What happens when you combine NVIDIA Omniverse and its AI-powered Audio2Face application with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5? Realistic digital singing humans of course, or at least in the hands of Anderson Rohr, a 3D artist and freelance video editor from southern Brazil. To create a slightly creepy lip-sync cover of “Bad Moon Rising,” Rohr used his own voice and an NVIDIA Studio system with a GeForce RTX 3090 GPU.
LG Electronics has unveiled its first ever gaming laptop, the UltraGear 17G90Q, ahead of CES 2022 in Las Vegas next month, and it’s definitely no slouch. Featuring a 17-inch IPS panel with a 1 millisecond response as well as a 300Hz refresh rate, 11th Gen Intel Tiger Lake H processor, NVIDIA GeForceTM RTX 3080 Max-Q graphics, dual-channel memory, an extremely-fast dual SSD setup, and a vapor chamber cooling system. Read more for additional pictures and information.
Sweden-based startup, Epicenter, has developed a microchip implant that can be used to store your COVID-19 vaccine passport directly beneath the skin, either in the arm or between the thumb and forefinger. It utilizes use near-field communication (NFC) technology, which communicates with any NFC-compatible smartphone.
Eviation Aircraft has just revealed the production version of its electric Alice plane with a new executive cabin. The original commuter version boasts a 9-passenger capacity, while this new design seats 6 passengers with wider seats, allowing each to peer out large 16.5-inch-wide windows. That’s not all, the company also unveiled a cargo configuration that sports a temperature-controlled cargo compartment of 450 cubic feet in volume. Read more for two videos, additional pictures and information.
Inventor Scott Bez wanted to brighten up his Christmas tree, but in a geeky kind of way. So, he created a somewhat functional Nintendo Switch ornament. Unfortunately (or fortunately), it can’t play real games, although the ornament is capable of running animated GIFs from an SD card on its 1.14-inch LCD panel.
The Roku Express 4K+ might be the best budget-priced streaming player in 2021, and you can get one for $24, today only, originally $39.99. Add smart functionality to almost any 4K TV, complete with dual-band wireless for a smoother streaming experience with faster wireless performance, even when multiple devices are connected to your network. Product page. Read more for a hands-on video review and additional information.
Australia-based Cortical Labs utilized thousands of human brain cells grown atop of arrays of microelectrodes, or in other words, a biotechnological hybrid called ‘DishBrain’, to play a single-player version of the classic arcade game ‘Pong’. The researchers then compared the speed at which the mini-brain picked up the skill with that of artificial intelligence (AI).
Ever wanted to hear what Jupiter’s moon Ganymede sounds like? If so, then you’re in luck, as NASA / JPL’s Juno mission collected enough data to generate a 50-second audio track during the spacecraft’s close flyby of Ganymede on June 7, 2021. During its closest approach, it was within 645 miles of the moon’s surface and traveling at a relative velocity of 41,600 mph.
Spider-Man has been around the world, and while he may not have had time to scale the rooftops of Paris, some may wonder what jumping around them might be like. Fortunately, Ninja Warrior champion Charles Poujade has the skills to show us just that, and he dressed up as Spider-Man in celebration of the theatrical release of No Way Home. Read more to see what ensued.
Stanford Computational Imaging Lab researchers have developed a keyhole imaging method, called non-line-of-sight (NLOS), that reveals objects hidden inside an entire room by just shooting a laser through the keyhole. That’s right, all that you would need is a single point of laser light entering a room to expose the physical objects inside.