Boston Dynamics first showed off SpotMini, the most advanced robot dog ever created, in a video posted in November 2017. The firm, best known for Atlas, its 5 foot 9 (1.7 metre) humanoid robot, has revealed a new ‘lightweight’ version of its robot Spot Mini. The robotic canine was shown trotting around a yard, with … Read more
Boston Dynamics first showed off SpotMini, the most advanced robot dog ever created, in a video posted in November 2017. The firm, best known for Atlas, its 5 foot 9 (1.7 metre) humanoid robot, has revealed a new ‘lightweight’ version of its robot Spot Mini. The robotic canine was shown trotting around a yard, with … Read more
Romantic beauty spot in Exmoor that inspired Victorian novel Lorna Doone is bought by ‘cash-strapped’ National Trust for £1.5million Charity purchased nine acres on Devon and Somerset border before lockdown National Trust said it will be last acquisition for ‘quite some time’ due to losses Site includes Lorna Doone farm in Malmsmead and nearby Cloud Farm … Read more
Revealed: deepfake contest run by Facebook shows that top algorithm was only able to spot a doctored video 65% of the time A contest found the best algorithm had a 65 percent success rate The contest had 2,000 participants with 35,000 algorithms tested Facebook will release the winner as an open-source tech for researchers It will … Read more
Detectives are ‘confident’ that two sisters who were stabbed to death in a London beauty spot last week were attacked by a stranger. Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46, were last seen on their way to celebrate Bibaa’s birthday at Fryent Country Park in Wembley last Friday. Their lifeless bodies were found two days later, … Read more
‘I’m so confused’: Iggy Azalea fans spot odd detail in her baby announcement post… as mystery surrounds the happy news and her ‘engagement’ to Playboi Carti Iggy Azalea announced that she’s now a mother to a baby boy on Wednesday The Australian rapper’s surprise statement on Instagram sent fans into a frenzy, but also caused … Read more
With many of us using our car or motorcycles less due to the lockdown, safety measures can become lax and opportunistic thieves may take advantage. But a tricky new brainteaser has been put together by Carole Nash to test whether you can spot some of the most common security risks people fall foul to when … Read more
The eagle-eyed bird catches the worm in this tricky new puzzle. People across the UK are being challenged to find the earthworm hidden among the feathered flock in this baffling brainteaser. It was created to mark the launch of new website Nest Friends, which helps parents teach children about the variety of birds there are … Read more
Shocking moment dozens of teenagers brawl at Lincolnshire beauty spot during lockdown The youths were filmed fighting at the scenic Stamford Meadows in Lincolnshire Footage shows them erupting into a violent brawl, throwing kicks and punches Police were called to the scene but the group had fled by the time they arrived By Alice Cachia … Read more
Fish eye lens: Zebrafish use ‘single-pixel vision’ to spot their tiny prey – which may be the same technique humans use to see minuscule details like stars in the sky Zebrafish used single photoreceptor cells in a highly sensitive part of their eye This zone is thought to be an early form of the human … Read more