Curating the Internet: Science and technology micro-summaries for July 24, 2019

avatar
Authored by @remlaps

Turn selfies into classical portraits; A dating-style app for an art museum; A drone that can fly through small openings; Quantum Darwinism passes its first experimental scrutiny; SpaceX/ISS resupply mission livestream

Straight from my RSS feed:
Links and micro-summaries from my 1000+ daily headlines. I filter them so you don't have to.

image.png
Pixabay license: source

  1. Turn selfies into classical portraits with the AI that fuels deepfakes - Technology from the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab has been used to create deepfakes and artwork that sold at auction for $435,000. Now the creators are turning it loose on the Internet. They trained it on classical artwork and have posted a site where you can upload your own selfies and view the resultant "classical style faux watercolor". The site promises to delete the photos after use. As of now (Jul 23), the site is overloaded with traffic, however.

  2. Atlanta’s High Museum Has Launched a ‘Dating App’ to Match Visitors With the Perfect Artwork - The museum's 15,000 pieces of artwork can be overwhelming for visitors, so the Head of Museum Interpretation and Digital Engagement came up with a Tinder inspired idea to match visitors with artwork. The app can be accessed at HeartMatch.Org. In addition to improving the visitor's experience, the app will also provide data for the museum to identify their popular exhibits, and to fuel education programs that raise the appeal of the less popular works.

  3. Spring-Loaded Drone Collapses Mid-Flight to Zip Through Windows - This quadcopter drone is able to collapse its wings in order to fly through gaps that are too small for a standard quadcopter. As of now, the drone is not able to react, spontaneously, though. The technique only works with careful choreography from the research team. Here is a video:


  • Quantum Darwinism, an Idea to Explain Objective Reality, Passes First Tests - Quantum Darwinism (QD) is a theory to explain why quantum behaviors are only observable at the sub-atomic scale, a phenomenon that's sometimes referred to as the classical transition. QD suggests an analogy to Darwinism, in that the processes that survive the classical transition are, in a manner, the most fit. Now, for the first time, the idea has been exposed to rudimentary testing by three independent research groups from Italy, China, and Germany. At this basic level of testing, the theory has not been confirmed, but it continues to be viable. If the theory holds, it would refute the commonly held belief that quantum mechanics can't explain classical physics.

  • STEEM SpaceX resupply mission to the ISS [Live on 24.7.19, 20:24 UTC] - According to @bluerobo, the 18th resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is planned by SpaceX, with a launch window opening this afternoon (July 24) at 20:24 (UTC), or 16:24 US/Eastern. (A 5% beneficiary setting has been assigned to @bluerobo) Side note: This is also the first time I've seen the remind-me bot. Take a look in the comments.

    @remind-me on 24th July 2019 19:00


    • In order to help make Steem the go to place for timely information on diverse topics, I invite you to discuss any of these links in the comments and/or your own response post.

    About this series
    Note: Sharing a link does not imply endorsement or agreement, and I receive no incentives for sharing from any of the content producers.

    Follow on steem: @remlaps-lite, @remlaps
    If you are not on Steem yet, you can follow through RSS: remlaps-lite, remlaps.

    Thanks to SteemRSS from philipkoon, doriitamar, and torrey.blog for the Steem RSS feeds!

    rsslog palnet stem physics technology
    0
    0
    0.000
    7 comments
    avatar
    (Edited)

    Remind me bot is super handy. Discovered it in a post by @paulag quite some time ago.

    0
    0
    0.000
    Reply
    avatar

    Your post had possibly quite an impact: the aiprotrets site is down due to overwhelming popularity. I'll bookmark the page though and visit (hopefully) later)... :-)

    0
    0
    0.000
    Reply
    avatar

    lol. Yeah, I've tried a number of times the last couple days, but haven't been able to get in. I wanted to try to make one with a picture of our German Shepherd Dog.

    0
    0
    0.000
    Reply
    avatar

    Hi @remlaps-lite!
    You asked me in this comment to create a reminder.
    It seems the time has passed!
    Dear @bluerobo. You have upvoted me while creating the reminder, so I thought you will be interested in as well...

    0
    0
    0.000
    Reply
    avatar

    Congratulations @remlaps-lite! You have completed the following achievement on the Steem blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :

    You received more than 100 as payout for your posts. Your next target is to reach a total payout of 250

    You can view your badges on your Steem Board and compare to others on the Steem Ranking
    If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word STOP

    To support your work, I also upvoted your post!

    Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!
    0
    0
    0.000
    Reply