If you watch the Olympics gymnastics this year, you may be confused by the new scoring system which will let athletes score 14, 17, or even higher. The new rules are "heavy on math" and employ two panels of judges: one for technical difficulty, which adds points up from a score of zero; the other for execution and technique, which starts at 10.0 and subtracts for errors. The two numbers are then combined for the final score. As one judge put it, "The system rewards difficulty. But the mistakes are also more costly." The new rules were adopted...
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Spain's "El Gordo," the world's biggest lottery, gave out 2.2 billion euros ($3.2 billion) in Christmas prizes on Saturday.
El Gordo, Spanish for "The Fat One", is designed so that as many people as possible across Spain get a festive windfall.
The top prize this year was 3 million euros -- going to the series of tickets with the magic number 6,381.
Because the tickets are sold in a series of 10, only those who paid 200 euros for the whole strip get the full prize. A total of 185 series of tickets bear the winning number.
The...
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Julian Beever has made pavement drawings for over ten years. He has worked in the U.K., Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Germany, the USA and Australia.
I think his work is simply incredible!
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LSD photographers have unique style, Italian flavor gives it a spicy taste to their pics.
Fabuluos sense of humor is a speciality!
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Julian Beever is an English chalk artist who creates chalk drawings on pavement that create the illusion of three dimensions when viewed from the right location. These trompe-l'oeil drawings are created using a projection called anamorphism and appear to defy the laws of perspective.
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A field of art relatively new to many. Ilana Yahav is a sand animation artist. Using only her fingers, Ilana draws with sand on glass table.
Among her works there are public sand art shows and unique video clips.
Super-humans at their day jobs!
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A bit of modelling clay and some imagination go a long way. Don't settle for a boring Mr.Potato Head!!
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Each 3D Display Cube ($3000 USD) is a true spatial display unit that utilizes 1000 individually controllable LEDs to create 3D forms and animations. Whether used for retail or public display, signage applications, home display, or advertising, the 3D Cube captivates viewers with it's orignal use of LED technology.
The Display Cube was created as a reaction to the limitations of current display technologies. Televisions and monitors can only 2d information because their display surface is flat. The 3D Cube uses a spatial array of LEDs that...
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