Somebody built an actual functional flying car
Klein Vision completed the maiden voyage of it's flying AirCar prototype last week, finally making a reality what no actual person wants to be a reality. The...
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Using AI to remove objects from photos and video
Researchers have figured out a way to use AI to fill in gaps in images, essentially automating the ability to seamlessly erase objects from photos or video....
Nvidia creates AI video compression for video conferencing
NVIDIA has developed a technique of video compression using AI, replacing video codecs with a neural network. Instead of sending a compressed video stream, their algorithm sends...
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...
Machine that finds grains of sand that look like faces
Pareidolia is an art project that uses a fully automated robot to examine grains of sand and look for faces. The name of the project comes from...
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...
Livestreamed progress update on Elon Musk's Neuralink
In addition to Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk is also running Neuralink, a company working on developing high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces. In layman's terms, he's making a...
Learning to pilot a giant Furrion Exo-Bionic Prosthesis mech
This is a video of YouTuber The Hacksmith learning to pilot a giant Furrion Exo-Bionic Prosthesis mech. If you're wondering what the purpose of this mech is,...
Tokyo installed see-through public toilets in a park to let people inspect their cleanliness before using them
Two parks in Tokyo have installed transparent public toilets so users can inspect their cleanliness before using them. The restrooms use "smart glass" which turns opaque when...
A smartphone case that can crawl to a wireless charger
Researchers from the Seoul National University Biorobotics Laboratory have developed a lightweight and low-profile crawling phone case robot. The legs retract flat when not in use, keeping...
Removing the polarization filter from an iPhone so only you can see the screen
This is a video of somebody removing the second polarization filter from their iPhone and attaching it to a pair of glasses so that the screen can...
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...
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....
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...