40 Times People Had No Idea What They Were Looking At, But The Internet Knew What It Was Right Away

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What Is This Thing In My Classroom? Makes Subtle Fan-Like Sounds And Changes Colour On Top

Answer: AV1 is a personal avatar for children suffering from long-term illness, helping them to continue their education and maintain the normality of daily life despite no longer being able to access mainstream education. Through an app, the user can remotely log into the class from their home or hospital. Looking through the robots eyes, the child can watch the lesson, through the robot’s ears they can hear greetings from their friends and they can speak through the robot to interact with the rest of the class.

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kAiTLyN 4 years ago

woah thats kinda cool

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40 Times People Had No Idea What They Were Looking At, But The Internet Knew What It Was Right Away

What Is This Thing In My Classroom? Makes Subtle Fan-Like Sounds And Changes Colour On Top

What Are These For In An Outdoor Area Of A Hospital?

IKEA Coffee Mug, What Is The Thing At The Bottom?

My Mom And Dad Were Doing Some Landscaping In The Backyard And Found This Weird Slate With Writing Etched Into It. The Months Are Spelled Out And The Year States 1827 But That’s All The Information Here. I Can Send More Pics In Pm. Also, This Was Located In Southern Missouri

Thin Slabs Of Ivory With Days Of The Week On The Top Found In My Closet. What Is This Thing?

Water Flows From A Culvert Beneath A Trail Into This Circular Pool, Then Continues On Into The Woods. What's The Pool's Purpose?

Grainy-Like Things? They Appear Inside And On My Closet, And Reappear Whenever I Clean Them. What Are These?

Washed Up On A Beach In Florida. What Is This Thing?

Weird Squirming Living Lovecraftian Nightmare On Our Lawn Chair This Morning. What Is This Thing?

My Boss Just Got Married, And Due To A Combination Of Indian Tradition And Him Being A Bro, He Brought Us These Little Snackboxes. He Left Before I Could Ask Him Much About Them. What Are They Called And What Are They Made Out Of?

Mini Harpoon Thing Found When Changing Bedding In A Hospital Room

When You Pull The Ring On This, Four Little Pins Come Out. What Is It Used For?

Found On Guam In Shallow Water. 3-Meter Diameter Disk. Top Looks Like Polyester In A Honeycomb Shape That Is Fiber Glassed To Flimsy Aluminum Disk. I'm Stumped On This One. Never Seen Anything Like It. What Is This Thing?

What Are These Swirly Things? Found On Google Maps - Located In Cogdell, Georgia, USA

Saw This In A Forest In Germany. What Is This Thing?

My Grandfather Told Us To Not Remove This When Renovating. What Is This Thing?

Mostly Concerned About Why Is This Thing?

Found In Deep Creek Md. What Is This Thing?

What Are These Things I Keep Seeing On Nearly All The London Bus Stops In My Area?

Growing From The Basement Ceiling At A Very Rapid Rate. It Is Also Leaving On The Table Below It, Grayish Particles. What Is This Thing?

On The Underside Of Our Cabinet In The House We Recently Bought, Built In The 70s. Plastic With Metal Teeth On One Side, Very Dull. Each Side Is ~4 Inches Long. What Is This Thing?

This Rainbow Effect?

What Are Those Things Called? I Think They're Typical Of Gothic Architecture?

Found This In My House. I Bet My Wife It Has Something To Do With A Tie. Do I Win?

What Is This Fiber/Sand Ball? Found Among Thousands Like It On A Beach In Spain. It Weighs Almost Nothing

What Are These Circular Metal Things On These Stairs? I Just Hit My Knee And Goddamn Did It Hurt

Plaque With Numbers Inscribed On It. Found On The Sidewalk Outside A Building At My University

Saw This Rusty Thing On My Walk In A Forest. The Forest Belong To A Estate Wedellsborg, Vestfyn, Denmark. What Is This Thing?

I Found This Hanging From The Basement Rafters Of My 100 Year Old House. It Appears To Be Two Marbles Or Something Similar In A Hanger Of Some Sort. Any One Have A Clue What This Could Be?

Found In A Crawlspace Of A House From The 80's Next To 3 Red Boxes Encased In Concrete. What Is This Thing?

I’m Not Doing My Dishes Until I Know What This Beautiful Thing Is

So I Found This Key In With A Bunch Of Things I Was Given Decades Ago When My Grandfather Died. Anyone Ever Seen A Key Like This Before? It’s About 2cm Long An I Have No Clue Where It Came From

What Is This Thing That You Always See On An Escalator?

What Are These Are What Are They For? The Girl Sitting Across From Me Had Them On All Fingers On Both Hands

Found In The Middle Of Asian Desert, In Google Earth At 40°26'37"N 90°48'00"E. What Is This Thing?

