“Always seeing the world with fresh eyes can make it hard to find your way around. Giving computers the ability to recognise objects as they scan a new environment will let them navigate much more quickly and understand what they are seeing.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Let’s Just Admit It: Proust Is Weird
“It is likewise nearly impossible, today, to pick up Proust without preconceptions, without already knowing that you are holding a ‘great work of literature’ in your hands. Knowing that you are reading a work of genius, it is difficult to recognize that Swann’s Way is strange.”
Rumours Of UK’s Culture Ministry Closing Are Untrue, Says Department
“The Department for Culture Media and Sport has denied rumours that discussions are taking place to potentially disband the department and ‘hive off’ its responsibilities to other government divisions.”
But Britain’s Culture Ministry, Post-Olympics, Does Seem Adrift
“Under the [Conservative-Liberal Democrat] coalition it quickly became clear that DCMS had one major priority, to deliver a successful Olympics. Now it seems to be a department without a major role within the coalition’s plans.”
English National Ballet CEO Resigns After Three Months
“English National Ballet’s chief executive, Karen Napier, has quit her job after three months in the position. She began in February of this year and resigned last month because it was ‘not the right role for her’, according to a spokeswoman at ENB.”
Mariinsky To Present World’s First 3D Ballet Cinecast
“The Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg is to broadcast the world’s first live 3D ballet on June 6. The performance of Swan Lake, starring Yekaterina Kondaurova and Timur Askerov in the lead roles, will be conducted by Valery Gergiev, and streamed to over 1200 cinemas in 50 countries around the globe. There will also be parallel broadcasts in 2D.”
Writers Guild Poll Names Best-Written TV Series Ever
Members of the Writers Guild of America “evaluated hundreds of dramas, comedies, miniseries (six hours or more), daytime serials, animation, variety series, talk shows and kids’ programs to come up with an unprecedented, exhaustive list of TV’s top 101.” Leading the pack was a certain New Jersey family.
Halle Handel Festival Cancelled Due To European Floods
“The Handel Festival in Halle has been cancelled due to severe flooding, with some areas of the city under seven metres of water. The festival has been held in the city – where Handel was born – since 1922. Of the composer’s 42 operas, 40 have been performed as part of the festival.
La Scala Names Salzburg Festival Head Its Next Chief
“Austrian musical director Alexander Pereira was picked on Tuesday to head up the prestigious La Scala opera house in Milan, replacing Frenchman Stéphane Lissner, the city’s mayor said. The 65-year-old former tourism manager is currently artistic director of the Salzburg Festival and formerly led the Zurich Opera House.”
German Publisher Surhkamp Enters Bankruptcy Protection
“A new chapter has been opened in the long-running fight for survival of one of Germany’s best-known literary publishers. On 27th May Suhrkamp initiated insolvency protection proceedings similar to Chapter 11, shielding it from its creditors, at a Magistrates’ Court in Berlin.”