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An Autonomous Self-Service Robotic Chef That Prepares Customized Omelettes on Demand
Vlogger and podcaster Ankit Vengurlekar of Gadget Wala watched as a robotic chef mixed, scrambled, flipped and served an omelette that he customized with toppings…
The Grantham Family and Staff Prepare the Estate for a Royal Visit in the Highly-Awaited ‘Downton Abbey’ Film
Just five years after the viewing audience parted ways with the enormously popular Julian Fellowes series Downton Abbey, a new feature film of the same…
TV Star and His Stunt Double Explore the Last Days of the Golden Age in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’
Sony Pictures has released the trailer for Quentin Tarantino‘s 9th film entitled Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (previously) in which a television actor Rick…
Robotic Rock Band Compressorhead Performs the Classic Nirvana Anthem ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
The robotic band Compressorhead played a truly heavy metal cover of the classic grunge anthem “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana. The footage was taken…
The History of the Disappearance and Reappearance of San Francisco’s Original 49 Mile Scenic Drive Signs
Filmmaker Bradley Smith delved into the wonderful history of the iconic signs for San Francisco’s 49 Mile Scenic Drive. These signs were designed for a…
A Unique Clock That Uses a Sequence of Colors Rather Than Numerals to Tell the Time
Oxford, England design firm Clark and Steel has created The Color Clock, a novel device that uses specific sequences of color rather than numerals to…
‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Animator Shares Her Reference Videos for Several Scenes From the Film
Animator Emma Shih shared the reference video she used while working on the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The video shows Shih imitating the characters…
A Flip Cup Fluid Art Tutorial Using 24 Paints Resulting in a Gorgeous Landscape of Cellular Color
The resident artist of Arts and Crafts Studio demonstrated the fascinating “Flip Cup” fluid art technique using a cup, acrylic paint, floetrol, and silicon oil.…
Deepfake of Bill Hader Morphing Into Al Pacino and Arnold Schwarzenegger While Impersonating Them
Slovakian video editor Ctrl Shift Face has quite seamlessly (and somewhat disturbingly) employed deepfake software to morph comedian Bill Hader‘s face into those of Al…
Testing Out a Drone’s Obstacle Avoidance Recognition Using a One Way Game of Dodgeball
Researchers at the University of Zurich Department of Neuroinformatics played a unique one way game of dodgeball with a drone that was mounted with an…