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Scientists Use AI to Turn 134-Year-Old Photo Into 3D Model of Lost Temple Relief

Older models struggled with depth issues in 2D images, but the novel neural network handles these problems with ease.

Goodbye QR Menu, Your Shift is Over

The QR code menu is being kicked to the curb in many restaurants throughout the U.S., leaving it in the past where it belongs.

Scammers Are Using QR Codes to Plunder Parking Meter Payments

The scam has hit several major Texas cities already.

How to Create and Scan QR Codes on Any Device

QR codes aren't going away anytime soon. Here's how to make your own.

Man Banned From Carrying ‘Loose QR Codes’ After Altering Covid Check-In Signs

A man in the Australian state of South Australia was arrested Wednesday after allegedly placing his own QR codes on two official covid-19 check-in signs, according to police in South Australia. The man was granted bail with one very specific condition: He can’t carry “loose QR codes” anywhere. The government of South Australia operates an…

X-Rays Of Super Luxury Products Reveal The Tech Behind The Glitz

Every once and awhile I have to get dressed up for a wedding or something. And it’s kind of fun, but it always reminds me that I’m just not fancy on the inside. No matter how decked out I am I’m still a jeans and a tshirt person deep down. But hopefully that’s not true…

Even Car Enthusiasts Loved The First Woman In Space

Yesterday the whole world celebrated the 50th anniversary of Valentina Tereshkova’s historic space adventure. The solo flight of the Soviet’s Vostok 6 spacecraft on the 16th of June 1963, aboard the first female cosmonaut, was a really big hit in the communist countries. Even the Hungarian weekly car magazine dedicated its cover to the brave,…

This Is How Space Exploration Was Imagined Before Sputnik

Artists’ impressions always played key role in promoting the ideas of space travel, forming our view of future, preparing people for the upcoming of manned or unmanned cosmic missions, spreading the visions of astronomical scientists and aerospace engineers. I found the following illustrations in several Hungarian scientific journals, most of them are from the early…

Watch This Commie Retro-Futuristic Space Tale

It is always interesting to see how people imagined the future in certain ages, even so we have the separate trend ‘retro futurism’ for our viewing pleasure. A few weeks ago I purchased an amazing Hungarian dia film set (of two parts), which was created back in 1960, just one year before Gagarin’s flight and…

The First Photo Of The Far Side Of The Moon

When you search for the very first picture of the far side of the Moon on the Internet, only a very low quality version can be found. A few days ago I purchased a book published by the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1959 and I gladly stared at the much better images in it.…

Why That “US” Drone That Iran “Captured” Is Totally Worthless

Iranian officials happily announced on Monday that it downed and recovered a US drone as it was performing reconnaissance over Iranian territory. However, US officials have already denied that the drone is theirs and that, even if it were, there’s nothing Iran can do with it. Here’s why. https://gizmodo.com/iran-just-captured-another-us-drone-5965424 The drone in question is a…

Hidden Government Scanners Will Instantly Know Everything About You From 164 Feet Away

Within the next year or two, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will instantly know everything about your body, clothes, and luggage with a new laser-based molecular scanner fired from 164 feet (50 meters) away. From traces of drugs or gun powder on your clothes to what you had for breakfast to the adrenaline level…

Robot Body Controlled By Human Thoughts Alone

For the first time, scientists have managed to use fMRI scans of a human to control the movements of a robot body. The link between man and machine allowed the researchers to control a robot in France from a brain scanner in Israel. New Scientist reports the momentous achievement, which is the culmination of research…

CT Scans Triple Cancer Risk in Children

Medical imaging has become a routine part of assessing health problems over the last few decades. But a new study reveals that children who undergo CT head scans triple their risk of developing leukemia or a brain tumor. The research, published in the Lancet, looked into how the routine use of CT scans was linked…

People Look At Google+ And Facebook The Same Way

An eye tracking study of 54 users under the age of 34 shows that Facebook users and Google+ users read their homepage in the same way. Both Facebook and Google+ users begin by examining the main column where all the content is located. They then jump around from the left, right and top columns as…

3-D Scanning and Reconstruction of Crash Scenes Will Save Cops and Drivers Time and Money

Police in England will soon deploy 3-D laser scanners to the scene of car crashes, saving time and allowing wreckage to be cleared from roadways more quickly. The 3-D accident reconstruction will also be more accurate than human-generated reports. In the UK as in the US, a car wreck involving injuries or fatalities must be…

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How Did An iPhone Take This Picture?

Unless the blades of this airplane propellor can defy gravity and float, the iPhone’s camera totally distorted reality with this picture. How did this happen? No, it’s not Photoshop. It’s because of the camera’s “rolling shutter”. So as it turns out, most digital cameras don’t actually take a picture the instant you hit the button.…

The Last Great Whaling Ship, Repaired Thanks to Lasers

Built in 1841, you’d expect that the last ever wooden whaling ship would need a bit of patching up by now. Luckily, state-of-the-art 3D laser systems are on hand, able to scan for weak structural points in need of fixing. The above scan is the result of that system, and managed to pinpoint $10 million…

Toy Guts

They may not have bones to break, but all toys have something going on underneath those plastic shells of theirs. Scan Toys, an exhibition of toy x-rays at the Centro Cultural Recoleta in Buenos Aires, lets you see their guts. OK, their insides aren’t quite as complex as a plane’s, or a Nintendo’s, or even…