4 Things Tony Avella and David Weprin Get Totally Wrong About Toll Reform – Streetsblog New York (blog)
No, the past nine years weren’t just a dream and you didn’t wake up in 2006. State senators David Weprin and Tony Avella, the Queens Civic Congress, and a few other Queens elected officials really did put on a press conference yesterday to guard against the possibility that…
Protest over Chicago teen’s shooting ties up retail district – Countywide
An estimated 2000 protesters marched in the streets of Chicago’s famed Magnificent Mile on Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Van Dyke is facing first-degree murder charges because of the shooting. “The protesters did take over the street for sometime…
Look Inside Largest Tornado Ever With New Tool – National Geographic
Scientists now have a way to understand the fierce tornado that killed veteran stormchaser Tim Samaras in 2013 in El Reno, Oklahoma. The May 31 storm was the largest ever recorded, and one of the fastest. New software has allowed scientists to piece together video…
The Future of Art Criticism and News Online According to Four Innovative Editors – artnet News
James McAnally.Image: Courtesy of McAnally / Temporary Art Review. Everything about publishing is changing, including art criticism and news. What sort of art coverage we consume, how we consume it and on what devices is rapidly, constantly evolving. If art magazines are dead, then what…
This Software Can Plaster Someone Else’s Facial Expressions Onto Your Face – Motherboard
[embedded content] Well, this is disturbing. A team of researchers based in three different institutions has developed a software that can record someone else’s facial expressions, and plaster them onto your own face. The video shows a source actor, who makes various facial expressions and…
MELTDOWN: The complete story – Metalbulletin.com (subscription)
IMatthias Horner closed his front door gently behind him and scrunched across the gravel drive to the garage. He flicked the button on his car key ring, and the garage door began to swing open, as did the gate at the end of the drive…