roc parésThe Dreamcast predicted everything about modern consolesverified_publisherEngadget - Devindra HardawarSega's last console left a powerful legacy. 9/9/99. 20 years ago today, the Dreamcast landed in America. And even though it was ultimately an absolute failure, it changed the face of console gaming forever. It brought the power of Sega's arcade hardware into your living room (at a price more …
roc parésBloodstained ice axe used to kill Trotsky emerges after decades in the shadowsThe Guardian - Julian BorgerOn the evening of 20 August 1940, a man known as Frank Jacson called at a large house in the suburbs of Mexico City, and asked to see the ‘Old Man’ – as everyone called its celebrated resident, Leon Trotsky. A few minutes later, the tip of the axe was buried more than two inches into Trotsky’s …
roc parésA Mexican Physicist Solved a 2,000-Year Old Problem That Will Lead to Cheaper, Sharper Lensesverified_publisherGizmodo - Andrew LiszewskiIt’s a problem that plagues even the priciest of lenses, manufactured to the most exacting specifications: the center of the frame might be …
roc parésSerpentine Galleries chief resignsverified_publisherThe Guardian - Jon SwaineYana Peel steps down, citing ‘misguided personal attacks on me and my family’
roc parésIkea won’t sell customers this rug until they take a heart and brainwave scanverified_publisherTNW - Bryan ClarkFor the last five years, Ikea has teamed with notable designers and artists to create high-dollar goods. Its “Art Collection” offered customers the opportunity to buy limited edition furnishings and art at prices customers could stomach. Ikea’s 2019 Art Collection was to feature rugs, eight of them …
roc parésSamsung AI Machine Learning Turns Mona Lisa and Other Famous Portraits Into Realistic Talking Headslaughingsquid.com - Lori DornResearchers at the Samsung AI Center in Moscow have quite amazingly turned the Mona Lisa and other famous subjects of photos and art into realistic …
