The robotics team at Google have developed a ping pong robot based on the i-S2R platform that is able to sustain a 340 hit rally. Iterative-Sim2Real essentially allows a robot to hold rallies of over 300 hits with a human player, while GoalsEye enables learning goal-conditioned policies that match the precision of amateur human table tennis players.
The fan-designed LEGO Ideas Table Football set becomes official, and consists of 2,339-pieces including 22 different minifigures, which can be built with various hair styles, facial expressions as well as skin tones. Thanks to its portable size, the completed set can easily be transported to play with friends or even on a trip.
You’ve seen a masterful drone pilot navigate the Mall of America, now check out what they can do at Wrigley Field in a single take, home of the Chicago Cubs. This major league baseball stadium is best known for its ivy-covered brick outfield wall, hand-turned scoreboard, and its location right in the middle of a residential neighborhood with no parking lots, while the rooftops behind the outfield offer expansive views of the action.
Until this artificial Moon is completed right here on Earth, we’ll have to settle for zero-gravity football in a plane. Football Luis Figo and a team of heroes from across the globe set a new record by doing just that at an altitude of 20,230 ft (6,166.1 m) in zero-gravity conditions.
Located approximately 83-miles north-northwest of Las Vegas, the US Air Force’s highly secretive Area 51 base is one facility that only people with the right top secret clearance can visit, but anyone can view its baseball field. What most do not know is that it’s apparently been there since 1964, built during Project OXCART, the development and fielding of the A-12 spy plane.
Inventor Shane Wighton already built one robotic basketball hoop that won’t let you miss, but one of his recent projects takes it to a whole new level. Made from a combination of aluminum, foam and fiberglass, the hoop uses a complex system of pulleys as well as six electric motors to follow the ball’s motion.
This 1995 Ferrari F50, previously owned b Mike Tyson, is headed to auction and could fetch over $5,000,000 USD at auction. The boxing legend owned the supercar between 1996-1999, and to date, it has approximately 6,200-miles on the odometer, with a recent maintenance just completed at a Ferrari dealership in Florida.
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To celebrate expanding digital collectible NFTs to 100 more countries on Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg announced today that he is minting his old autographed little league baseball card as a digital collectible. Believe it or not, this is a real card owned by Metropolis | Comic Connect that Mark Zuckerberg had personally made to give to his favorite camp counselor, Allie Tarantino, back in 1992.
Tony Hawk has partnered with The Sandbox, a decentralized gaming virtual world, to create ‘Tony Hawk LAND’. This is touted as the ‘world’s biggest virtual skatepark’ where users will be able to create Tony Hawk avatar NFTs based on his most iconic skateboards, equipment, and apparel, including the iconic skateboard used to land the 900 at the X Games in 1999.
The Fitbit Charge 5 Advanced Fitness Health Tracker Watch is the company’s most advanced yet, and you can get one for $104.49 shipped, today only, originally $149.95. You’ll be able to keep track of your fitness, stress, heart health, sleep and overall wellbeing, all in a sleek package, complete with a color OLED touchscreen as well as up to 7-days of battery life. Product page.