The future of CCTV? Smartphones equipped with ‘bat-sense’ technology could soon generate images from SOUND alone Researchers were inspired by echolocation used by bats to hunt and navigate They sent blips of sound from a speaker to bounce around an indoor space A machine learning algorithm times how long the signal takes to come back … Read more
One consequence of the Covid crisis is that the demand for country homes with a campsite in the grounds – be it for camping, glamping or caravans – has gone through the roof. ‘People want to escape to the peace and quiet of the countryside, but money is often an issue,’ says Carol Peett, of … Read more
Giant solar power station in SPACE could generate energy for Britain: Scientists could build a multi-billion pound satellite to match output of a nuclear plant… and there’s no need to worry about cloudy weather The government has ordered research into a multi-billion pound solar satellite British prototype called CASSIOPeiA would be a mile long and … Read more
Website lets people uses powerful AI to generate made up up words like ‘rebutis’ or ‘gggrxxx’ and their corresponding definitions ThisWordDoesNotExist lets people generate made up words and definitions The site uses a powerful AI made by the Elon Musk-backed OpenAI It was trained on the 8 million most upvoted Reddit posts By James Pero … Read more