Upscaling the oldest recorded video using neural networks
Using an ensemble of neural networks, YouTuber Denis Shiryaev upscaled the oldest recorded video: Louis Le Prince's Roundhay Garden Scene which was shot in October of 1888....
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SpaceX successfully hops their Starship SN5
In another incredible achievement for Elon Musk, SpaceX successfully "hopped" their Starship SN5 150 m (490 ft) yesterday. This comes after the successful hop of their Starhopper...
Minecraft running inside a game of Minecraft
Last week Reddit user uDrunkMate used a VM Computers mod that let's you boot Windows 95 inside of Minecraft to run a game of Doom. Twitter user...
Engineers create first manufactured non-cuttable material
Inspired by the structure of shells and grapefruits, a team of international researchers has created what they say is the first manufactured non-cuttable material which they've named...
Researchers design super small camera that fits on bugs
Researchers at the University of Washington have designed a steerable camera small enough to fit on the back of a bug. According to IEEE Spectrum: With a...
Europe's largest 3D printer prints an entire two-story house
Using what they claim to be the largest 3D printer in Europe, the Kamp C Group in Antwerp, Belgium, has recently built a prototype 3D-printed house with...
Amazon develops "smart shopping cart" that scans as you place groceries so you can skip checkout
Amazon today introduced the Amazon Dash Cart, a "smart shopping cart" that uses weight sensors and cameras to let you scan your items as you place them...
MIT engineers design a reusable silicone rubber face mask
Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital have designed a silicone rubber face mask they believe is as effective as N95 masks but can be sterilized...
FamilyMart to start introducing robot shelf stockers
Japan's FamilyMart chain is planning on introducing robots to its workforce this summer to stock store shelves. According to Time Out: Instead of being fully automated, FamilyMart's...
Sony is selling a personal wearable AC unit
Announced in 2019, Sony is now selling its Reon Pocket, a personal temperature control unit that sells for about $130 (14,080 Japanese Yen). According to Design Boom:...
Disney develops high resolution neural face-swapping
The folks at Disney Research Studios have moved one step closer to replacing human actors by developing this algorithm for high resolution face-swapping in images and videos....
Creating temperature illusions using smells in virtual reality
Researchers from the University of Chicago's Human Computer Integration Lab have developed a way of simulating temperature in VR by using smells. We explore a temperature illusion...
The SlothBot is a slow-moving energy-efficient observation robot
Robotics engineers at Georgia Tech have built a SlothBot for use in the Atlanta Botanical Garden, which mimics the low-energy lifestyle of real sloths for extended continuous...
This sand drawing robot draws in the sand
YouTuber Ivan Miranda built a 30 pound robot using 50 miniature servos that writes messages in the sand. I made a sand drawing robot with 50 miniature...
Researchers discover resolution limit to "upsampling" of pixelated faces
In news surprising only to CSI writers, AI researchers have discovered there is an inherent resolution limit to "upsampling" pixelated faces. Duke University researchers have created an...
Boston Dynamics' Spot is now for sale for $74,500.00
After years of teasing the apocalypse, robot death dealer Boston Dynamics finally has their Spot for sale for $74,500.00 which you can buy from their official site....
Spies Can Now Eavesdrop Using Ordinary Light bulbs
Because the world isn't scary enough as it is, researchers from Israeli's Ben-Gurion University have developed a way to eavesdrop on conversations by analyzing the vibrations off...
81-Year Old Grandpa Raging In Virtual Reality Game
This is a video of somebody's 81-year old grandpa playing survival horror game The Brookhaven Experiment with an HTC Vive virtual reality system. He is INTO IT....