Congratulations SpaceX for their sucessful manned Crew Dragon mission to the ISS.
Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. It's not as great as Steve Austin's bionic eye from the Six Million Dollar Man, but it's pretty cool. Scientists have made a bionic eyeball inspired by the actual working of the human eye. This cool tech isn't ready to go in a human head yet, but when it is we can only hope it's cheaper than Steve's eye.
Robots are here, and they're coming for your jobs. Now even actors don't have job security. Miquela is a CGI replacement for advertising models is now leaving Instagram and breaking into acting. Which raises a concerning question. How long until they replace the podcasters?
Football manager is one of the most popular management simulators. Recently they've come under fire from Manchester United for copyright issues. Despite letting it slide for almost 30 years, Man U have decided it's time to sue.
This week in gaming DJ jumps at shadows in Alan Wake and Professor goes full Groundhog Day in Into the Breach.
Bionic eyes giving sight
- https://bgr.com/2020/05/24/bionic-eye-human-prosthetics/
The Rise of Virtual actresses: Miquela
- https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/may/25/are-virtual-actors-about-to-put-hollywoods-humans-out-of-work-miquela
Man United suing Football Manager
- https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/may/22/manchester-united-sues-football-manager-makers-over-use-of-name
Games Played
Professor
– Into The Breach – https://store.steampowered.com/app/590380/Into_the_Breach/
Rating: 4/5
DJ
– Alan Wake –https://store.steampowered.com/app/108710/Alan_Wake/
Rating: 4/5
Other topics discussed
Sailor Moon Redraw : Jar Jar Binks edition
Cochlear Implant (A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted neuroprosthetic device to provide a person with moderate to profound sensorineural hearing loss a modified sense of sound. CI bypasses the normal acoustic hearing process to replace it with electric signals which directly stimulate the auditory nerve.)
Why some people turned down a 'medical miracle' and decided to stay deaf
Lil Miquela Instagram profile
James Dean will be digitally resurrected for a new film. Is it movie magic or dark arts?
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