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Tom Hanks’ voice to be added to Oakland A’s artificial crowd noise… 50 years after the actor worked as a teenage hotdog vendor at baseball team’s home games By David Lawrance For Dailymail.com Published: 21:46 BST, 29 July 2020 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 29 July 2020 He’s been an A-list actor for nearly 40 years … Read more
Alexa, have a heart! British company develops artificial voice that can speak with ‘deep human emotion’ — and even cry The software from Sonantic can imbue dialogue with emotional inflections It works by sampling lines recorded by voice actors with different deliveries Game and film companies can then use the AI to produce speech in minutes … Read more
Turf war! Wildlife campaigners call for ban on ‘environmentally irresponsible’ artificial lawns amid concern for birds and insects More than 3,000 people sign petition to have astroturf amid wildlife concerns Critics say artificial lawns impact wild birds and insects’ habitats in gardens Former Countryfile host Julia Bradbury said they’re ‘toxic’ to humans and wildlife By … Read more
Superstore star Ben Feldman reveals he underwent spine surgery and now has two artificial discs By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 19:11 BST, 16 July 2020 | Updated: 19:11 BST, 16 July 2020 Superstore star Ben Feldman announced this Thursday that he underwent spinal surgery on Monday in Newport, California. The 40-year-old thanked his surgeon … Read more
Romans living in Pompeii in 79AD had more artificial light and were therefore probably happier than London’s residents in the early 19th-century, a study claims. Both groups lived before the Industrial Revolution, and the only nighttime non-natural light in homes came from candles. Researchers say access to more artificial light at night would have allowed … Read more
If Napoleon had been caught on camera: Artist uses AI to create stunningly realistic photo portraits of famous figures including the Statue of Liberty and Michelangelo’s David Bas Uterwijk, from Amsterdam, creates realistic portraits using technology The artist uses ‘deep-learning’ AI to create realistic photos of famous figures Bas made near perfect photos of Lady … Read more
Hope for women who are unable to get pregnant after scientists create an artificial womb in rabbits that is capable of supporting fertilisation, fetal development and live birth Researchers from the US demonstrated the viability of the procedure Uterine tissues were cultured and grown from the cells of the individual rabbits These were then seeded … Read more
Artificial intelligence will help scientists search for signs of ancient life on Mars and other planets thanks to work by NASA scientists in training the system. The European Space Agency (ESA) Rosalind Franklin ‘ExoMars’ rover will be the first to have the new AI system when it leaves for the Red Planet in 2022/2023. Allowing … Read more
Beat this! Man shows how his ‘partially artificial heart’ can be seen pounding through a scar on his chest Phil Pankau, 37, from Wyoming, films his chest revealing the beating motion He underwent surgery at 16 to replace a bicuspid aortic valve Heart beats harder than normal causing Mr Pankau to feel it pounding constantly By … Read more
Beat this! Man shows how his ‘partially artificial heart’ can be seen pounding through a scar on his chest Phil Pankau, 37, from Wyoming, films his chest revealing the beating motion He underwent surgery at 16 to replace a bicuspid aortic valve Heart beats harder than normal causing Mr Pankau to feel it pounding constantly By … Read more