Word: amsterdams
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...Scott deLahunta calls "an artificially intelligent choreographic entity." A piece of software, in other words, that could "think" for itself and provide choreographers with new options for physical expression. It's an "out-on-the-horizon" notion, admits DeLahunta, who studies the intersection between art and science at the Amsterdam School of the Arts. But it's a technological dream that McGregor is energetically chasing. "We've got people working on software who understand the algorithms and engineering of artificial intelligence," says DeLahunta. "We hope to have something ready...
...AMSTERDAM The rounded shape of Bang & Olufsen and Samsung's Serenata ($1,574) was inspired by sea rocks...
...Business Without Really Trying--when he started writing Passing Strange three years ago. The loosely autobiographical show recounts the artistic journey (in scenes acted, sung and danced by a full cast) of a young man from a middle-class L.A. neighborhood to the drugs-and-free-love wonderland of Amsterdam and a radical artistic commune in Berlin...
...Just before 12:30 at Heathrow, Virgin Atlantic's 747 touched down in Amsterdam, finishing off the event without a hiccup - which is more than could be said for Branson himself. For kicks, the mogul had drunk a sample of his firm's coconut oil and babassu oil jet-fuel blend. "My God that was horrible," he told reporters afterward. "I've been burping ever since." Now that, without a doubt, is a publicity stunt...
With the heaviest lifting behind it, Philips needs to address its underperforming share price: the stock has slid 20% on the Amsterdam bourse since July. Citigroup analysts are bullish, however, calling Philips "a growth company masquerading as a restructuring story." Whatever happens, Philips has faced tougher times. Just a short drive across town from the Eindhoven plant, you can visit the company's first factory, where beginning in 1891 it manufactured incandescent lightbulbs for ships and hotels. Back then, the company needed to churn out 500 each day to turn a profit. At the start, it could manage only...