Creating 3D models of people from 2D images
Continuing humanity's race towards potential deepfake hell, researchers have developed a way of creating 3D models from 2D images using neural networks. The full title of the...
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Researchers develop battery-free Game Boy that can run forever
Researchers at Northwestern University and the Delft University of Technology have developed a Game Boy that uses solar power and the energy generated from mashing buttons to...
Visualizing the history of The Universe using 13,799 dominoes
Science communicator Kurtis Baute set up a 300 meter long row of dominoes to represent a timeline of history from the Big Bang to now, with each...
Using internet photos to create 3D reconstructions
Researchers have developed a system for taking photo collections from the internet and turning them into 3D reconstructions. They call it NeRF-W, which stands for Neural Radiance...
The moons of our solar system as if they were on Earth
YouTube channel MetaBallStudios (previously comparing asteroids and spaceships) made this animation showing what the moons of our solar system would look like if they were on Earth....
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...
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...
Video demonstration of the self-righting shape Gömböc
This is a video demonstrating the unique properties of a gömböc: a shape that only has two equilibrium points (one stable and one unstable) instead of the...
Valuable Info: How To Apply Holograms To Chocolate
This is a video from Youtuber and relaxing talker Applied Science discussing and demonstrating how to apply holograms to chocolate with no printing ink or plastic or...
What Does A Fan Do In A Vacuum Chamber?
This is a video from The Action Lab where they've set up a vacuum chamber with a fan inside along with a number of tiny Styrofoam balls...
Guy Inhales Helium And Sulfur Hexafluoride Simultaneously To See What He'll Sound Like
This is a video of Cody of Cody's Lab (previously: flushing 152 pounds of liquid mercury down a toilet, floating an anvil in liquid mercury, and taste-testing...
Valuable Info: Why Empty Shampoo Bottle Are So Easy To Knock Over, A Scientific Analysis
This is a video of Lehigh University professor Jerome Licini discussing, at length (some might even be inclined to argue at too much length, but those people...
Glow-In-The-Dark Guitar Strings Oscillating As Seen From Inside The Instrument
This is 'Discostrings', a video from musician Alan Gogoll (previously) of glow-in-the-dark guitar strings oscillating as seen from inside the instrument while being played fingerstyle. So, yeah,...
Using Fluorescent Dye To Demonstrate How Efficient Sea Sponges Are At Circulating Water Through Themselves
This is a video of a marine scientist at the Gardens Of The Queen, Cuba demonstrating how efficient sea sponges are at circulating water through themselves by...
Science Teacher Demonstrates Slow Moving Waves In A Variety Of Hanging Motorized Loops
This is a video of science instructor Bruce Yeany discussing and demonstrating the movement of waves with a variety of different hanging loops, both limp and in...
Whoa: A C-130 With Spiraling Vortices From All Propellers
This is a short gif of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules taking off when the dewpoint was just right for all the propellers to create visible wingtip vortices...
Scientists Discover First Multicellular Organism That Doesn't Require Oxygen To Survive
Seen here looking suspiciously like the contents of a wadded up Kleenex, the multicellular parasite Henneguya salminicola awaits some salmon to infect and cause "milky flesh" disease....
Science!: Floating An Iron Anvil In A Tub Of Liquid Mercury
This is a video of Youtuber Cody'sLab (heck yeah, let me grab my white coat and goggles and I'll be right over) floating a 110-pound iron anvil...