comments


I found this thanks to [Mark Frauenfelder] on BoingBoing. The ‘Waterhobo‘ is a computer controlled sprinkler that fires upon anyone who’s cutting across the owners lawn. The video is pretty amusing. An infrared camera is mounted up top, and the computer measures motion in the image to determine if it should start firing.

Posted in Misc HacksTagged visual processing, VisualProcessing, water cannon, WaterCannon

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