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Augmented Reality Vehicle Windows With Eye Tracking Technology
Developed at Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and set for public unveiling at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024, the Augmented Reality Interactive Vehicle Display is a vehicle window that can provide additional information about what a passenger is currently viewing. In the future, tour buses may…
Flexible Armed Drone Can Squeeze Through Gaps Narrower Than It Is
Developed by researchers at the Autonomous Robots Lab (ART) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Morphy is a small, autonomous drone…
Woodworker Turns AI Rendered Car Into The Real Thing
After using an artificial intelligence program to render an out-of-this-world car, woodworker Trương Văn Đạo of the YouTube channel ND Woodworking Art got to…
Building A Real Extending Lightsaber
Constructed by Youtuber HeroTech, this lightsaber extends and retracts to look like the ones from the Star Wars movies. Granted, it doesn’t extend and…
HumanPlus Humanoid Robot Learns Tasks Autonomously By Copying Humans
Developed by Stanford University researchers, HumanPlus is a humanoid robot capable of learning to perform tasks by copying human movements. As long as it…
A Look At Disney’s ‘Dreams That Soar’ 800-Drone Air Show
With shows running all summer at Disney Springs in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, the ‘Dreams that Soar’ drone show features 800 synchronized drones creating…
AI-Powered LEGO Robot Builds Pixel Portraits
Built by Dutch creator Sten of the YouTube channel Creative Mindstorms, the AI LEGO PixelArt Robot (aka PixelBot 3000) is a LEGO robot that…
From Bigfoot to Loch Ness: 15 Cryptid Legends That Refuse to Die
Mythical creatures have fascinated people for centuries. Stories about these beasts date back through history, and while most have never been proven, the legends…