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Gabriel García Márquez, Literary Pioneer, Dies at 87 – NYTimes.com
Gabriel García Márquez, Literary Pioneer, Dies at 87 – NYTimes.com fylatinamericanhistory: Gabriel García Márquez, the Colombian novelist whose “One Hundred Years of Solitude” established him as a giant of 20th-century literature, died on Thursday at his home in Mexico City. He was 87. His death was confirmed by Cristóbal Pera, his former editor at Random…
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prostheticknowledge: Micro Robots SRI International have developed incredibly small and fast robots that are capable of following building instructions – video embedded below: SRI is developing new technology to reliably control thousands of micro-robots for smart manufacturing of macro-scale products in compact, integrated systems. sriinternational have a Tumblr blog here
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prostheticknowledge: Micro Robots SRI International have developed incredibly small and fast robots that are capable of following building instructions – video embedded below: SRI is developing new technology to reliably control thousands of micro-robots for smart manufacturing of macro-scale products in compact, integrated systems. sriinternational have a Tumblr blog here
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Those who predict the future tend to overestimate change in the short term and underestimate change in the long term. The Desk Set from 1957 with Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy envisioned mainframe-based automation eliminating human staffers in a TV network research department. That has happened to some extent, though it took another 50 years…
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Those who predict the future tend to overestimate change in the short term and underestimate change in the long term. The Desk Set from 1957 with Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy envisioned mainframe-based automation eliminating human staffers in a TV network research department. That has happened to some extent, though it took another 50 years…
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cinoh: Joan Jonas, a pioneering figure in performance and video art, has been chosen to represent the United States at the 2015 Venice Biennale. Ms. Jonas, 78, was selected by the State Department’s bureau of educational and cultural affairs, which promotes cultural exchanges worldwide. Paul C. Ha, the director of the M.I.T. List Visual Arts Center in…