Archive for July 19th, 2020

Our Heart Affects Our Perception and Emotions

<p>It is known that the brain is the central command of the body. It is the part of the body responsible for controlling every move that we make, and the one responsible for processing the thoughts that we...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/19/Our-Heart-Affects-Our-Perception-and-Emotions/

Computers Aren’t Random

<p>That’s right. Computers aren’t really random. What you get from Google’s random number generator (RNG) is not pure randomness.&nbsp;</p><p>Computers aren’t suppose...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/19/Computers-Aren-t-Random/

How To Help Save Bees and Other Insect Pollinators In Little Ways

Bees and other insect pollinators such as moths and butterflies are important to our environment because of their major role in plant reproduction. Unfortunately, many of these insects are now endangered because of many...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/19/How-To-Help-Save-Bees-and-Other-Insect-Pollinators-In-Little-Ways/

AI Helps Drone Swarms Cooperate And Navigate Through Unfamiliar Spaces

Researchers from Caltech have developed a machine-learning algorithm which allows drone swarms to navigate in tight spaces without bumping or hitting into each other. This algorithm, called Global-to-Local Safe Autonomy...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/19/AI-Helps-Drone-Swarms-Cooperate-And-Navigate-Through-Unfamiliar-Spaces/

The Annoying Boxes Puzzle

A puzzle recently posted at 3 Quarks Daily will make you think. Or at least it should make you think.There are two boxes on a table, one red and one green. One contains a treasure. The red box is labelled &ldquo...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/19/The-Annoying-Boxes-Puzzle/

Self-Portrait Gets Out of Hand

Early in 2019, reddit artists got hooked on a painting and made a spontaneous recursive project of painting the previous artist holding the painting. One of those artists was seamuswray. This past weekend, he's found him...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/19/Self-Portrait-Gets-Out-of-Hand/

John McClane Shop Light

If you're going to install a light in your workshop, you may as well make it interesting. Storyboard artist Mark Simon did so with a tribute to Bruce Willis' Die Hard character climbing through a vent. While man...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/19/John-McClane-Shop-Light/

Optical Illusion Body Paintings

  View this post on Instagram And here's my biggest project of this year so far published! Body painting illusions for @apetitruoka commercial! 😎 . Can you see them? 😉 . My input shows in design and, of...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/19/Optical-Illusion-Body-Paintings/

Israeli Archaeologists Tie Down Invention of String to More Than 120,000 Years Ago

When humans learned to twist natural fibers together to make string or rope, it opened up a new world of useful inventions, from animal traps to clothing to sailboats. But natural fibers tend to decompose, and the oldest...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/19/Israeli-Archaeologists-Tie-Down-Invention-of-String-to-More-Than-120000-Years-Ago/

How To Always Get A Cat’s Attention

<p>If you want to always get a cat’s attention, whenever and wherever you are, then consider learning the German language, and the cat is sure to stop in its tracks and have its attention on you, just...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/19/How-To-Always-Get-A-Cat-s-Attention/

What May Perhaps Be The Most Human Game of All

<p>Starcraft II. Chess. Go. These are just some of the games that got taken over by AI. Professional gamers and players have been mercilessly beaten by a machine in these games. But there’s still a ga...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/19/What-May-Perhaps-Be-The-Most-Human-Game-of-All/

Lost in Motions

Here's a really cool but very short video of a gold man dancing. It's actually Fernando Livschitz of Black Sheep Films, and it's not computer generated. After the stop-motion dance sequence, he quickly shows us how he di...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/19/Lost-in-Motions/

How the Maraschino Cherry Became a Comfortingly Trashy American Icon

You know maraschino cherries as a bright red garnish for cocktails, ice cream sundaes, and pineapple upside-down cake. There's probably a jar that's been in your refrigerator for years. Maraschinos don't resemble fresh c...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/19/How-the-Maraschino-Cherry-Became-a-Comfortingly-Trashy-American-Icon/

This Market Is Using AI To Combat The Pandemic

<p>Plaza Minorista is a market that sits in the heart of Medellín, Colombia. Fifteen thousand people flock to the market where three thousand vendors sell their goods. Since a crowded area like Minor...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/19/This-Market-Is-Using-AI-To-Combat-The-Pandemic/

Prison TikToks Are A Thing

<p>The question is: how do people in jail get to post videos of themselves dancing to the latest TikTok craze when no cellphones are allowed? It’s all thanks to contraband phones. Prison TikTok is an...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/19/Prison-TikToks-Are-A-Thing/

Is The NBA The Best Place To Be A Mascot?

<p>You’ve seen those hilarious and attention-grabbing mascots that dance and wiggle around every basketball game. Teams invest time, money, energy, and effort to establish these mascots that make view...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/19/Is-The-NBA-The-Best-Place-To-Be-A-Mascot/

Holodeck Street Art

Spotted something odd on my run through the park tonight and ... I guess I have good news and bad news pic.twitter.com/kPQ8goygfW— Jeremy Yoder 🌱📈🏳️‍🌈🖖🏻 (@JBYoder) July 18, 2020 <p...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/19/Holodeck-Street-Art/

Alligator Attacks Kayaker

While kayaking on the Waccamaw River in North Carolina, Peter Joyce was suddenly charged by a submerged alligator. At the 0:50 mark in the above video, the gator rammed the kayak and flipped Joyce over for a few seconds...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/07/19/Alligator-Attacks-Kayaker/
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