Paper maps can be brought to life using hardware that adds up-to-the-minute information, photography and even video footage.
Researchers Tom Drummond, Gerhard Reitmayr and Ethan Eade, at Cambridge University, UK, developed the system, which augments an ordinary tabletop map with additional information by projecting it onto the map’s surface.
More about the project at New Scientist or from the project homepage.
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