Chinese Company Makes AI Controlled Sex Dolls
A business enterprise based in China managed to blend artificial intelligence with adult entertainment and robotics, in order to produce lifelike companions for lonely men. WMPDOLL, a Chinese sex doll manufacturing company based in the province of Guangdong, is implementing artificial intelligence technology and creating increasingly sophisticated sex bots, South China Morning Post reports. The dolls’ AI features appear rudimentary; … Continue reading
You Can Now Buy a Real-life ‘Iron Man’ Flight Suit
Ever dream about suiting up like the Iron Man super hero? Now you can come close to it, IF you have close to half a million dollars burning a hole in your pocket 🙂 via unexplained-mysteries: Inventor Richard Browning’s impressive flight suit is now available to purchase for a whopping $440,000. The madcap inventor and former marine raised eyebrows last … Continue reading
It’s No Conspiracy Theory – Your Phone Really is Watching & Listening to You
If you’ve ever had the sneaking suspicion that your phone might be watching you, new research suggests you’re not being paranoid. Research scientists at Northwestern University in Boston spent a year trying to determine whether or not smartphone applications are secretly recording our private conversations to send personal data to advertisers. Fortunately, the researchers did not find any evidence to … Continue reading
Video Shows Car-Like Acceleration of Tesla’s Electric Truck
I happen to find trucks, big rigs or whatever you prefer to call them, very fascinating. I’ve always been awe struck by them since I was younger, and still have the same fascination to this day. Similar to trains, I think part of that fascination is the power. Thanks to Elon Musk, trucks are now taking advantage of the tremendous … Continue reading
Hacker Gains Access to and Sells US Military Documents Online
Sensitive military documents have been put up for sale in online hacking forums after someone forgot to change a default password, according to a security firm that discovered the breach. Documents for sale include maintenance manuals for servicing MQ-9 Reaper drones, training manuals describing deployment tactics for improvised explosive devices (IEDs), documents detailing tank platoon tactics and an M1 ABRAMS … Continue reading
Encryption System Found in Genetic Code
Researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark have uncovered a new form of gene regulation that appears to be a form of encryption of genetic information. That idea was not lost on them as they pursued the analogy. From “Encrypted messages in biological processes”: RNA modifications can encrypt the RNA code and are responsible for a very sophisticated control of RNA function. A Danish-German research … Continue reading
Eyes in the Back of the Head – The Brain May Perceive Objects Outside Field of View
Spatial representations of surroundings, including those outside the visual field, are crucial for guiding movement in a three-dimensional world. The visual system appears to provide sufficient information for movement despite our visual field being limited to the frontal region. However, this theory had not been scientifically tested until now. A group led by Professor Satoshi Shioiri from the Research Institute … Continue reading
Scientists Found A Way to Make An Object Invisible
This is very cool! via Science Alert: “Our work represents a breakthrough in the quest for invisibility cloaking.” Researchers from Montreal’s National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS) just published a study in Optica detailing a new approach to invisibility cloaking. Their device, called a spectral invisibility cloak, is the first to manipulate the color (or frequency) of the light waves that interact with … Continue reading
Google Allows 3rd-Party App Developers to Access to Your Emails
Where and where does the invasion of our privacy end! via RT: According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the tech giant continues to let hundreds of developers read people’s emails. Any of Gmail’s 1.3 billion users who have connected their email addresses to apps may have unknowingly given those apps permission to read their communications. The Wall … Continue reading
Google Assistant Capable of Pulling the Trigger, Shooting You
Now that’s some killer tech right there! via sputniknews: As it turns out, it’s enough just to give Google Assistant a voice command to pull the trigger. Is it time to sound the alarm? Google Assistant has been taught to fire a gun, according to media reports. Alexander Reben, a robotics enthusiast from the United States, came up with the … Continue reading
