Scientists presented smart fabric with a display system

Chinese scientists from Fudan University in Shanghai demonstrated fabric for "smart" clothing featured with a display. The main thing is that it is not just an integrated display, but stacked pixels.

The display jacket is a prototype technology. It has a built-in battery, touch and solar panels made of titanium filaments with titanium oxide nanotubes. As for the control keypad, it is made of woven carbon and metal fibers.

SoFi is a robotic fish built to explore deep sea animals.

SoFi's back is made of elastic plastic and rubber - a kind of cover, under which the electronics are hidden. In addition, the body of the robotic fish is equipped with a camera, so you can get high-quality pictures, even from great depths.

SoFi is powered by a lithium battery, which is used in smartphones. The robot can swim, process electrical signals, take photos and videos at depths of more than 15 meters underwater. It takes SoFi 40 minutes to record and send a single video file.

AI finishes Schubert's 8th Symphony

It took more than 120 years for Schubert's unfinished 8th symphony to be completed.

The third part of the symphony was written by an AI based on the NPU module of the HiSilicon Kirin 980 chip, which is featured on the Huawei Mate 20 Pro flagship smartphone. Yes, yes! Roughly speaking - the smartphone dealt with the symphony.

However, composer Lukas Kantor helped to adapt the resulting work for the symphony orchestra.

Facebook (Meta) presented CTRL-kit neural controller, which will be used in the company's VR-headset

The key feature of this wristband is the ability to read and translate electrical impulses into actions by measuring changes to the electric potential from signals sent by the brain to the user’s hand muscles. It allows users to control electronic gadgets remotely.

Facebook plans to use CTRL-kit bracelets as controllers for its VR headsets. At the moment, the neural bracelets require certain actions, that is small gestures, to work. But with further development of the technology, there is a likelihood that it will be possible to control devices with the power of thought.

Walking Dead Zombie Wine

The Australian wine company Treasury Wine Estates, together with Skybound Entertainment, has released 2 types of wine with pre-reality labels dedicated to the Walking Dead series.

Install the Living Wine Labels app on your smartphone and point your camera at the label, as the picture will come to life.

And on one label will be Sheriff Rick Grimes, and on the other a zombie. When you hover over two bottles at once, you will see these characters in an epic battle.

Mona Lisa brought to life in 3D

Mona Lisa: Beyond the Glass is a project of the Taiwanese company HTC, whose specialists decided to bring the Mona Lisa to life in virtual reality.

To do this, they had to make an infrared scan of the canvas and study the perspective of the background of the painting in great detail in order to display the facial features of the medieval model accurately.

Not only have they managed to recreate a life-size 3D copy of the the Mona Lisa, but also to revive her in virtual space.

A VR system from Microsoft that allows you to combine real and virtual reality

Researchers at Microsoft Research are developing a virtual reality system connecting to a real environment, called DreamWalker (Sleepwalker).

So, you move through both reality and virtual reality without colliding with objects and people.

To be able to do this, DreamWalker is equipped with depth sensors, GPS navigation and a powerful processor.

Lyd Smart Sensor Bottle

This is the double-walled, vacuum-insulated, no-spill Lyd bottle. But that's not what makes it special...

As for the touch-sensitive lid that is activated by the user's lips, it is the actual peculiarity of its design. The lid opens at the touch of the user’s lips in any part of its edge.

One charge is enough for four hours of use. The developers promise to extend the time to 2 weeks.

The Lyd's price starts at $70.

3D printed bicycle

Superstrata is the creation of Arevo, a Silicon Valley startup.

The essence is that the bicycle's frame and wheels are 3D-printed from carbon fiber, which eliminated welds, glue and threads, and made the construction as light as possible.

Moreover, each bike is produced exclusively for the customer. And complete assembly time takes up to 10 hours.

A robot with a suction mechanism for airplane inspections

Invert Robotics innovative surface crawling robot now being used to carry out visual inspection tasks on aircrafts.

The robot weighs 5 kg and is no more than 45 cm in length, furthermore it is able to crawl swiftly over the hull and adhere to a range of surfaces including aluminium, glass and carbon fibre using its suction mechanism.

