X-AR is an augmented reality headset that combines computer vision and wireless perception to help wearers find hidden objects. Workers trying to locate specific products to fulfill e-commerce orders, for instance, could better locate objects tucked away in boxes or crates with the help of X-AR. Developed by researchers at MIT, the headset can see through cardboard, wooden dividers, plastic containers and other common materials …
Made by the German-Russian eRosita telescope (which is currently mounted on the orbiting Spektr-RG space observatory), this remarkable image—completed last week—is an x-ray map of the universe. The scan was taken approximately 930,000 million miles from Earth’s surface, and “will revolutionize x-ray astronomy,” says Kirpal Nandra of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics. The electrifying image records “violent action in the cosmos” which appear …
The current René Magritte exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC (which concludes on 12 January), titled “The Mystery of the Ordinary,” showcased surrealist paintings by the Belgian artist that challenged the way the viewer would perceive the “ordinary.” In a similar—and more contemporary—vein, “Mysteries of the Unseen World” is a film that takes the seemingly ordinary and applies advanced imagining technologies to …