Found In The Wood In A Creek. It Was Under A Piece Of Wood. What Is This Thing?

Found On The Norfolk (UK) Coast. Very Soft And Floppy, Pale Pink But Not Rotten Or Water Bloated. What Is This?

This Sci-Fi Looking Place In Poland, Somewhere By Krakow. What Is This Thing?

An Opening In The Bottom Floor Of An 1850s Home In Charleston, Sc. What Is This Thing?

Poured A Glass Of Water Last Night From The Tap Left It Under The Light On The Night Stand, Next Morning I Found This Floating In It... What Could It Be?

I Found This Old Pencil Like Thing. It's One Solid Piece Of Metal Though!!

For Context: It's In A Dentists Office

My Daughter Is Convinced She Found A Shark Tooth, Picked Up At The Beach In Castelldefels, Spain

Small Booklets Of Gibberish Found In A Vacant Home, Appears To Possibly Be Military Related

Landlord Found It In The Basement. Heavy Metal. Google Isn't Responding Well To "Scary Wand" Or "Aggressive Pleasure Instrument". What Is This Thing?

Found This In A Coffeshop. What Is This Game? How Do You Play It?

What Is This? It Was At My Grandfather’s House

Translucent Gelatinous Matter With Black/White Spots, Found In Local Woodlands (UK). What Is This Thing?

Found On The Beach After Hurricane Dorian Wreaked Havoc On The Maritimes.. Curious To Know What It Is?

Found While Clearing Yard. Weighs About 6 Lbs. Area Has Ww2 History. Should I Call Eod?

Found This Thing In The Woods. What Is This Thing?

Family Heirloom, Very Skillfully Hand Made, Roughly 7.5’ X 9.5’

Doll Found In A River. Could Be Something From A Haunted Attraction But If It's Not I'd Like To Know What This Is

Taken Out The Window Of An Airplane Flying Over Europe. What Is This Thing?

What Car Make/Model Is This? This Car Was Involved In A Fatal Hit And Run Of A 15 Y/O Girl Yesterday And Police Haven’t Identified The Car Yet. This Is The Only Picture Available.

What Is This Mark On This Grey Seal (UK), I Observe Them On A Regular Basis And Never Seen Anything Like It?

A Pre-1950 Book That Appears To Be Made Up Of Dialogues And Monologues, Maybe Made Up Of The First Letter Of Each Word In The Series? Anyone Know What It Is?

Found Inside Cremated Remains. Triangular Less Than An Inch Tall And Wide. C And T At Bottom. Did Not Burn So Possibly Metallic. Felt Flexible

Ceramic Jug With Holes In The Opening; What Is This Used For?

Found Near The Water In Newport Rhode Island. What Is This Thing?

This Thing Was In My Colleagues Kfc Drink. Sorry For The Blurry Image!

Found In The Muck In Ohio. What Is This Thing?

Spotted On The Train In Copenhagen This Morning. Rolling White Light Across The Buttons, The Colour Lights Flashed Sporadically. Headphones Jack Connected And The User Was Wearing Headphones. Ladybug Appears On The Top Left. What Is This Thing?

Do Workers Mom Found This In A Box In The Attic. What Is This Thing?

Found This When I Opened The Gas Lid Cover Of My Car. I've Never Seen It Before, Any Help?

Found This In My Honda Crv. Gonna Leave It In Until The Police Arrive. It Unlocked The Door But The Alarm Still Went Off.

Someone In Town Found This On The Beach Today And Wanted To Know What It Was So I Offered To Ask Here. She Said It Was Squishy, Very Large, And Had No Smell. We're In Southeastern Nc So Dorian Swooped By Yesterday If That Helps At All. What Is This Thing?

This Cylindrical Container My Wife Bought. What Is This Thing?

Glass Vials? In A Glass Bowl

Was Walking By A Cabin When I Saw This Thing. But I Struggle To Imagine How This Would Be Used Effectively?

Came Across This On My Way To Work. No Identifying Marks On Any Side, No Wording Or Numbers Anywhere. Came To A Point At The Top. My Guess Is A Booster?

What Is This Red Hat That I See This Student Wearing All The Time?

Found On A Ranch In Texas. Usually Found In Groups Of Several. Very Heavy & Dense. Close To Round

My Grandfather Recently Passed, And This Was His Favorite Plane He Flew. I Believe It Was Korea, And He Was Navy, Retired In The Late 70s As A Major. What Kind Of Plane Is This?

Saw It At A Brewery. Some Sort Of Game, Maybe?

Spin The Handle And The Fingers Click, What Is This?

A Miniature Mask I Found In Nz. What Is This Thing?

This Pole Suddenly Popped Up In My Local Park, Anyone Know What It Is?

Bag Of Water With What Looks Like A Penny Nailed Above A Shop Door In California. What Is This Thing?