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Using virtual reality, an artistic collective has put together an experiment that allows a person to temporarily swap bodies and even experience what things are like for someone with a different gender. It's an incredible experience — and one that may even help people better empathize with others.
Doctors still don't understand exactly what's happening in fighters' brains to turn a series of injuries into a growing disease. And in the meanwhile, many aren't taking the risk of injury seriously enough — putting fighters, football players, and others in danger.
Dune could have been turned into a 20-hour surrealist epic based on gorgeous and haunting art direction from names like H.R. Giger. A new documentary catalogues how the ambitious film was almost made — and we spoke with the documentary's director to find out more about this sci-fi legend.
The developers behind some of the most innovative and acclaimed games out there are leaving their posts with major developers to head over to the indie scene. Can a return to the basics help them revitalize the genres that they've long been renown for?
Facebook just bought Oculus VR — the biggest name in virtual reality — and everyone's wondering what the social media giant plans to do with it. One possible answer: nothing less than controlling the internet of the future.
HTC hasn't had the best year. Its profits dropped, and its last One **artphone didn't manage to hold its own against phones from titans like Samsung and Apple. But now HTC is giving it another shot with a new One, and it's easily among the best Android phones yet. Be sure to check out our report on how the new One was designed too.
New York City recently banned the use of electronic cigarettes in public places, but one **oking advocacy group says that the way the ban was implemented isn't legal. Now it's taking to the courts to argue why a legal technicality should make the ban fall.
The service Signal wants to revolutionize the phone network by making it much **arter and letting anyone set up their own broadcast point. It's an ambitious plan that could let our phones do even more than they can today, but it'll need a lot of support if it wants to succeed.
How does a low-budget short film go from Kickstarter to a finished product? We caught up with the filmmakers behind Prospect to see how they turned a tiny budget into a moody sci-fi short.
Ground Zeroes is a short introduction to what Metal Gear Solid will look like on next-gen c***oles. It brings a subtle alteration to the game's style and mechanics along with an all new voice actor — Kiefer Sutherland. But can it build on — or even match — the series' classic titles?
...Neuralink,昨晚走出了隱形模式,展示了一種新的像線一樣的大腦植入技術和一種將它縫進你腦袋的機器人。科學家們對腦-機介面進行試驗已有一段時間了,但目前的技術具有很強的侵入性。希望能夠解決大腦疾病,更好地理解...
你知道有什麼比周末看一部好的武術電影更好嗎?週末播放六部好的武術電影。很少有什麼樂趣能像看一整天的人被專業的編舞搞得一團糟,還有足夠的情感動力,這些都是葉問電影擅長的。更好了嗎?你現在就可以在Netflix上...
...何在Dreamiverse中訪問夢想,”他們解釋說。“我認為信任他人很重要,我一開始就創作了這個系列,向我的社群展示其他創作者和他們創造的令人驚奇的東西,以及夢想的可能性。” 這並不像frack或Lee和Sam的可點選連結那樣方便...
...Rift開發者可能透過在耳機前面安裝跳躍動作來跟蹤你的手的地方,MindMaze集成了類似Kinect的攝像頭和深度感測器組合,能夠以一定程度的精確度找到你的手。不過,你的頭頂上沒有皮帶,而是一條繩子和塑膠網。 從理論上講...
...常癱瘓,我們就會開始實現我們的夢想。然而,產生它們的大腦活動卻截然不同。這項最新研究發現,在大鼠中,快速眼動睡眠只與少數幾個亞結構有關,這些亞結構最終可能由更小的一組結構控制。 過去的研究發現,當人...
儘管這是一場大家都期待已久的拳擊大戰,但上週六弗洛伊德·梅威瑟和曼尼·帕奎奧之間的拳擊比賽卻毫無進展。在12輪比賽中,漂亮的男孩弗洛伊德閃避、翻滾、擁抱,最終達成了一致的決定。由於渴望一些衝突,媒體抓住了...
...在桌子上-對於戴卡斯塔眼鏡的人來說,就是這樣。對其他人來說,他們只看到一個反光的灰色墊子。 聽起來很有希望,對吧?但這項技術有一些不尋常的可能性。首先,它是在2017年問世的,一年前虛擬現實已經開始讓3D世...
...報,索尼宣佈自己是遊戲機**商的冠軍。因此,就像職業拳擊手一樣,索尼從那以後每年都專註於遊戲。像去年的最終幻想七重拍。像今年的蜘蛛俠這樣的驚喜遊戲。精美的獨立遊戲,虛擬現實遊戲,續集和新的屬性。不管怎樣...
...費了數百萬美元。1998年,第一個感測器被植入癱瘓病人的大腦。從那以後,大約有十幾個人接受了類似的植入手術。匹茲堡大學和布朗大學的研究小組正在研究用於醫學目的的大腦植入物。美國國防高階研究計劃局(DARPA)資助...
...薦了一種線性拳,大多數武術家都會這樣做,它看起來像拳擊中的“十字拳”:[它]被稱為前拳,或前雙指關節拳。這是非常重要的,你在你的手的前兩個指節與前臂的骨骼對齊,以獲得最大的結構,這樣你就不會傷害自己。通...