Researchers from the University of West England have managed to create perhaps the most unusual computer in the world after long experiments. Its peculiarity lies in the fact that the components of the motherboard are living mushrooms. Scientists compare fungal mycelium to the human brain, and its threads to synapses. Signals can be transmitted over long distances using them. This became the basis for the "fungal computing machine." Like traditional com... more

The startup "Wonder Dynamics" has presented a video editor called "Wonder Studio" that uses artificial intelligence technology to replace any characters in a frame. With it, you can take any movie and replace the actors in it with arbitrary creatures with a simple mouse movement. They will move exactly the same way as the originals (including facial expressions), with the same lighting and other details in the frame. The Wonder Studio platform uses only... more

The Seoul authorities have approved a construction project for a giant Ferris wheel on the outskirts of the city. With a height of 180 meters, it is expected to become the tallest Ferris wheel in the world without spokes. The significance of the future entertainment attraction is emphasized by the fact that the new Ferris wheel will be the second tallest in the world after the Ain Dubai wheel, located in the UAE, which is 250 meters tall. It will be abl... more

Researchers from the University of Central Florida have managed to obtain the first samples of a substance under the working name "plasmon paint", which has incredible properties. The idea itself is borrowed from butterflies, whose lightest wings have a bright color due to color-forming nanostructures on their surface. They are not colored by anything, but the complex shape of the surface allows light to be reflected so that an observer from the side se... more

Riding a motorcycle is much more dangerous than driving a car. For the latter, passive and active safety systems have been developed, and nothing has been invented for motorcyclists except helmets and protective suits. But engineers and inventors do not get tired of looking for a solution to this problem. Two companies at once, CX Air Dynamics and Mo'Cycle's of France and Sweden, respectively, began selling special biker pants with airbags built into th... more