24/ Terraforms by Mathcastles The "hypercastle" is a dynamically... computed, evolving, reinterpretable, non-visual 3D structure of thousands of parcels of unicode land art. Parcels can be "terraformed" via contract functions, shaping the 32x32 grid (visuals: Hypercastle Explorers)show more

Taylor Approximation ✍️ It shows a mathematical "best guess"... evolving to match a complex 3D shape by adding layers of detail one step at a time. The purple surface is the original goal, while the red grid represents a polynomial approximation anchored at the center point. At first, the red surface can only mimic the very middle of the shape. As the calculation adds more terms, visualized by the red grid rippling and shifting, the approximation "learns" how to curve and bend to match the target more accurately. This is a visual demonstration of how math can break down a detailed, wavy landscape into simpler instructions. When these instructions are stacked together, they recreate the entire surface with incredible precision. Video: mathwithmuzaashow more

Meta releases VGGSfM Visual Geometry Grounded Deep Structure From... Motion Structure-from-motion (SfM) is a long-standing problem in the computer vision community, which aims to reconstruct the camera poses and 3D structure of a scene from a set of unconstrained 2D images. Classical frameworks solve this problem in an incremental manner by detecting and matching keypoints, registering images, triangulating 3D points, and conducting bundle adjustment. Recent research efforts have predominantly revolved around harnessing the power of deep learning techniques to enhance specific elements (e.g., keypoint matching), but are still based on the original, non-differentiable pipeline. Instead, we propose a new deep SfM pipeline VGGSfM, where each component is fully differentiable and thus can be trained in an end-to-end manner. To this end, we introduce new mechanisms and simplifications. First, we build on recent advances in deep 2D point tracking to extract reliable pixel-accurate tracks, which eliminates the need for chaining pairwise matches. Furthermore, we recover all cameras simultaneously based on the image and track features instead of gradually registering cameras. Finally, we optimise the cameras and triangulate 3D points via a differentiable bundle adjustment layer. We attain state-of-the-art performance on three popular datasets, CO3D, IMC Phototourism, and ETH3D.show more

🧲🖼️NEW ARTWORK RELEASE 🖼️🧲 My latest physical art is... going to be auctioned at Christie's NYC, December 3 - 18, 2024. I created a 🧲magnetic 3D portrait 🖼️that can be customized and live on by the collector as they move the magnetic pieces around and change the 3D height of all the pieces.show more

• These are the very people who come to... deliver parcels at our homes!! • At Khiranagar, Santacruz West, Here is a Ground reality of a multi million dollar company Zepto by Aadit Palicha ! • Zepto appoints 'Criminal Minds', which can clearly be witnessed in the video below, ransacking someone's private vehicle to dominate their presence. • While मुंबई पोलीस Mumbai Police stations enjoy Hafta or free foods?show more

INTRODUCING OCBTW: THE FIRST PANDA-BACKED ASSET A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND 2-WAY... NFT NFT SWAP We just deployed a smart contract on Bitcoin that allows you to mint "OCBTW", a limited edition generative art collection by tclow.sats, solely by swapping an Alkane Pandas ⬢ OCBTW has a supply of 200 unique pieces and is inspired by oylwallet's signature hexagon logo that defines all native Alkane assets (e.g., $DIESEL). It is 100% on-chain generative art using three.js code via HTML ⬢ OCBTW can only be minted by swapping a Panda using the 2:70104 smart contract. After 200 swaps have been completed, on a first-come-first-served basis, the mint will conclude. However, OCBTW can be swapped back to a Panda at any time, freeing up supply for another Panda holder to collect a OCBTW piece from the contract. ⬢ OCBTW is thus backed entirely by Pandas, meaning each piece will never be worth less than a Panda. This is the first time on Bitcoin that an NFT is minted with another NFT. This may be the first time this has ever been done on any chain. ⬢ OCBTW also effectively locks up up to 200 Pandas for perpetuity. Just like AP-69, this swap contract has no withdrawal function. The only way to get Pandas out of the contract is to swap your OCBTW back to a Panda. This operates on a last-in, first-out (LIFO) basis. ⬢ OCBTW can be minted by calling the 2:70104 contract using opcode 42 and including a Panda in the transaction, either by using or You can only mint 1 OCBTW per transaction. Rarity of Pandas has no effect on what OCBTW mint you will receive. ⬢ OCBTW can be viewed natively in browser on iDclub 💥 Building Alkanes at the following link: Please be patient after minting for their indexer to update after blocks clear. Please also note that the Ordiscan Alkanes indexer is currently down. ⬢ OCBTW is purely art. Art on Bitcoin. Forever.show more

It’s simple, Joey. Because actual conservationists do not want... tens of thousands of acres of forest felled just to cover the it up with solar panels when a greater number of homes can be powered by natural gas or nuclear, which require far less land. Rooftop solar is fine (if you want to spend money installing it). ✅ Littering the landscape with solar is just silly and pointless. 🙅‍♂️show more

