Carpet senses human poses for 3D models and other news

ByPR 24

BBC Click’s Romana Kreider looks at the best technology news stories of the week including:

  • Dating app Bumble temporarily closes its offices and gives its staff a week off to combat workplace stress
  • An autonomous ship’s voyage to the US is cut short when it develops a fault and has to return to the UK
  • A carpet packed with thousands of sensors and capable of turning human poses into 3D models is developed at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

See more at Click’s website and @BBCClick

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