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Book Review: The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation. Reviewed by Amy Ione for Leonardo Reviews

Book Review: Imagery in the 21st Century

Amy Ione Reviews Imagery in the 21st Century by Oliver Grau, with Thomas Veigl.

Ann: Arts, Humanities, and Complex Networks ebook now available

Produced in partnership with Leonardo/International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology and MIT Press this project documents the work of 45 leading researchers whose work explores the meaning and application of the science of complex networks to art history, archaeology, visual arts, the art market, and other areas cultural importance.

FYI: Google to Announce Venture With Belgian Museum

Google plans to announce Tuesday that it is forming a partnership with a museum in Mons, Belgium, dedicated to a long-ago venture to compile and index knowledge in a giant, library-style card catalog with millions of entries — an analog-era equivalent of a search engine or Wikipedia. Article

CODEX Mexico

CODEX Mexico is a pioneering initiative aimed at promoting the arts of the book in Mexico and Latin America and to foster the development of international collaborations and cross-border outreach and exchange of skills and ideas. The first initiative is a collaboration with the Centro Cultural Estación Indianilla and Tonaltepec Global S.C. in response to [...]

Reviewed by Amy Ione: Helmholtz: From Enlightenment to Neuroscience

Helmholtz: From Enlightenment to Neuroscience by Michel Meulders; edited and translated by Laurence Garey, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2010, 264 pp., illus. 32 b/w. Trade, $27.95/£19.95, ISBN: 978-0-262-01448-9. A recurring topic among those interested in art, science, and technology is the value of transdisciplinary approaches. In my view, those who gravitate to this area [...]