MRI scans and AI technology really could read what we’re thinking. The implications are terrifying: MRI scans use strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce detailed images of the brain. Gorodenkoff / Shutterstock For the first time, researchers have managed to use GPT1, precursor to the AI chatbot ChatGPT, to translate MRI imagery into …
Explore 3D scans with this open source tool: Light detection and ranging, better known as LiDAR, is a method of taking photographs of 3D space using lasers and GPS. That sounds like science fiction—I can think of a few scenes in some movies that probably reimagined this technology without realizing it—but it’s a technology that’s …
South African dinosaur skeleton scans build up a picture from egg to adult: Massospondylus fossils help researchers develop a full picture of this dinosaur species. Dorling Kindersley ltd / Alamy Stock Photo/Not for re-use If you ask children what their favourite dinosaurs are, the answers will undoubtedly include T. rex, Triceratops and maybe Brachiosaurus. Those …
Send your scans to a Linux machine over your network: The free software movement famously got started because of a poorly designed printer. Decades later, printer and scanner manufacturers continue to reinvent the wheel, ignoring established and universal protocols. As a result, every now and again, you’ll stumble onto a printer or scanner that just …
Scans reveal new details of how Egyptian pharaoh met a violent death: Mummies fascinate people. Shutterstock/Andrea Izzotti There’s something about mummies that always fascinates people. We see this from the attention given to mummies in museum exhibitions and in their frequent appearance in books, films and games. Perhaps it’s the fact that they are dead …