Desolate Civilisation: AI Draws Stunning Mona Lisa

To create the picture above, Instagram user @TDRAW_Ai_Art fed a picture of the Mona Lisa to Nightcafe Studio, an online application that uses the power of artificial intelligence to transform existing pictures into unique pieces of art. As you see, the result is nothing short of stunning. I’m even considering purchasing a print of it to display in my living room.

This is the complete collage of nine images designed to be displayed across multiple canvases, which can be enjoyed independently or combined to reveal a hidden masterpiece.

[T-Draw on RedBubble]



A Robot Can Finally Peel a Banana Without Destroying It

Manipulating soft fruit is something extremely difficult for robots, but thanks to the power of an A.I., a machine has finally learned how to do it… most of the time.

First, a human operating the robot peeled hundreds of bananas, creating 811 minutes of demonstration data to train the robot to do it by itself. The task was divided into nine stages, from grasping the banana to picking it up off the table with one hand, grabbing the tip in the other hand, peeling it, then moving the banana so the rest of the skin can be removed.

[New Scientist]

Today’s Hottest Deals: Xbox Series X in Stock, 50 and 65-Inch Smart TVs, Ergonomic Gaming Chair, and MORE!

For today’s edition of “Deal of the Day,” here are some of the best deals we stumbled on while browsing the web this morning! Please note that Geeks are Sexy might get a small commission from qualifying purchases done through our posts (as an Amazon associate or a member of other affiliate programs.)

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April Fool’s Day Jokes Roundup: 2022 Edition

There hasn’t always been much to smile about in recent years, but April 1 usually brings some amusing spoof announcements from the tech world. This year many of the biggest companies seem to have given it a miss, leaving something of a mixed bag of formats and success.

LEGO announced an extremely unsettling life-size version of its minifig:

Australian online learning site Lessons.com.au offered a free four unit course on “How to explain NFTs to your elderly relatives” which would probably be quite useful if real.

A London gym chain claimed it had invented a implantable “Handfob” for checking in to a gym:

Not only does the smart-tech allow for contact-free check-in, it also tracks blood pressure changes, fluctuations in oxygen levels and calorie burn, relaying instant digital information to a smartphone app in a world-first for the fitness industry.

The makers of cult game Goat Simulator claimed Steve O would be directing a musical movie adaptation:

@goatsimulatorgame The announcement you never hoped to see in your life #goatsimmovie #goatsimulator #fyp #foryou #foryoupage ♬ originalljud – GoatSimulator

Heardle, a music recognition game that combines Wordle with Name That Tune, hit users with a fake error message but offered to let them click through to see the answer. Doing so revealed the inevitable Rick Astley track.

The Washington Post’s Joseph Marks slightly missed the concept of April Fool’s but did solicit some truly terrible cyber-relayed puns to publish today. Perhaps the best/worst was from @neurovagrant who said:

Finally, Reddit doesn’t do pranks as such but rather uses April Fool’s Day for fun experiments. This year it’s brought back r/place, a million-tile community artwork. For the four days the project is live, any registered user can change the colour of any one pixel in a 1000×1000 grid once per five minutes. If it’s anything like the first incarnation, expect a wild mix of creativity and (very slow) flame wars.

Editor’s note: My personal favorite is from Squatty Potty and their “new” pillow!

Squatty Potty Pillow Ad Destroys The Dreams of Bronies

I’ve been a loyal fan of Squatty Potty ever since they’ve released that insane ad featuring a unicorn taking a dump several years ago. Now, the company has just released another hilarious one (For April 1st) featuring a pillow shapped like one of their iconic products. Bronies, beware: you might feel the urge to put that Rainbow Dash plush in the garbage bin after watching it!

[Squatty Potty on Youtube]