DefenseNews

How two F-16s from the US Air Force’s ‘boneyard’ will find a second life as digital models

July 10, 2021
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force wants to make a digital twin of the F-16, hoping to cut down the time and money it takes to sustain its most prolific fighter. Over the next four years, the Air Force will pluck two F-16s from the boneyard, disassemble them, and use “digital engineering” to create an exact digital replica of the airframe and many of its major subsystems. The twin will allow…
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GamingNews

BASALT Minecraft competition aims to advance reinforcement learning

July 9, 2021
Join AI & data leaders at Transform 2021 on July 12th for the AI/ML Automation Technology Summit. Register today. Deep reinforcement learning, a subfield of machine learning that combines reinforcement learning and deep learning, takes what’s known as a reward function and learns to maximize the expected total reward. This works remarkably well, enabling systems to figure out how to solve…
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NewsPhotography

Couple Contrasts Abandoned Spaces and Colorful Coats in Surreal Photos

July 9, 2021
A mysterious duo who go by the name “Yellow Jackets,” has intrigued viewers with their eerie, anonymous self-portraits set in abandoned locations. When it comes to urban exploration — also known as “urbex” — photography, it is not easy to create something that will stand out. The two artists behind Yellow Jackets, however, have found a way to leave a lasting mark. With their unique…
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MobileNews

After iPhone 13 cases, here are the molds on which they are based

July 9, 2021
We’ve seen a number of iPhone 13 cases, and one of those case makers has today shared photos of the molds on which they are based. The process of creating a case design before the launch of a new iPhone tends to have three steps, and can be a risky business … First, someone in the iPhone supply-chain leaks CAD models or schematics, which reveal things like the exterior dimensions and…
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