Breathing life into messy sketches

October 14, 2003 | Source: CNN

AI-based software being developed by the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT will observes what we draw on the screen and then turns the sketch into computer code.

The smart program is able to interpret what we had in mind from the crude drawing, then animates the sketch by applying the laws of physics to create motion using gravity and momentum — balls roll down slopes, a propeller creates lift.