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...solid songwriting, offering several truly fantastic tracks on an album that, on the whole, feels slap-dash, poorly executed, and only mildly enjoyable.On tracks like “Say Please” and “Losin’ Yo’ Head,” MoF tries their hand at classic rock. “Say Please” features a simple beat and several haphazard attempts at hair-pin transitions and rhythmic shifts that leave the song spun-out and wrecked behind them. The song is also hindered by its even-handed verse distribution; the transitions between singers...

Author: By Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Monsters of Folk | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...antiques recently discovered in a dusty attic. With their appearance of maturity, they recall a time before image-altering software could modify the color, shadow, and even content of a photograph, creating a sense of legitimacy despite the bizarre elements of Palma’s pieces; thus, the floating hands and impossible physics of these photos seem well-integrated into the images.Palma’s use of illusion has an eerie, shocking effect. In “Coagulated love,” a young woman appears contemplative as she stands with her head down, back to the viewer...

Author: By Kristie T. La, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Palma Exhibition Fails to Make Cohesive Statement | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...robotic hand that could clean up messes would be a welcome roommate for any dorm-room dweller. And far from being a pipe-dream, such a hand may soon be on the market, say Harvard researchers...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Robotic Hand Grabs for More Flexibility | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...robotic hand comes after years of work by researchers in the lab of Robert D. Howe, a professor of engineering at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Robotic Hand Grabs for More Flexibility | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

Unlike most robotic hands—which are made of rigid steel—Howe’s SDM Hand is polymer-based and has flexible joints, according to Aaron M. Dollar, who helped develop the technology as a graduate student at Harvard and is now a Yale assistant professor...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Robotic Hand Grabs for More Flexibility | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

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