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A Deep Learning System That Removes Visual Noise From Digital Images by Looking at Pixelated Photos
Two Minute Papers took a comprehensive look at an amazing collaborative project between NVIDIA, Aalto University, and MIT that solves the problem of grainy digital…
An Amusing Parody About Apple’s Announcement of the iPhone XS and the More ‘Affordable’ iPhone XR
As he’s previously done with other Apple releases, comedian Jack Douglass of Jacksfilms has created an amusing parody based on Apple’s September 12, 2018 event…
An Inflatable ‘Han Solo Frozen in Carbonite’ Costume
Rubies Costume Company has created an inflatable “Han Solo Frozen in Carbonite” costume. This clever adult size costume comes with a battery powered fan and…
Creepy Scenes From the Horror Film ‘Heredity’ Reimagined as a Jingly 1990s Sitcom Title Sequence
The rather prolific and talented video editor Robert Jones has reimagined incredibly creepy scenes from the horror film Heredity as the title sequence for a…
A Unique Online Museum Dedicated to Early Website Design Between the Years of 1995 and 2005
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Web Design Museum (@webdesignmuseum) on Sep 3, 2018 at 11:58pm PDT Engineers Petr Kovár and Ondrej…
BMW Builds the World’s First Completely Autonomous Self-Propelled Motorcycle to Study Safety Technology
The legendary motorcycle creator BMW Motorrad announced that they converted a prototype of their gorgeous R 1200 GS dual sport into a self-proppeled motorcycle that…
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, A Darkly Comedic Western Anthology by the Coen Brothers on Netflix
The Ballad of Buster James, is an anthology of six separate fantastic stories that take place in the newly discovered American frontier over the course…
Ingenious Ceramic Flasks and Mugs Made to Look Like Rusty Old Cans That Once Held Toxic Liquid
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mitchell Spain (@mitchellspainceramics) on Jun 27, 2017 at 7:50am PDT Iowa artist Mitchell Spain has created…
Amazing Non-Melting Ice Pops That Incorporate a Fully Edible Fruit Version of the Composite Material Pykrete
The London food design agency Bombas and Parr have ingeniously incorporated the principles of the sturdy frozen composite material pykrete into a unique non-melting ice…
How the Term ‘OK’ Became Such a Ubiquitous Part of the Common Universal Lexicon
In a really interesting video essay, Vox producer Coleman Lowndes explains the history of the term “OK”,. Lowndes notes its confusing etymological origins, the role…