“Presented biennially ‘to award excellence in American Theater,’ the first winners [of the newly-established prize in honor of the late playwright] include Lynne Nottage’s Ruined for Outstanding New American Play and Will Eno’s Middletown for Promising New American Play.”
Tag: 08.30.10
How The Brain Translates What It Sees
“Although we may not give it much thought, our ability to perceive our world visually is no mean feat; the most sophisticated robots in the world cannot yet match it…Somehow, almost magically, we derive a meaningful interpretation of complex scenes very rapidly. How we do this is the million-dollar question in vision research.”
Social Media Bombs @Emmys
“While the initial reviews for the 62nd annual Emmy Awards have been mostly positive, the low point, some say, was the clunky insertion of Twitter to the NBC broadcast.”