The C-1 vehicle is promoted as the future of transportation given so many more people are driving alone. It combines the excitement of a motorcycle with the stability of a car. The rear area is large enough to accommodate a passenger, or about as much baggage as you can carry on a plane. It?s considered a motorcycle, allowing you to easily slip through traffic, cutting up to 50% off commute times. It?s 100% electric, with a top speed of 100+ mph and a range of up to 200 miles per charge. It uses high torque in-hub motors to accelerate from 0-60 mph in about six seconds. http://litmotors.com/
Inventor Tim Jenison attempted to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer (Girl with a Pearl Earring) manage to paint so photo-realistically. So he painted his daughter Claire in the same pose with a comparator mirror and the similarity to the original is striking. Now on display at MONA in Hobart as Claire with a Pearl Earring along with an exhibit showing the technique he used.
Women are the focus of only about 15 per cent of Wikipedia profile entries and comprise only about 10 to 15 per cent contributors. Various global initiatives have been launched to redress the imbalance, and the University of Sydney joined in this month with a Women in Wikipedia: 2018 Edit-a-thon, where about 50 students, staff members and volunteers created and updated entries on women, particularly Australian women writers, scientists and scholars.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/sydney-uni-tackles-wikipedia-gender-bias/news-story/e40cecc8bfcb79953a7c1f6544dedbc2
This mummy is on display at MONA in Hobart. Alongside it, in a separate coffin, you can see progressive scans of the body. It's surprising that the skeleton has been preserved for so long. The scanning process can be applied to any volumetric dataset, not just mummies. For instance, you could now have yourself (alive or recently deceased beloved family or pets etc.) CAT-scanned and made into a hologram, a crystal paper-weight, or a life-size volumetric 3D prototype replicant. www.petermorse.com.au/2011/07/visualizing-pausiris-mona/
Bit.fall, by German artist Julius Popp, on display at MONA in Hobart, is a two-story pulsing waterfall of 128 computer-controlled nozzles that briefly drip a display of words streamed from real-time Google searches. Each word appears briefly and tumbles to the ground with a splash.
