Technology
January 3, 2019

AI Generates Incredibly Believable Faces of Humans That Don’t Really Exist

Think you can tell the difference between fantasy and reality? That's about to get a whole lot harder thanks to advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) made by researchers at NVIDIA. The above photograph isn't actually a photo of a real person, but rather an image generated from two source photographs. The results are incredibly lifelike, making it all the more shocking that we're not actually looking at a snapshot of a real human being.

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Resources
January 2, 2019

Hundreds of Copyrighted Works Finally Enter the Public Domain After 95 Years

On January 1, 2019, there was even more to celebrate than the start of a new year. This day saw many published works enter the US public domain for the first time. Literature, music, movies, and more that were created in 1923 are now available for anyone to republish and use in other projects—without asking permission or paying the previous rights holders.

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Creative Products
January 2, 2019

11 Quirky Model Kits for Creative Builders

If you consider yourself creative, you've probably honed an array of hands-on handicrafts. If you're looking for a new practice to perfect, model-making is a fun alternative to traditional art—especially when you have a list of quirky kits at your disposal! To show just how fun this craft can be, we've compiled a collection of our favorite creative model kits.

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Resources
January 1, 2019

5 Fun Drawing Challenges That’ll Help You Improve Your Sketching Skills

If you want to get better at drawing, there’s a simple way to do so. Just start drawing! You’re only going to improve with many hours of putting pen or pencil to paper. And in all this time spent sketching, one of the most important things you can do is make mistakes. It’s in these blunders that you truly understand how things look and ways to fix them.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.