Interesting Engineering

4-foot-tall robot that can read gestures, facial expressions turned into tourism guide

German computer science and business informatics students put humanoid robotics to the test in the city of Bremerhaven.
Smithsonian Magazine

A Clump of Human Brain Cells on a Computer Chip Learned to Play the Nostalgic Video Game ‘Doom’

Real-life researchers taught a dish of roughly 200,000 living human brain cells to play the classic 1990s computer game “Doom ...

The 200-Inch Screen You Didn’t Know You Were Missing: Dangbei’s Spring Promotion Brings Cinema-Grade Projectors to Canadian Homes at Up to 39.5% Off

Spring in Canada means longer evenings, playoff hockey on the horizon, and—for a limited window—the chance to turn any blank ...
The Daily Californian

‘Project Hail Mary’ is built for big-screen viewing

Phil Lord and Chris Miller, best known for their Oscar-winning animated film “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” team up once again in live action for “Project Hail Mary,” starring Ryan Gosling, ...
Electrek

Musk confirms xAI-Tesla joint ‘Digital Optimus’ project — after saying Tesla didn’t need xAI

Elon Musk announced today that “Digital Optimus”, also called “Macrohard”, is a joint xAI-Tesla project that will use xAI’s Grok large language model to power a computer-controlling AI agent. The ...
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Project Hail Mary did not use green screen in its production

In this clip Kristian and Mike discuss news that Project Hail Mary used no green screen for its backgrounds. #clips #podcast #projecthailmary #ryangosling RUGIET: For a limited time only, head to to ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Project Hail Mary’ Contains Not a Single Greenscreen Shot in the Entire Movie, Director Says

Amazon-MGM's entire 156-minute, big-budget sci-fi gamble was shot without any green (or blue) screen, Christopher Miller says. By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large The highly anticipated, big-budget Ryan ...