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Saturday, April 6, 2013

Painting by slumbers- Robot draws your sleep patterns as you toss and turn

Photo: Painting by slumbers- Robot draws your sleep patterns as you toss and turn

f you stay at an Ibis hotel soon, you might need to share your room - and with an insomniac artist who works through the night, no less.
Still, your companion is a silent robot, and he is working to provide you with a personal work of art like no other.
For the Ibis Hotel has employed the robot to watch you while you sleep - hold on, it is not as sinister as it sounds - and paint you an image showing how you toss and turn during your slumber. Hotels in Berlin, Paris and London are taking part in the experiment, and 40 participants chosen from the Ibis's Facebook page can create their own work of art with nothing more than a good night's sleep.
The hotel chain created special mattresses which are covered in thin grids, measuring heat, pressure and sound.
The 'robot', as it were, receives the data, and plots your movements on the canvas, creating a beautiful design out of your sleep lines. Naturally, it will depend on your sleep - a deep sleeper may encourage straight and simple lines, whereas if you thrash around all night, perhaps expect something a little abstract to creep in to your paintings.f you stay at an Ibis hotel soon, you might need to share your room - and with an insomniac artist who works through the night, no less.
Still, your companion is a silent robot, and he is working to provide you with a personal work of art like no other.
For the Ibis Hotel has employed the robot to watch you while you sleep - hold on, it is not as sinister as it sounds - and paint you an image showing how you toss and turn during your slumber. Hotels in Berlin, Paris and London are taking part in the experiment, and 40 participants chosen from the Ibis's Facebook page can create their own work of art with nothing more than a good night's sleep.
The hotel chain created special mattresses which are covered in thin grids, measuring heat, pressure and sound.
The 'robot', as it were, receives the data, and plots your movements on the canvas, creating a beautiful design out of your sleep lines. Naturally, it will depend on your sleep - a deep sleeper may encourage straight and simple lines, whereas if you thrash around all night, perhaps expect something a little abstract to creep in to your paintings.

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