DeepFaceDrawing: Deep Generation of Face Images from Sketches
DeepFaceDrawing: Deep Generation of Face Images from Sketches
Growth of compute devices over time
The clearest picture of Saturn ever taken
Is Modern Media Destroying Our Memories?
It seems as though the more we embrace external technologies, the more our memory faculties deteriorate. But the truth might just be scarier.
"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer." - Cunningham's Law
In mid-May, the US Congress released the H.R.6666 - COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act and Melinda Gates was promoting vaccines on TV while wearing an inverted cross. America remains the world leader in comedy, congrats!
"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone" - Pascal
5 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Growing Mushrooms For A Living
Spain Readies Big Reduction in Single-Use Plastics From Mid-2021
Spain is preparing to significantly reduce the distribution and sale of single-use plastic cutlery, straws, cups and products containing microplastics as part of the government’s drive to promote recycling and reduce waste.
DeepFaceDrawing Generates Photorealistic Portraits from Freehand Sketches
A team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the City University of Hong Kong has introduced a local-to-global approach that can generate lifelike human portraits from relatively rudimentary sketches.
Going without sleep for too long kills animals but scientists haven’t known why. Newly published work suggests that the answer lies in an unexpected part of the body.
Germany will require all petrol stations to provide electric car charging
Germany said it will oblige all petrol stations to offer electric car charging to help remove refuelling concerns and boost consumer demand for the vehicles as part of its 130 billion euro economic recovery plan.
Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech sovereignty’
Critics of the project warn about inconsistencies in the underlying concept, including that U.S. tech giants Amazon or Google were among some 300 companies and organizations involved in setting up Gaia-X.
Divide and rule (Latin: divide et impera), or divide and conquer, in politics and sociology is gaining and maintaining power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into pieces that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.
Almost a Dozen Earthquakes Recorded in Clusters Near Yellowstone Park in Just 24 Hours
An area near Yellowstone National Park has been struck by nearly a dozen earthquakes on Friday, according to the US Geological Survey. West Yellowstone in Montana reported around eleven earthquakes on Friday, with the strongest one measuring a magnitude of 3.1. The area has been hit by an additional 34 quakes in the past month, according to Idaho Statesman.
Minnesota is now using contact tracing to track protestors, as demonstrations escalate
Minnesota protests are continuing to escalate and inspire similar demonstrations around the country in the wake of police killing an unarmed Minneapolis man this week named George Floyd. Minnesota officials say they’re using contact tracing to better understand who the protestors are and where they’re coming from. Contact tracing has previously been used as part of a comprehensive coronavirus response.
Regen: Collaborative Co-production Of Upcycled Products
This paper attempts to look at sharing from three angles - community, environment and technology. Sharing is approached as co-production where what is shared is not simply material goods but rather ideas, creativity, pleasure and experience. The paper outlines making as an intrinsic attribute of human nature and how sharing and making can complement each other.
Bass Worship: The Story of DUB and Sound System Culture (2020 Documentary)
Tunguska Meteor of 1908 Might Have Returned To Space (space.com)
A new explanation for a massive blast over a remote Siberian forest in 1908 is even stranger than the mysterious incident itself. Known as the Tunguska event, the blast flattened more than 80 million trees in seconds, over an area spanning nearly 2,000 square kilometers — but left no crater. A meteor that exploded before hitting the ground was thought by many to be the culprit. However, a comet or asteroid would likely have left behind rocky fragments after blowing up, and no "smoking gun" remnants of a cosmic visitor have ever been found. Now, a team of researchers has proposed a solution to this long-standing puzzle: A large iron meteor hurtled toward Earth and came just close enough to generate a tremendous shock wave. But the meteor then curved away from our planet without breaking up, its mass and momentum carrying it onward in its journey through space.