It’s been just over 6.5-years since Mafia III was released, so it’s only fitting that Mafia IV game concepts have started popping up, including this one by TeaserPlay made in Unreal Engine 5. Not much is known about the sequel other than the developer Hangar 13 has posted job listings in search of a Tools Engineer to work on a multi-platform game currently in pre-production.
Engineered Arts’ Ameca humanoid robot just received a GPT-3 AI upgrade and numerous new facial expressions ensued. OpenAI’s autoregressive language model uses deep learning to generate human-like text, which is then processed back into various expressions or speech by Ameca.
You’ll find Carnegie Mellon University’s Iris alongside the STELLS Mobile Power Rover on the Moon’s surface if all goes to plan. At just over 4-pounds, this shoebox-sized device will become the first American, student-developed, smallest and lightest rover to land on the moon. It comes equipped with cameras to facilitate both its guidance as well as scientific observations of the Moon’s terrain.
Photo credit: Arihant Israni via Yanko Design
Fujifilm’s INSTAX MINI 12 is a mighty fine instant camera, but what if Braun were to put their touch on a similar device? Industrial designer Arihant Israni thinks it would look something like this concept. “Braun Design” was coined as an approach to creating products that combine technical innovation, a new aesthetic, and user friendliness.
YouTube celebrates over 100-billion views of Super Mario Bros. content, which consists of more than 2 million channels uploading Mario videos every 20 seconds. For those who weren’t around or don’t remember, one of the first Nintendo videos to go viral was of a blindfolded musician playing a Super Mario medley on the piano.
PointCrow’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild multiplayer mod has been released after being in development for nearly a year. It was developed by AlexMangue and Sweet after accepting a $10,000 USD bounty. You can set it to have shrine progress and koroks sync up as well as the ability to leave the server without interrupting the other players.
The ASUS AX5700 (RT-AX86U) WiFi 6 Gaming Router is AirMesh compatible, and you can get one for $224.99 shipped after clipping the on-page coupon, today only, originally priced at $279.99. Unlike other routers, this one has a dedicated gaming port that automatically prioritizes any wired device connected to it. Simply connect your gaming PC or console to the special LAN port to give you a fast, stable connection that’s always at the head of the queue. Product page.
Slated for release in August 2023, the new Ahsoka series, directed by Dave Filoni among others, was teased during Star Wars Celebration Day. It stars Rosario Dawson (Ahsoka Tano), Natasha Liu Bordizzo (Sabine Wren), Eman Esfandi (Ezra Bridger), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Hera Syndulla), Ray Stevenson (Baylan), David Tennant (Huyang), and Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker).
The trickiest skip in Mario Kart 64 has been used in a speedrun for the first time, and it can be performed in Bowser’s Castle by those who dare. When perfected, it allows a player to drive through a wall, which saves precious time in a speedrun. Forest64, a famous speedrunner, spent over 200-hours playing to set a new non-shortcut Bowser’s Castle record using the skip on March 11, 2023.
There’s Bactoink, and then this innovative biomaterial fabric that was created using bacteria by London-startup Modern Synthesis. This microbial textiles are cultivated inside bioreactors using sugar from plant waste and bacteria. The goal is to eventually replace both leather and synthetic fabric made from fossil fuels.