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

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

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

[ 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…

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.

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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