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Gorillas, chimps, and orangutans гет access to sound and videos

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Monkeys at the Helsinki zoo have been given access to a primate version of “Spotify and Netflix” in a new study to see how animals engage with sound.

Experts at the University of Glasgow have developed the “monkey media player” – an interactive system which lets gorillas, chimps, and orangutans access sounds and videos.

Focusing on a group of three white-faced saki monkeys at Korkeasaari Zoo in Helsinki, Finland, a small computer was played in a wood and plastic tunnel which was then set up in the animals’ cage.

“III Creative Economy Forum”, 09.06, Spain

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The Creative Economy Forum is a meeting held for the third consecutive year in Spain where you will find ways to finance creative and innovative projects and learn about experiences on how to connect sustainability, technology and creativity to generate innovation.

A Forum designed for professionals of Innovation, Sustainability, Technology, Marketing and Communication, Businessmen, Entrepreneurs and Public Administrations.

Free admission, limited seating, registration on the web:

The greatest ever Porsche art cars: The very best from the past six decades

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photo: The floral Taycan electrified Singapore’s famous Gardens by the Bay

Porsche have gathered the finest art cars from across the years in order to pay homage to the talented creatives that made them a tangible reality.

In light of the stunning 968 L’ART car’s release, Porsche chronicles some of the finest examples of their art cars – from 911 to Taycan to 356 – and discovers that it takes a lot more than just a fresh lick of paint to turn them into landmark pieces of automotive art.

968 L’ART by L’Art de L’Automobile

WIPO Photography Prize for Indigenous Peoples and Local Community Youth 2021-2022

Through this competition, WIPO aims to celebrate and make widely known the creativity of Indigenous and local community youth, as well as raise their awareness on how copyright can be used to protect their creativity expressed in the photographs. The theme of the WIPO Photography Prize is Climate Change and Climate Action: Mother Earth through our Lenses. Participation is meant to encourage Indigenous and local community youth to express themselves on this issue of immense global significance.

EPO announces winners of the European Inventor Award 2021

The European Patent Office (EPO) today announced the winners of the European Inventor Award 2021, its prestigious annual innovation prize.  The individuals and teams were recognised for their innovative contributions in the fields of nasal drug delivery, DNA-based data storage, nanomaterials in dentistry, solar cells for self-charging devices, organic semiconductors, and advances in tissue engineering.

New ABC Application Gets Accessible Books Directly to People who are Print-Disabled

WIPO’s Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) has launched a new application that makes accessible digital books available for direct download by individuals who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled.

ABC Global Book Service's business application is provided free of charge and connects participating libraries for the blind, known as authorized entities, to allow the sharing of accessible books.

3D printed food preserves the nutrition and flavor of fresh and frozen vegetables

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), and Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) have collaborated on a new way to create “food inks” using fresh and frozen vegetables. The researchers say that the food inks preserve the nutrition and flavor of fresh and frozen vegetables better than existing methods.