Last week, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute Wayne Clough topped off his six-year tenure by announcing
Bjarke Ingels Group’s $2 billion revitalization project of the Smithsonian’s south campus on the National Mall, which will commence in 2016. Alongside his ongoing initiative to digitize the 138 million objects in the Smithsonian’s vast collections and an ambitious $1.5 billion fundraising effort, this project will include a restoration of the iconic Smithsonian Castle, new green spaces, and underground walkways and galleries to connect various museums. If completed it will be the most extensive construction project the National Mall mall has seen in the past century.
Check out what Forbes is
calling “Da Vinci’s would-be desktop.” HP’s new
Sprout, a “creation machine,” which includes both a high-definition touchscreen mat that allows users to write on it directly and a camera function to capture 3D objects, is being described as the new go-to tool for artists and designers.
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