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Les actualit

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Dimitris Papaioannou

DIMITRIS PAPAIOANNOU director, choreographer, visual artist, performer www.dimitrispapaioannou.com Born in Athens in 1964 and rooted deeply in the fine arts,…

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The Beautiful Complexity of Naming Every Living Thing

After two centuries of binomial nomenclature, scientists are nowhere close to running out of things to document.

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Cabinet of curiosities - Wikipedia

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Topology is a branch of maths concerned with space and deformation. A complex field, it can sometimes be best understood through art. Design lecturer Tom Lee

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Making of the music video of the track Jean Pierre by Hardcore Anal Hydrogen using Artificial Intelligence, Neural Style Transfer and Deep Dream

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Facial Action Coding System (FACS) - A Visual Guidebook

The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) refers to a set of facial muscle movements that correspond to a displayed emotion. Originally created by Carl-Herman Hjortsjö with 23 facial motion units in 1970, it was subsequently developed further by Paul Ekman, and Wallace Friesen. The FACS as we know it

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Family fun with deepfakes. Or how I got my wife onto the Tonight Show

[ Update 3 Feb 2018: added two new creations at the bottom of this post. Last one turned out really well ] Yes, it’s pretty damn cyberpunk. But from a superficial point of view, /r/deepfakes…

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Harvard scientists use simple materials to create semi-soft robots

Inspired by arthropod insects and spiders, scientists George Whitesides and Alex Nemiroski have created a type of semi-soft robot capable of walking, using drinking straws, and inflatable tubing. The team was even able to create a robotic water strider capable of pushing itself along the water’s surface.

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Wykobi Tutorial

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Snake-inspired robot uses kirigami to move

By Leah Burrows (CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) — Who needs legs? With their sleek bodies, snakes can slither up to 14 miles-per-hour, squeeze into tight spaces, scale trees, and swim. How do they do it? It’s all…

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Wiebke Siem | Wiebke Siem

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David Altmejd (b. 1974 in Montreal) is a sculptor that lives and works in New York. He has shown widely in America, Canada and Europe. He is represented by Xavier Hufkens Gallery and Stuart Shave Modern Art.

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How Po.et Uses Blockchain Technology to Revolutionize Digital Licensing

A new paradigm for protecting digital content

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