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GOOGLE UNVEILED LUMIERE, A PHENOMENAL NEW AI FOR VIDEO GENERATION

by Bobby Brown June 24, 2024

Google has unveiled its new Lumiere AI for video creation. This is not a commercial product, but a research project to test innovative technologies. At the current stage, it has no restrictions imposed by legislation and social norms on the work of generative networks, and therefore the result is surprisingly good.

Lumiere is based on a “spatio-temporal U-net architecture” that forms the structure of the video throughout its entirety. This is fundamentally different from the classic approach where the AI generates the start and end frames and then tries to guess what to fill the space between them with. Lumiere creates videos that are only 5 seconds long, but they’re remarkably realistic – or surreal, depending on the initial settings.

Technologies

THE GRILL-X GRILL ALLOWS YOU TO CREATE A “SMOKY” BARBECUE IN ANY KITCHEN

by Bobby Brown June 24, 2024

With the Grill-X you can prepare a classic barbecue “with smoke” in any kitchen. According to the manufacturer Kiwamiyatei, the new grill gives food that special woody flavour that is characteristic of food cooked over real coals. The grill is not self-contained, but can be used in any oven or hob.

Structurally, the Grill-X consists of three components: an aluminium base, a steel lid and the cooker itself, on which the food is cooked. The secret of the grill lies in the plate’s coating of graphite, which, like charcoal, is made of carbon. It is the burning of the charcoal that gives the food its woody flavour – the same flavour that the heated coating gives to the meat.

Animals

A “SEA FLOWER” WAS FOUND ON A BEACH IN AUSTRALIA

by Bobby Brown June 24, 2024

An Australian woman found a very strange-looking creature on a beach in Fairhaven, Victoria. She was curious about the origin of the find, and asked Internet users about it.

Many said that the mysterious creature resembles Mary’s mother from the animated series “SpongeBob SquarePants”. Some said that the find looks like a placenta, while others compared it to the monster from the movie “Alien”.

Animals

ANOTHER TOURIST PHOBIA: A MONKEY TORE A TRAVELER’S PASSPORT IN FRONT OF HER EYES

by Bobby Brown June 24, 2024

The footage shows the girl attempting to exchange her own ID card for a piece of paper from the animal. But it does not react to the woman’s efforts and tears the document right in front of her. The traveler is puzzled by the actions of the monkey, and at this moment she is frightened by another primate who crept up behind her on the metal fence.

Internet users expressed sympathy for the traveler, who had arrived in Bali from Portugal, with one saying the video would be her proof when leaving the country.

Animals

IN THE UK, ANGRY CROWS HAVE STARTED TAKING FOOD FROM BAKERY CUSTOMERS

by Bobby Brown June 24, 2024

A group of crows have started a fierce war for food with visitors to a bakery in the London suburb of Tuikenham. According to local residents, the birds attack people every day.

One woman who came to the bakery to get lunch nearly suffered facial injuries when a crow swooped down and snatched the meat from her sandwich. The feathered creature also surrounded a young boy who was leaving the establishment with his father. According to the people who surrounded the bakery, the child was frightened and cried.

Animals

CHINESE SCIENTISTS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CLONED A MACAQUE MONKEY

by Bobby Brown June 24, 2024

Scientists in China have cloned a rhesus macaque, and very successfully – the animal is now more than two years old. The researchers say their improved methods could provide a “promising strategy for primate cloning” in the future.

The creature is named Retro, in honor of one of the techniques used in his creation, called trophoblast replacement.

However, this is not the first successful cloning of a rhesus macaque. In 1997, in the United States, scientists created such an animal by means of “embryo separation”, he was given the name Tetra. Then the macaque embryo at an early stage of development was divided into parts, creating a set of genetically identical twins. This relatively low-tech method of cloning is sometimes called “artificial twinning.”

Animals

A CAT THAT WAS LOST OVER TWO YEARS AGO HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE US

by Bobby Brown June 24, 2024

Anna and her husband from Hawaii lost their home in the wildfires that raged on the island of Maui (Hawaii) last summer. Alas, they were unable to find their cats after the disaster.

In January, Anna received a call from an animal shelter saying they had found one of her pets. But, as it turned out, it was not her pet that had disappeared after the fire, but a cat named Hissy, who disappeared in 2021.

Anna arrived at the shelter to meet the pet. As the workers of the institution said, the cat immediately recognized the owner, who embraced her after a long separation.

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