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Feed SubscriptionBone-Rattling Sound: New Speakers That Are Made From Bone
Bones have amazing electrical conductivity properties and, as one artist recently found out, can vibrate at the right frequencies to make a lovely macabre speaker set. Turned on its head, bone's response to physical stress can be used to produce music---or at least musical tones. That's what artist Boo Chapple discovered during the course of a year-long collaboration at the University of Western Australia's SymbioticA lab , the only research facility in the world devoted to providing access to wet labs to artists and artistically minded researchers.When Chapple began this project, she knew that extensive scientific literature suggested bone had what are known as piezoelectric properties
Read More »Apple And Amazon Break Up E-Books Into Solid-Gold Nuggets
The new reality for authors and publishers: Their books might tank, but thanks to Apple and Amazon, excerpts sold as "quick reads" and "singles" could be smash hits. Call it the Katy Perry-ization of literature
Read More »Management Maxims From Kim Kardashian, Communications Genius
Kim Kardashian knows how to stay on message, to amplify that message through partners, and to make everything look beautiful. Here are 10 lessons from her communications juggernaut that managers should adopt to make their initiatives succeed
Read More »Another Oliver Twist: British Library Builds 60,000 Book iPad App
An ambitious new project by the British Library will place a huge number of 19th-century books--including original illustrations, page layouts, and design--on Apple's tablet for leisure reading.
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