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I magine shaking hands with a humanoid robot or having artificial intelligence seamlessly integrated into your phone’s every function. These aren’t just pipe dreams anymore; at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 in Spain, they became tangible realities. Even jewellery got a tech boost — think smart rings with features that could revolutionise health monitoring and contactless payments. From the familiar form factors like smartphones reinvented, to completely new categories like robot companions, MWC 2024 painted a…

In the vibrant city of Los Angeles, artist Yeono has carved a niche for herself with her exceptional talent in bringing pets to life on skin. Specializing in realism through the art of tattooing, Yeono has become a sought-after name for pet lovers looking to immortalize their furry friends in ink.Yeono's studio in LA has become a haven for those seeking a unique way to celebrate the bond between humans and their pets. Through her skilled hands and a keen artistic eye, she transforms the essence of beloved animals into…

Meta’s Quest 3 VR headset won’t arrive until later this year. However, now we have a better idea of what to expect from the device courtesy of Bloomberg’s , who says he went hands-on with a prototype to better understand how Quest 3 will stack up against Apple’s forthcoming mixed-reality headset. Gurman reports the prototype, codenamed Eureka, “feels far lighter and thinner” than its predecessor. He says the head strap “seems a bit stronger,” too, and uses fabric on the sides instead of plastic like the Quest 2. More…

Too Long; Didn't ReadDima Shvets is cofounder and CEO of Reface. He says we need to understand how our virtual and digital identities are connected to the concept of hyperreality. Hyperreality is an experience of a digital (artificial) origin that imitates reality but is not perceived by the user as reality. Too Long; Didn't ReadDima Shvets is cofounder and CEO of Reface. He says we need to understand how our virtual and digital identities are connected to the concept of hyperreality. Hyperreality is an experience of a…

Just days before unveiling the Galaxy S23 series, Samsung applied for a trademark for a new display technology that will be used in future products. The South Korean firm’s display manufacturing arm appears to be making improvements to its already stellar OLED technology. In South Korea, Samsung has applied for trademark registration (via GalaxyClub) for a term called ‘Lifelike Pixels.’ While we don’t exactly know how the technology will work, we know for sure that it will be used in the company’s future OLED screens for…

Researchers examined the wall paintings from a palace at Amarna, an Ancient Egyptian capital, and managed to identify some of the animals in the artworks.Technically, the research team looked at 20th-century recreations of the wall paintings, which are from the Green Room of Amarna’s North Palace. The paintings depict a range of bird species, which until now were not taxonomically identified. The team’s research is published in the journal Antiquity.The wall paintings were discovered at Amarna inthe 1920s, and Nina de…

The study makes major advances in the use of synthetic cells, or protocells, to more precisely mimic the intricate composition, structure, and function of living cells.The study uses bacteria to bring scientists closer to building these artificial lifelike cells.Researchers have used bacteria to help develop advanced synthetic cells that imitate the real-life functionality of cells.The study, conducted by the University of Bristol and published in the journal Nature, advances the development of synthetic cells, or…

Clone Robotics is going to impressive lengths to make sure its "intelligent androids" will have some of the most human-like hands in the business, and watching the way their hydraulic "muscles" move under a transparent skin is absolutely hypnotic.Do robots really need super-biomimetic hands? Probably not, in many applications; there are surely better task-specific designs out there for most jobs, and likewise there are surely other more generalized designs that can go far beyond the limitations of the human hand. On the…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Today's driving simulators have a big problem: They don't look realistic enough, particularly background objects, such as trees, and road markings. But researchers have developed a new way to create photorealistic images for simulators, paving the way for better testing of driverless cars.…

NVIDIA is no stranger to making realistic AI avatars, but now it's making them more practical. The GPU maker has introduced a toolkit, the Omniverse Avatar Cloud Engine (ACE), that makes it easier for companies to put digital humans into chatbots, games and other apps. The combination of AI models and services helps developers quickly create virtual people that don't depend on a massive amount of in-house computing power — a startup can produce an avatar as convincing as one from a giant corporation. ACE revolves around…