Researchers have designed an AI-powered tool that transforms a blurry portrait into the perfect selfie. The method, called PULSE, searches through AI-generated examples of high-resolution faces to match ones that look similar to the input image when compressed to the same size. The system is capable of converting a 16x16-pixel image of a face to 1024 x 1024 pixels in a few seconds, which is 64 times the resolution. The method, called PULSE, searches through AI-generated examples of high-resolution faces to match ones that look similar to the input image when compressed to the same size. Duke University computer scientist Cynthia Rudin, who led the team, said: 'Never have super-resolution images been created at this resolution before with this much detail.'

Apple is working on technology for the perfect selfie. The tech giant acquired Spectral Edge, a UK-based AI startup that uses machine learning to make smartphone pictures crisper, with more accurate colors. The system captures and blends an infrared shot with a standard shot to enhance a photograph's overall depth, detail and color. The startup uses a process that completely relies on machine learning that can be combined with both hardware and software to improve pictures. The news was first revealed by Bloomberg, which obtained secret documents'that Apple now controls Spectral.'

This self-flying drone phone case has a camera attached to help people take perfect selfies from any angle. The quirky contraption known as'SELFLY' wraps around any smart phone and then can be unclipped and allowed to glide around independently, so users can get perfect social media snaps from a variety of angles. Funding is currently being sought for the device on Kickstarter, with backers able to reserve their own for $99 (£79). It is a flying camera that can fold into a 9mm thin phone case. HD video is recorded to RAM and stored as raw data.