Articles Archive for May 2009
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Sacha Baron Cohen, the actor of Borat, dressed in white angel wings and as the flamboyant character of his upcoming movie Bruno, was flying over the audience at the MTV Movie Awards. All of sudden, and clearly staged, he experienced mechanical problems as he fell and landed on rapper Eminem who appeared to be quite angry at the incident. The crew for Eminem tossed Bruno around for a bit and then Eminem his crew walked out.
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Julia Dales is a 17 year-old from Canada. Her beatbox video starts off with the words: My name is Julia Dales and I want to win the Beatbox Battle Wildcard. Her two-minute clip features DJ mixes, a bass line, drums, and an excellent remix of Justin Timberlake (who also has some beatbox skills), Fergie and Nelly Furtado.
She was crowned beatboxing queen: winner of the the first Beatbox Battle Online World Championship. Meanwhile, the Beatbox Battle World Championship is underway in Berlin, Germany from May 28th – June 1st 2009. It …
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The Bellagio Hotel and Casino has as its landmark a water showcase. The Fountains of Bellagio features an open to the public display of choreographed water fountains with light and music. Truly a must see for the Vegas crowd. What if water just doesn’t do it for you? Bring music to life with …. Fire. A company by the name of Live Spark can help the pyro-audiophile create a fireplace, sculpture, or lounge centerpice that “makes fire move in response to every snare hit and every melody, creating real-time fire …
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Privacy concerns and the need for discreet conversations are problems shared by secret agents and, according to engineers Joseph A. Paradiso and Yasuhiro Ono, your common office setting. After all, you cannot be too careful with discussions around promotions, pay, or that conversation that happened in Vegas, that should have stayed in Vegas.
The MIT students filed a patent on April 16, 2009 for the privacy of workplace conversations. Take a look at the patent titled Distributed Acoustic Conversation Shielding System
