“It works like this. First you call up a blueprint on your computer screen and tinker with its shape and colour where necessary. Then you press print. A machine nearby whirrs into life and builds up the object gradually, either by depositing material from a nozzle, or by selectively solidifying a thin layer of plastic or metal dust using tiny drops of glue or a tightly focused beam. Products are thus built up by progressively adding material, one layer at a time.”
Tag: 02.10.11
Love That Lasts for Years: It’s a Matter of (Neuro-)Chemistry
“On a neurochemical level, people in long-term relationships are just like those who are falling in love.”
Egyptian Protests Shut Down Entertainment Industry
The political crisis in Egypt has had a devastating impact on the entertainment industry in the country that has been called the “Hollywood of the Middle East.”
Florida Mayor Slams New Arts Center Project Over Poor Management
“Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs said Thursday it’s not too late to revive the stalled downtown performing arts center, but it won’t happen without eliminating what she called serious financial and management problems that have been hidden from the public.”
Françoise Cachin, 74, Co-Founder of Musee d’Orsay
“[She] was well known as a curator and an art historian specializing in Impressionism and Post-Impressionism when, in 1978, she was named curator of a new museum dedicated to 19th-century art to be housed in a defunct railway station, the Gare d’Orsay.” In 1994 she was named supervisor of all of France’s museums.
‘Guitar Hero’ Video Game Discontinued
“Activision Blizzard, which publishes and distributes the wildly popular game, said Wednesday that it will ‘disband’ the Guitar Hero business unit and ‘discontinue development on its Guitar Hero game for 2011’.”
Watts Towers Saved? LACMA Gets $500K Grant for Conservation Work
“The museum announced Wednesday that it has received a $500,000, one-year grant from the James Irvine Foundation to carry out its work on the towers. The city [of Los Angeles] couldn’t have landed the grant on its own because the San Francisco-based foundation doesn’t fund government agencies.”
King James Bible, Live on Stage at Shakespeare’s Globe
“Actors will read the King James Bible from cover to cover on stage as part of the 400th anniversary of its publication. The Bible will be read by five teams of four actors at Shakespeare’s Globe in London over 69 hours in eight days.”
Rehabilitating Bernstein’s A Quiet Place
This poorly-received 1983 sequel to Trouble in Tahiti depicted “a middle-class train wreck of a family, plagued by alcoholism, suicide, mental illness, and possibly incest” with “raging bull” music to match. David Patrick Stearns suggests that, one generation later, today’s audiences may be ready to come to grips with the piece.
Japan Moves to Curb Suggestive Imagery of Young Girls
“Japan, which has long been relatively tolerant of the open sale and consumption of sexually oriented material, lately has developed a brisk trade in works that in many other countries might be considered child pornography. But now some public officials want to place tighter restrictions on the provocative depictions of young girls – referred to as ‘junior idols’ – that are prevalent in magazines, DVDs and Web videos.”