Wednesday, 20 May 2020

Dynamic Lighting for 2D Pictures

Adding lighting depending on the object in the image, quite impressive!

Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Realistic Fake Word Generator

thisworddoesnotexist.com creates realistic-looking fake word with a corresponding definition. Playing around with it, it subjectively seems quite good.

Sunday, 22 March 2020

Stock Jump



Riding the slopes of the recession, this game allows a virtual skier to go down slopes in the shape of stock returns.

Sunday, 2 February 2020

Faking Google Traffic


An artist drags his cart around town to create fake Google Maps traffic for art: article.

Saturday, 19 May 2018

Approximating Pi Using Matches


This video illustrates a beautifully simple method to approximate Pi using Monte Carlo approximations and throwing sticks on lines.

Wednesday, 19 October 2016

"A two-year-old's solution to the trolley problem"



I enjoyed this video about an alternative solution to the classic trolley problem.

Tuesday, 2 August 2016

Accidental Twitter Bot

This Twitter bot scans Twitter and posts tweets that happen to match 5/7/5 syllable structure. It is mildly amusing.

Saturday, 14 November 2015

Amazon Bots Fighting Over Price

I enjoyed this story about Amazon seller bots trying to outdo themselves leading to some funny results, namely a 20$ book priced at 2.4 million. Story found here.

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

2048

You may enjoy this game 2048.