NeuRBF: A Neural Fields Representation with Adaptive Radial Basis... Functions paper page: present a novel type of neural fields that uses general radial bases for signal representation. State-of-the-art neural fields typically rely on grid-based representations for storing local neural features and N-dimensional linear kernels for interpolating features at continuous query points. The spatial positions of their neural features are fixed on grid nodes and cannot well adapt to target signals. Our method instead builds upon general radial bases with flexible kernel position and shape, which have higher spatial adaptivity and can more closely fit target signals. To further improve the channel-wise capacity of radial basis functions, we propose to compose them with multi-frequency sinusoid functions. This technique extends a radial basis to multiple Fourier radial bases of different frequency bands without requiring extra parameters, facilitating the representation of details. Moreover, by marrying adaptive radial bases with grid-based ones, our hybrid combination inherits both adaptivity and interpolation smoothness. We carefully designed weighting schemes to let radial bases adapt to different types of signals effectively. Our experiments on 2D image and 3D signed distance field representation demonstrate the higher accuracy and compactness of our method than prior arts. When applied to neural radiance field reconstruction, our method achieves state-of-the-art rendering quality, with small model size and comparable training speed.show more

This is a Collapsible 3D Printed Vortex, a masterpiece... of "Print-in-Place" engineering. How it works: The entire structure is printed as one single piece with incredibly tight tolerances—roughly 0.2mm to 0.3mm gaps between the rings. Because the layers don't actually touch, they can slide freely, creating that hypnotic "endless" spiral effect without any assembly required! It’s the perfect blend of mathematical precision and art.show more

Today, we're excited to announce a partnership with Manta... Network (🔱,🔱), the Modular L2 solution that is transforming the landscape of ZK. Nesa is bringing private AI inference to the Manta ecosystem through a specialized collaboration. For the first time, developers on Manta can access Nesa's full library of AI models on-chain, and enjoy lightning fast, end-to-end private AI inference without ever leaving the Manta ecosystem. This means that dapps and protocols can now fuse with AI via smart contract on Manta. This integration is set to redefine the future of decentralized technology with AI. Stay tuned for more updates on how Nesa and Manta Network will be shaping the future of crypto together.show more

Today is a meeting with senators to discuss the... land grabs they are attempting to do in the paha sapa the black hills. They are trying to entice the people by giving small piece of our own land back to us so they can mine in the black hills. It's guna be one of those days.show more

Okay GPT-6 Astra might actually be the most insane... thing we've ever seen for 3D. It drives Blender by itself. It clicks the same buttons a real artist would. All it needs is a drawing or an image to start. From there it gives you thousands of fully editable detailed objects with geometry so clean it hurts. Anyone can build an entire 3D world just by talking now. What is happening.show more

The terrorist regime currently ruling Iran is taking its... last breaths, and these videos are an indication of that. The parade of thousands of IRGC and Basij paramilitary members in Tehran, the capital of Iran, is intended as a show of force against the Iranian people—a warning that the regime is prepared to use deadly violence against those who rise up against it. However, this display of force is an indication of the regime’s fear of collapse as it faces severe financial pressure caused by economic sanctions and the naval blockade and soon air and land blockade of Iran. The regime is scared, and these are signs of the fear among its rulers. Even mobilizing thousands of IRGC and Basij members and their families cannot determine what comes next. This regime will collapse. These may be its final days.show more

I can’t say it enough - US rural/farm land... is the most undervalued asset in the world and it's not close. Mountainous areas are top of list. I look to buy well located rural/farm land in the path of growth. Close to an interstate. Within 45 min of a major hospital. Sometimes sandwiched between two major cities. It is absolutely mind blowing to me that someone can buy hundreds or even thousands of acres in the most powerful country on earth for <$1 sq ft Land is scarce all over the world and this will continue to be the case for yrs to come I truly believe there's absolutely no substitute to owning large amounts of land in the USshow more

💧 Clinamen, by Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, is the most mesmerizing... and soothing art installation that can be seen at the moment in Paris. Installed under the majestic rotunda of the Bourse de Commerce, Clinamen is a must see for anyone in Paris this summer.show more

The Farcana playtest is now live. You can officially... download Farcana from the Epic Games Store: The game launches with a complete progression system right from the start. From March 20 to April 1 - the early beta phase is open, offering an array of features - including: Playtest Highlights: → Twin Battlegrounds: Thoughtfully designed maps that serve a purpose beyond aesthetics. → Nine Stars: Heroes redesigned from the ground up. → Training Room: Perfect your skills before heading into battle. → Refreshed Visuals: Polished with thousands of visual iterations. → Founder Packs: Experience the early stages of the player economy, complete with an AI companion.show more

Experimenting with tldraw, xyflow · React Flow · Svelte... Flow & Mermaid JS as visual ways to interact with a code base for interactive modern code review. Claude & Codex can generate so much code so quickly that we are going to need new ways to review and understand their work. Markdown documents, ERDs, tree-maps, flow-charts, systems architecture diagrams, process maps. These could be the new lingua franca of a higher level abstraction of software development. What you're seeing below is a visualisation of the database structure of a Laravel app, automatically generated in a visual code review tool to help with the review of a new feature.show more

🤖#Cefax Introducing Trading #Bots: An Upgrade on Strategy Trading... Under Wallet page, the Rebalancing Bot account will be renamed as Trading Bots account. New spot and futures grids will be created in the Trading Bots account. Existing grid orders or positions in the spot or futures account will not be affected. Users can run futures grid via #Trading #Bots account while trading on the same symbol simultaneously through futures account. Cross and isolated margin trading modes will be supported for futures grid. The maximum number of symbols that spot grid can run will be increased from ten to 20 symbols, and the maximum number of symbols that USDⓈ-M and Coin-M futures grid can run will be increased from ten to 20 symbols each. ❗️This is a general announcement. Products and services referred to here may not be available in your region. Buy, invest & trade on the most trusted crypto exchange! 💬 For support: [email protected]show more