Boston Dynamics’ creepy robots give Santa a ride for Christmas!
Who needs reindeer when you can have headless robotic dogs pull your sleigh for the holidays? We miss Rudolph already.
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Boston Dynamics’ creepy robots give Santa a ride for Christmas!
Who needs reindeer when you can have headless robotic dogs pull your sleigh for the holidays? We miss Rudolph already.
28 Photos That Perfectly Sum up Our Addiction to Technology
一天中至少選個時間清淨一下吧!
Treat Yourself To A Cookie Cutter Of Your Face
(Photo Source: Copypastry)
覺得提供訂製這個會紅耶!
Drone autonomously dips, darts and dives through trees at 30 MPH
Andrew Barry, a researcher from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), has developed an obstacle-detection system that allows a drone to autonomously dip, dart and dive through a tree-filled field at upwards of 30 miles per hour without Lidar or Kinect hardware.
Running 20 times faster than existing software, Barry’s stereo-vision algorithm allows the drone to detect objects and build a full map of its surroundings in real-time. Operating at 120 frames per second, the software - which is open-source and available online - extracts depth information at a speed of 8.3 milliseconds per frame. See the drone in action below:
The onewing, which weighs just over a pound and has a 34-inch wingspan, was made from off-the-shelf components costing about $1,700, including a camera on each wing and two processors no fancier than the ones you’d find on a cellphone.
[Andrew Barry] [via Robotics Trends] [CSAIL] [github] [paper]
未來天網派出這種飛機我們就死定了!
It was already a special trip, but Ljung also happened to have his new DJI Phantom 2 along for the ride. Using a GoPro Hero3+Black Edition, he was able to record 250 minutes worth of stunning footage.
Amazing
I happened to pick up a book about my favorite Japanese print artist last year - just a few days after seeing the fantastic Studio Ghibli documentary The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness - and so a bit of a mashup of the two was the natural result.
Pre-orders for prints are available here.
Beautiful.
How can I get one?
You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
Pop Culture Rendered in Pencil Shavings, with South Africa Artist @meghanmaconochie
For more of Meghan’s pencil shaving pop art, follow @meghanmaconochie on Instagram.
“I put so many hours into creating these works,” says Meghan Maconochie (@meghanmaconochie), a South African schoolteacher who creates textured images drawn from pop culture references, which she constructs from the shavings of colored pencils. Meghan’s process begins by hand-drawing an image onto paper or a card, which gives her a base to work on. Next, she applies a thin layer of shavings on the outer edges. “I then layer it up so it has more of a sculptural look to it,” she explains.
“Believe it or not, I sharpen all my pencils by hand,” she explains. “I have tried using an electric sharpener but the shavings end up being too fine and turn to dust pretty much.” Despite the time she invests in her artwork, the physical renderings are ephemeral. “I am experimenting with different fixatives to see if I can preserve the image,” she says. “Sadly, at the moment, I throw them away after photographing them.”
Meghan explains the pop culture references in her images, which she is aiming to produce on a daily basis for an entire year: “I like to create pieces that people can relate to and recognize. I very much create what inspires me that particular day or week, whether it be music, film, people or other artists.”
這跟那天在紙牌屋看到的喇嘛做的圖有點像!有人知道那種圖的名字嗎?
Life hacks, y’all. 📲➡️☀️🌲(via pleated-jeans)
How could I not find out before?