Adafruit’s Cheekmate gets to the bottom (ahem) of chess cheating controversy
Adafruit tested its wireless haptic communication system with a juicy slab of pork butt. The clever folks at Adafruit tested their Cheekmate chess-cheating prototype by embedding it in a slab of pork butt. The Internet has been abuzz for.....»»
The internet"s latest cheating scandal sure is fishy
Chess, wife guys, and now...fishing? Cheating rumors and scandals are all the rage these days, it seems.That's right, the latest cheating scandal people are obsessing over online somehow involves sport fishing. It centers on a video that recently wen.....»»
Immortal Game raises $12M to build out Web3 chess platform
Web3 chess platform Immortal Game has raised $12 million in its latest round of funding to build out its audience. Web3 chess platform Immortal Game has raised $12 million in its latest round of funding to build out its audience.Read More.....»»
Self-driving Lincoln Model L100 concept meant to inspire future products
The concept sedan, not intended for production, is longer than an extended-length Navigator L and comes with wild features such as a digital floor and "chess piece" controller......»»
Chess-Playing Robot Breaks 7-Year-Old Opponent’s Finger
Talk about a sore loser. The post Chess-Playing Robot Breaks 7-Year-Old Opponent’s Finger appeared first on ExtremeTech. (Photo: Randy Fath/Unsplash)A rela.....»»
Chess-playing robot breaks child’s finger during game
A robot chess player went outside the usual rules of the game by making a move that shocked onlookers and left its seven-year-old opponent with a broken finger......»»
Chess robot breaks seven-year-old boy"s finger during Moscow Open
The child was trying to make his next move at the Moscow Open when the robot grabbed him......»»
Tiling mechanisms of the Drosophila compound eye through geometrical tessellation
Tile patterns in which the same shape is laid out without gaps can be seen on castle walls and chess boards in artificial objects, and in insect compound eyes and beehives in biology. Square tiles are common in artificial objects, while hexagonal til.....»»
Chess.com Banned By Russia
Chess.com Banned By Russia.....»»
It’s easier than you think to live stream to YouTube and Twitch from a Mac
The popularity of live streaming has soared since the beginning of 2020. Everything from video games to music to chess is live online from creators with followings large and small. While Macs are not the traditional streaming computer, it is entirel.....»»
Chess Broadcast To Include Players" Heart Rate Determined By AI
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ChessBase: The official broadcast of the final rounds of the FIDE Grand Prix Series, an important part of the World Chess Championship cycle, will feature players' heart rate indicator, according to World Ches.....»»
Chinese Go Player Gets One-year Ban For Using AI During National Competition
The Chinese Weiqi Association has issued a statement suspending a Chinese player from attending competitions of weiqi, more commonly known as Go overseas, for a year after he violated the "no use of AI" rules when participating in a national chess co.....»»
This chessboard connects to the internet for modern interactive game play
TL;DR: Square Off Pro, the World's First Rollable Tournament e-Chessboard, is on sale as of March 12 for $225, so you're saving 9% on the original price of $249.Perhaps the most popular abstract strategy game of all time, chess (in the iteration we k.....»»
16-Year-Old Chess Prodigy Defeats World Champion Magnus Carlsen
India's teen chess grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, 16, just become the youngest person to defeat Magnus Carlsen (Warning: source paywalled; alternative source), 31, since he became world champion in 2013. The New York Times reports: While his.....»»
Harvard Mathematician Proves 150-Year Old Chess Puzzle
joshuark shares a report from Popular Mechanics: A mathematician from Harvard University has (mostly) solved a 150-year-old Queen's gambit of sorts: the delightful n queens puzzle. In newly self-published research (meaning it has not yet been peer-re.....»»
Inside the Chess Match That Led the Feds to $3.6 Billion in Stolen Bitcoin
The anatomy of the DOJ operation to seize $3.6 billion Bitcoin stolen in the Bitfinex hack is a cautionary tale in an era of rapid blockchain ascendancy A version of this article was published in TIME’s newsletter Into the Metaverse.....»»
Can AI Help Us Reimagine Chess?
Three research scientists at DeepMind Technologies teamed up with former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik to "explore what variations of chess would look like at superhuman level," according to their new article in Communications of the ACM. The.....»»
Harvard mathematician answers 150-year-old chess problem
The queen is the most powerful piece on the chessboard. Unlike any other (including the king), it can move any number of squares vertically, horizontally, or diagonally......»»
AI Unmasks Anonymous Chess Players, Posing Privacy Risks
silverjacket shares a report from Science.org: [A]n AI has shown it can tag people based on their chess-playing behavior, an advance in the field of "stylometrics" that could help computers be better chess teachers or more humanlike in their game pla.....»»
Garry Kasparov: Crypto Means Freedom
CoinDesk: Garry Kasparov knows math. He knows logic, strategy and decision-making. Widely regarded as the greatest chess player in the history of mankind, the Russian grandmaster -- ranked No. 1 from 1984 to 2005 -- sees the world with a certain clar.....»»