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1. Are you a SNEAKER FREAKER? (right click and 'select save target as' to DOWNLOAD - it's BIG)

2. Behind Sydney Biennale's Artful Tech

While the spirit of "classic" art — championed by the Mona Lisa, Michelangelo's David and the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh — is being kept alive and well today, more and more artists are turning to digital mediums, backed by IT, to communicate ideas to their audiences.

3. UTS Creates Mind Controlled Wheelchair

"I have two wheelchairs. One is SAM, for Samantha, and it's a semi-autonomous machine. The other is TIM. He's a thought-controlled intelligent machine. TIM takes more risks. SAM is a bit more considerate," he said.
"Control of the wheelchair is based on a set of metaphors — something to associate with an action. For example, if a user wants to move left, they could think about composing a letter and writing 'Dear John'. The chair responds with its associated action and turns left. To go right, you could answer an arithmetic equation in your head. To stop, the user can simply close their eyes," wrote the UTS report