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Thursday, March 05, 2009

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the last week:

Jay Leno Mainstreams 3D Printing

Toolmonger: "I could hear the Jetsons theme playing in my head while I wrote this — the future is here. In a video on his website, Jay Leno demos a consumer-level 3D scanner, showing how it can be used in real-world applications"


Schools of Art, Architecture should work together

The Tartan Online: "Sometimes, I take things to their extremes.
I don’t just stay up late; I pull two all-nighters in a row. I don’t cheer patiently at the finish line on race day for Buggy; I scream louder than anyone else standing along the side of the course on Frew Street. And I don’t just self-define a major; I take on a disparate secondary major and an involved minor as well.
Good or bad, many Carnegie Mellon students are like me in this way."


A Tail Tale: Weta Workshop Designs Mermaid Tail Prosthetic For Amputee

Jezebel: "'A prosthetic is a prosthetic, and your body has to be comfortable with it and you have to mentally make it part of yourself,' says Nadya Vessey, who now has the prosthetic of her dreams."


Gilmore Girl Lauren Graham is Broadway's new doll

Post Gazette: "At Lauren Graham's first rehearsal for her Broadway debut in 'Guys and Dolls,' the star of TV's long-running 'Gilmore Girls' felt a twinge of insecurity when the actors were asked how many times they've been cast in a Broadway show."


Why Arts Education Is Crucial, and Who's Doing It Best

Edutopia: "'Art does not solve problems, but makes us aware of their existence,' sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz has said. Arts education, on the other hand, does solve problems. Years of research show that it's closely linked to almost everything that we as a nation say we want for our children and demand from our schools: academic achievement, social and emotional development, civic engagement, and equitable opportunity."

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