The bot has a high-resolution camera and LED illumination to inspect the surface.

WeeyLock – the smartest solar-powered bicycle lock

WeeyLock is a smart, secure solar-powered bicycle lock that provides active protection with a round the clock theft alert, reliable intelligent functions and a tamper-proof enclosure.

Say goodbye to losing keys by forgetting lock combinations. WeeyLock can be unlocked via the app on your phone.

AI creates turns blurry pictures to high-quality photos

American experts are working on a neural network capable of recreating high-quality HD images from low resolution ones.

To do this, the AI makes a selection from a number of similar faces, including non-existent people, generating its own variants, and overlays the original photo to get the maximum similarity.

The result is a high-quality photo that you can detail by adding, for example, wrinkles or a beard.

Stretch - the new warehouse robot by Boston Dynamics

The Boston Dynamics company is engaged in fine-tuning the Stretch warehouse robot, which uses design solutions from past Spot and Atlas developments.

The bot is a robotic arm on a massive basis. The manipulator is equipped with suction cups, which are designed to grab a full box.

The task of Stretch will be unloading/loading trucks, as well as working with cargo in warehouses.

Drifting autopilot

The engineers of Dynamic Design Lab are trying to make the uncontrollable moments in the car safe for passengers. Therefore, they started developing a new autopilot based on the old DeLorean DMC-12 car.

MARTY (the car got this name) is equipped with a system of GPS sensors that determine the position up to a centimeter, it’s got two electric motors with a torque of 7000 Nm and a powerful control system capable of throwing the car into a controlled skid.

Eye-webcam

Eyecam is the creation of a researcher at the University of Saarland, Mark Teissier, as part of a project to study people's reactions to the use of humanized gadgets.

The webcam is very similar to the human eye. At the same time, it can move its pupil, blink and even wink. And in case of disconnection – falls asleep.

According to the developer, communication through such a camera will become more lively over time.

Artificial intelligence learns to control a group of combat aircraft

AI is getting closer to actual application in real combat conditions.

So, the ACE AI from DARPA, which recently defeated a man in a dogfight, is now learning to control several fighters to destroy the enemy.

Successful tests have already been conducted in virtual reality with simulating combat on F-16 fighters. The next stage may be full-scale tests.

Mercedes EQS 2022 - the Mercedes of the future

Mercedes is working on equipment for its new EQS car, which is expected to be released as early as 2022.
The main feature of the car will be the touch screen displays. Thus, there will be a 54-inch Hyperscreen display with an 8-core processor, 24GB of RAM and a bandwidth of 46.4 GB/s on the dashboard.

It will also provide outstanding illumination at night.

Digital makeup by L'Oreal

The pandemic has taken its toll on our digital lives. As a result, many people began to pay attention to their own image during Zoom video conferences or while making videos on TikTok.

So the L'Oreal specialists offered their solution - the Signature Face application, which automatically applies makeup to the face as soon as you start the video mode.

You can tint your lips, change hair color and apply shadows at an advanced level, even to someone you are talking to.

Oscar smart trash cans recognize trash

Oscar is a development of the Canadian company Intuitive AI, which was really concerned about proper trash sorting.

So the smart trash can detects trash and shows you on the screen how to sort it correctly.

And if you follow its recommendations, Oscar will praise you, whereas if you don't - it will scold you.

LEGO pieces filter bot

It took Daniel West about 2 years and 10 thousand LEGO parts to assemble the LEGO parts sorter.

The device captures the needed shape from the needed available ones to determines its type with the help of a neural network on an attached laptop and sends it to one of 18 sorting baskets. It's faster than a human, actually.

Spot, the robot that pees with beer

Blogger-engineer Michael Reeves decided to combine good content with a useful feature for the Spot robot from Boston Dynamics, namely pouring beer into glasses.

To do this, the bot was equipped with an additional camera and an algorithm for recognizing red cups, where the foam drink should be "peed".

The robotic dog still managed to fill the glasses with beer several times, but most of them were immediately overturned by the robot itself. And the Spot itself periodically "leaked" for no reason…