The CIA's Secret Weapon: Whispering Willows That Haunt the Enemy
In the 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, the CIA was exploring every wild avenue to gain an edge over its adversaries. But one of the agency's most out-there ventures didn't involve high-tech...
This is how private capsule reenter atmosphere at Mach 25
In a significant advancement for space manufacturing technologies, Varda Space Industries successfully landed a capsule in the Utah desert on February 21, marking a milestone for the commercial space industry. The landing, part of the...
Lockheed Martin wins $33.7 million for nuclear space propulsion
Lockheed Martin has recently achieved significant progress in space propulsion technology. In July 2023, the company secured a contract worth $33.7 million from the Air Force Research Laboratory to work on the Joint Emergent Technology...
Deep Geometrized Cartoon Line Inbetweening: A New Approach to Anime Frame Interpolation
In the field of anime production, a significant yet understudied challenge has been the inbetweening of cartoon line drawings. Inbetweening, the process of generating intermediate frames between two black-and-white line drawings, is a labor-intensive and...
