schwit1 shares a report from The Evening Standard: Artificial Intelligence cameras are being used in London and other cities in the UK to monitor social distancing. The sensors were initially developed by Vivacity to track the flow of traffic, cyclists and pedestrians and monitor how roads are being used. But when the country went into lockdown in March, Vivacity added on…
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AI Restoration Makes Apollo Moon Landing Footage Look Like It Was Shot In HD
shirappu writes: AI technology is getting better and better at improving old video footage by adding new frames to improve smoothness and adding color to black and white footage (a great explainer for the techniques can be found here). Now, YouTube channel DutchSteamMachine is applying the same techniques to the moon landing in 1969. The AI-restored footage stabilizes the shaky old…
Astonishing AI restoration brings Apollo moon landing films up to speed
Artificial intelligence transformed NASA footage of Apollo missions to the moon, making decades-old events look like they were shot on high-definition video. Source: https://www.livescience.com/moon-landing-footage-remastered.html
Nintendo’s New Mario Kart Makes Your Living Room the Race Track
Nintendo is about to release its biggest product for the holiday season, where it will be up against new-generation consoles from rivals Microsoft and Sony. An early look at the new Mario Kart game for the Switch, featuring augmented reality and your living room as the race track, indicates that Nintendo will be just as competitive. From a report: In Mario…
YouTubers Are Upscaling the Past To 4K. Historians Want Them To Stop
YouTubers are using AI to bring history to life. But historians argue the process is nonsense. From a report: The first time you see Denis Shiryaev’s videos, they feel pretty miraculous. You can walk through New York as it was in 1911, or ride on Wuppertal’s flying train at the turn of the 20th century, or witness the birth of the…
Ring’s Latest Security Camera Is a Drone That Flies Around Inside Your House
Ring’s latest home security camera is an autonomous drone, called the Always Home Cam, that can fly around inside your home to give you a perspective of any room you want when you’re not home. “Once it’s done flying, the Always Home Cam returns to its dock to charge its battery,” reports The Verge. “It is expected to cost $249.99 when…
Two ‘ghosts’ caught on camera at Gettysburg
Footage has emerged that allegedly shows two ghostly figures at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg. If there’s one place in the United States that h… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/339571/two-ghosts-caught-on-camera-at-gettysburg…
Software Could Help Reform Policing — If Only Police Unions Wanted It
tedlistens writes: The CEO of Taser maker Axon, Rick Smith, has a lot of high-tech ideas for fixing policing. One idea for identifying potentially abusive behavior is AI, integrated with the company’s increasingly ubiquitous body cameras and the footage they produce. In a patent application filed last month, Axon describes the ability to search video not only for words and locations…
10 proofs the Moon Landing was real, debunking conspiracy theories
How is the flag waving on the Moon? Why aren’t there any stars in the Apollo photos? EarthSky debunks these Moon Landing conspiracy theories and more. Source: https://earthsky.org/uncategorized/10-proofs-the-moon-landing-was-real-debunking-conspiracy-theories…
AI tool improves video footage by editing out unwanted objects
Hollywood movie studios invest significant time and money editing out unwanted objects from video footage – a new AI tool can do the same job at a fraction of the cost Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2254351-ai-tool-improves-video-footage-by-editing-out-unwanted-objects/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…