Day: March 27, 2019

https://geekologie.com/2019/03/this-will-end-well-russian-arms-manufact.php

These are a couple demo videos of the flying rifle developed by Russian arms manufacturer Almaz-Ante. It’s a little radio controlled electric plane with a fuselage made of "an ‘autoloading smooth-bore’ Carbine Vepr-12 Hummer, a Kalashnikov machine gun-based weapon." Plus the wings can be removed so it can be fired like a regular rifle. There’s actually some footage of the thing being flown around and shooting some balloons, and I for one would not have been caught anywhere near that demonstration. Mostly because I’m a ninja, but partly because I wouldn’t have actually been anywhere near that demonstration.
Keep going for two videos, the first of which is the rifle in flight shooting down some balloons (at 0:30), the second of which is the gun being fired by hand.

Thanks to Chad M, who agrees this is probably not your best option for getting a stuck kite out of a tree.

via Geekologie – Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome https://geekologie.com/

March 27, 2019 at 02:45PM

https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/26/anthem-patch-dlss-update/

A patch to Anthem released on Tuesday that will allow for faster performance as well as some added features. The update includes NVIDIA Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) and NVIDIA Highlights. The game developer claims that Anthem players will see up to 40 percent faster performance with DLSS. DLSS uses AI to continually make the game more efficient, and automatically delivers updated algorithms to your machine.

Also new in the patch is NVIDIA Highlights, which automatically captures screenshots and game clips when players achieve certain milestones, such as defeating a large creature or discovering the Tombs of the Legionairres. A new set of sliders allow you to adjust your camera’s field of view while you’re on the ground, in flight, underwater, your weapon is zoomed, or when you are out of your javelin.

Players will be able to replay missions at a much higher difficulty level, and have access to a new mission that can be played an unlimited number of times. The update also fixes numerous bugs and issues, including the elimination of a rather pesky loading screen that appeared when visiting the Forge to configure your javelin. Also fixed are a small number of issues that caused the system to crash, or players to be unable to interact with other players or objects.

Source: NVIDIA

via Engadget http://www.engadget.com

March 26, 2019 at 09:39PM