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Hurtigruten, which sails hybrid cruise ships, says it will launch fully electric ships by 2030

April 4, 2022
Hurtigruten Group, an Oslo-headquartered adventure travel company, has announced that it intends to launch zero-emission ships that will sail the Norwegian coast by 2030. Hurtigruten is working with Trondheim, Norway-based research and technology organization SINTEF to build on Hurtigruten’s existing battery-hybrid expedition ships, which the company claims are the first in the world. The…
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SmallRig Made an Airbag for Your Camera

April 4, 2022
SmallRig will soon announce an airbag system for cameras called the AirGuard. The company says that the system, which is integrated into a camera cage, uses an accelerometer to detect a fall and automatically deploys an airbag to protect the camera. Leaked on Weibo and spotted by Sony Alpha Rumors, the AirGuard uses three small modules that hold a compressed air canister (specifically touted as a…
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Closeup Photos of Frozen Flowers on Fruit Trees

April 4, 2022
Spring is a beautiful season in the Netherlands. Every year there are many different flowers to see and photograph. You might know me for my many years of photographing tulips, but there are so many more beautiful flowers to see in the Netherlands! During spring we…
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AI Creates Amazing Virtual San Francisco Using Millions of Photos

April 4, 2022
Recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) allow 3D scenes to be generated from just a handful of photos, but Waymo researchers pushed the idea to the extremes and have successfully recreated a 3D model of San Francisco from 2.8 million input photos. Neural Radiance Fields Neural radiance filds (NeRF) have been used to synthesize views of complex scenes by taking a few input images…
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Epic Games has raised $144M for Ukrainian relief

April 4, 2022
GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! Epic Games announced today that, with help from Xbox and the Fortnite community, it has raised over $144 million to help those in Ukraine affected by the…
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AI’s growing enterprise gaps explain why AWS SageMaker is growing

April 4, 2022
We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 – August 3. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Learn more about Transform 2022 There are troubling gaps revealed in a new report showing that enterprises are not prioritizing security, compliance, fairness, bias and ethics. The study, conducted by…
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