The space tourism industry is expected to grow significantly over the next ten years, but corporations still need to do more to make the trip exciting. It’s true that you are traveling through space on a hydrogen-powered fireball at a speed of about 28,000 kilometers per hour (17,000 miles per …
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Vaughn Langless revealed to investigators for Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration News in 2003 that “in 1987, I was involved with the refurbishment of an office facility in Rochester, New York, to make facilities for about 200 telemarketers’ cubicles.” New rooftop heaters and air-handling systems were installed as part of …
Read More »An AI tool can instantly and smoothly de-age actors’ faces for movies
Researchers at Disney Research Studios have created a new artificial intelligence (AI) technology that can subtly age or reverse the aging of persons in video footage. The tool, known as the face re-aging network (FRAN), will be able to make actors appear older or younger for movie scenes set in …
Read More »According to the creator of Gmail, AI could seriously hurt Google within a year or two
Gmail’s creator predicts that within a year or two, the new chatbot ChatGPT will completely upend Google’s business, eradicating the search engine result page. You have probably already encountered a few works produced by ChatGPT, a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that can do anything from rewrite “Baby Got …
Read More »San Francisco Changes Its Mind About Allowing Police Robots To Kill People
Everyone who opposes allowing the police to use robots to kill humans has good news: After receiving criticism after passing it by vote last week, San Francisco has put a halt to its plan to permit just that. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a policy last week that …
Read More »Neuralink Shows Off A Monkey Typing Using Its Brain, But Neuroscientists Are Unimpressed
The company Neuralink recently unveiled a new video in which a monkey is seen typing entirely with its brain, which it claims will advance efforts to implant the chip into people the following year. It’s not the first time we’ve seen something similar, but Neuralink claims the demonstration demonstrates “telepathic …
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Read More »How Does a TV Set Operate?
Look at your modern-day TV, and you witness nothing less than a technological miracle. Scientists began experimenting with the concept of television more than a century ago. But it wouldn’t be until the 1939 World’s Fair that the Radio Corporation of America introduced it to the general audience. Before TV …
Read More »SpaceX becomes a full-service defense contractor with a focus on national security Starshield
The U.S. government has already come to rely heavily on SpaceX’s launch services, but the company is now diving headfirst into a pool it had previously only dabbled in. A brand-new division of SpaceX called Starshield will offer customized satellite designs and secure communications to “government entities” (think three-letter agencies). …
Read More »It’s far too simple to deceive Lensa AI into producing offensive photos
With its avatar-generating AI, Lensa has been climbing the app store hit lists and turning off artists. It turns out that using the platform to create non-consensual soft porn is possible and far too simple, which is another reason to fly the flag. The Lensa app has produced photo sets …
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