Scientists Successfully Grow Crops In Mars Soil Conditions
Researchers from Wageningen University & Research centre in the Netherlands have created Mars-equivalent soil in the lab and successfully managed to grow crops in it. This is a huge step towards the potential future colonisation of the red planet.
New Emulator Transforms Classic 2D NES Games Into 3D
A Vietnamese developer has created a unique web-based emulator, which breaths new life into old 2D Nintendo games by turning them into 3D. Aptly called 3DNES, the software only works with the Firefox browser at the moment.
Eye-Tracking App Lets Paralysed People Make Music
Plenty of work has already been done in creating eye- and face-tracking technology, which helps the paralysed to communicate. But what if you want to have some fun? What if you want to create music? That's where Andreas Refsgaard and his new app, Eye Conductor, come in.
Origin Story Of Darth Maul Told Through Amazing Fan-Made Star Wars Short Film
You may hate The Phantom Menace, but Darth Maul was one hell of an interesting character. He was an amazing Sith lord with a fresh look and opened our minds to the possibility of a cracking villain for the prequel trilogy (Belated Media agrees). However, these were struck down in a cheap early death that meant he lived up to half his potential (pardon the pun). Luckily, this sin has been absolved by an incredible 17-minute feature named Darth Maul: Apprentice - A Star Wars Film.
Chewbacca Tweets The Original Star Wars Script And 90s Style Guide
The story of how Star Wars came to be is a vague one. George Lucas changes his statements about the origins almost constantly. He had created a rich universe of characters and locales, which he wasn't sure would make it to film after the first instalment. So what did this all look like back in the day? Peter Mayhew, the actor who played Chewbacca, has been answering this question by tweeting pages from the original 1976 script.
History's Greatest Scientists Reimagined As Street Fighter Characters
When you think of scientists who have transcended our understanding of the physical world, some key names come up. From Darwin and Hawking, to Einstein and Tesla, their theories are just as important today as the day they were written. But now, these thinkers have been placed into the one place you wouldn't expect: a 16-bit fighting game.
AI Can Predict Human Behaviour Now, As Machines Learn To Read Our Fiction
Stanford researchers have invented a new way for artificial intelligence to predict human behaviour, which is done by reading an online database of 600,000 fiction stories. If you were wondering what will give robots the edge when Skynet comes around, this would be a key element.
Resident Evil 4, 5 and 6 To Be Rereleased On PS4 And Xbox One
Capcom have announced they will be rereleasing Resident Evil 4, 5 and 6 on Playstation 4 and Xbox One. The transition to new consoles will begin with Resident Evil 6 on March 29, and each game will cost £16.
Team Creates 101-Player Game Of Mario Kart
Mario Kart is well known for its racing mayhem around Super Mario-themed tracks. Things can get busy with competitors on track, but what if the maximum amount was raised from six on the SNEX version to 100?
Snapchat Will Let Users Create Their Own On-Demand Geofilters For A Price
Location-based filters have become one of Snapchat's key features, allowing users to jazz up their photos and videos with a sense of place. This has been open for community submissions since December 2014, but today they are expanding the program in an attempt to make some money. Users and businesses can now pay to create a temporary custom pay to create a temporary custom geofilter for their events.
Wearable Robot Transforms Musicians Into Three-Armed Cyborg Drummers
Researchers at Georgia Tech have created a wearable robotic, which transforms drummers into three-armed machines even the experts of speed metal would be jealous of.
'Grand Theft Auto' In VR Will Make You Feel Guilty For Your Actions
2016 will be the year virtual reality makes it big in gaming, but where are the titles? Modder Joseph Delgado has an answer to that, as he has added VR support to Grand Theft Auto V.
A Pedestrian-Powered London Could Generate Electricity From Pavement Walkers
Transport for London is creating an 'intelligent street,' which brings more green technology to the capital city. This system could power lighting by using the kinetic energy from pedestrians plodding along the pavement.
This Art Exhibit Turns Tweets Into A Beautiful Sphere Of Emotion
With 350,000 tweets sent every minute, it's impossible to keep track of all the emotions every Twitter user conveys. The Fuse Studio want to change that with an art installation named "Amygdala," which crunches up to 30 tweets per second and visually translates each into one of six emotions: Happiness, anger, sadness, disgust, amazement or fear.
History Of Humankind Could Be Recorded On Eternal 5D Digital Data Storage
Scientiests at the University of Southampton have invented a new form of digital data storage, which records information in five dimensions, has a disc capacity of 360 Terabytes, and is capable of surviving for billions of years.
Japanese Students Create Impossibly Complicated Clock That Re-Writes The Time Every Minute
No matter how many smartwatches enter the market, nothing will compare to the mechanical fascination of analogue. Watching all the gears, springs and cogs spinning makes for an almost hypnotic experience. Students at the Tohoku University of Art And Design in Japan have taken note of this, creating incredibly complicated clock that writes out the time.
Sonic The Hedgehog Is Getting A Live-Action Movie
Sonic The Hedgehog, the gaming legend of 90s attitude, is making his live-action and animation hybrid movie debut in 2018. God help us.
Science Proves Einstein's Impossible Theory. Existence Of Gravitational Waves Confirmed
Scientists have finally proved a key part of Einstein's general theory of relativity, 100 years after his prediction. The National Science Foundation, Caltech and MIT have validated the existence of gravitational waves in spacetime.
Twitter Introduces New Algorithmic Timeline
Remember a while back when we said Twitter is going start looking a lot like Facebook? Today they've rolled out a significant change towards this transition: an algorithmic timeline.
Japan Builds A Robot That Solves iPhone Puzzle Games Faster Than You
Watching your family and friends waste their lives on Candy Crush is a depressing sight, but soon you can laugh at their feeble habit as a robot completes the puzzle game better than them.