research
-
AI And Carbon Nanotubes Are Now Being Used To Improve The World’s Keyboards
When it comes to groundbreaking research, there are two fields that seem to occupy the newscycle: Carbon nanotubes and artificial intelligence. The potential combination of those two fields of study seems like it could radically change the word as we know it, or, as South Korean scientists have discovered, at least change how we type.
-
The Hypnotic Wavy Fins On This Swimming Alien-Like Robot Make It Agile As Hell
Replicating the complicated muscle structure that allows fish to wiggle their bodies and dart through the water is no easy feat. But not every underwater creature moves that way. Cuttlefish instead use long fins that undulate in waves to propel themselves, which is an approach that robotics maker Festo found relatively easy to replicate.
-
The Only Good Wearable Records Everything You Miss While Blinking Your Eyes
An eye blink is over in less than a second, which means you can’t possibly be missing much while your eyes are closed, right? But it’s estimated that humans can blink over 28,000 times a day, and as much as 10 per cent of our time awake is spent with our eyes closed. So it…
-
This AI Can Automatically Animate New Flintstones Cartoons
The Flintstones, a cartoon about life in the Stone Age, has just surpassed The Jetsons, a cartoon about life in the distant future, when it comes to technological innovation. Researchers have successfully trained artificial intelligence to generate new clips of the prehistoric animated series based on nothing but random text descriptions of what’s happening in…