Curating the Internet: Science and technology micro-summaries for July 24, 2019

Turn selfies into classical portraits; A dating-style app for an art museum; A drone that can fly through small openings; Quantum Darwinism passes its first experimental scrutiny; SpaceX/ISS resupply mission livestream

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1. Turn selfies into classical portraits with the AI that fuels deepfakes - Technology from the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab has been used to create deepfakes and artwork that sold at auction for $435,000. Now the creators are turning it loose on the Internet. They trained it on classical artwork and have posted a site where you can upload your own selfies and view the resultant "classical style faux watercolor". The site promises to delete the photos after use. As of now (Jul 23), the site is overloaded with traffic, however.


2. Atlanta’s High Museum Has Launched a ‘Dating App’ to Match Visitors With the Perfect Artwork - The museum's 15,000 pieces of artwork can be overwhelming for visitors, so the Head of Museum Interpretation and Digital Engagement came up with a Tinder inspired idea to match visitors with artwork. The app can be accessed at HeartMatch.Org. In addition to improving the visitor's experience, the app will also provide data for the museum to identify their popular exhibits, and to fuel education programs that raise the appeal of the less popular works.


3. Spring-Loaded Drone Collapses Mid-Flight to Zip Through Windows - This quadcopter drone is able to collapse its wings in order to fly through gaps that are too small for a standard quadcopter. As of now, the drone is not able to react, spontaneously, though. The technique only works with careful choreography from the research team. Here is a video:
   
   



4. Quantum Darwinism, an Idea to Explain Objective Reality, Passes First Tests - Quantum Darwinism (QD) is a theory to explain why quantum behaviors are only observable at the sub-atomic scale, a phenomenon that's sometimes referred to as the classical transition. QD suggests an analogy to Darwinism, in that the processes that survive the classical transition are, in a manner, the most fit. Now, for the first time, the idea has been exposed to rudimentary testing by three independent research groups from Italy, China, and Germany. At this basic level of testing, the theory has not been confirmed, but it continues to be viable. If the theory holds, it would refute the commonly held belief that quantum mechanics can't explain classical physics.


5. STEEM SpaceX resupply mission to the ISS [Live on 24.7.19, 20:24 UTC] - According to @bluerobo, the 18th resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is planned by SpaceX, with a launch window opening this afternoon (July 24) at 20:24 (UTC), or 16:24 US/Eastern. (A 5% beneficiary setting has been assigned to @bluerobo) Side note: This is also the first time I've seen the remind-me bot. Take a look in the comments.
   
   

   @remind-me on 24th July 2019 19:00

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