Kevin Serai

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Link Culture
Via bfi.org.uk

Stream BFI Flare’s LGBT Films Online

In partnership with the British Council’s fiveFilms4freedom project, London’s BFI Flare is releasing five shorts from its LGBT Film Festival to watch for free online. The project hopes to spread support for …

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Link Tech
Via medium.com

Samsung’s Instant Beauty App

Samsung’s latest smartphone feature automatically “fixes” the way your face looks when you take a selfie. After recognizing that over half of photo-takers who post to Instagram of Facebook use some kind …

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Link Tech
Via engadget.com

Boeing’s “Force Field” Patent

Boeing has just filed a patent for “shockwave attenuation via electromagnetic arc” or more simply put: force fields. The defense company plans to use the patent to help protect military vehicles from …

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Link Culture
Via thedailybeast.com

How to Sell a Banksy

If valuable street art is sitting in the public, is it OK to take and sell? This is the question that Chris Thompson asks in his documentary “How to Sell a Banksy.” …

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Link Design
Via fubiz.net

The Book of Life’s Lil Pleasures

Following up on “The Mini Book of Major Events,” illustrator Evan Lorenzen has gone back to pint-sized publications with “The Book of Life’s Lil Pleasures.” A look inside the tiny booklet reveals …

Link Culture
Via blog.ted.com

Monica Lewinsky’s Poignant TED Talk

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In a poignant speech at this year’s TED 2015 conference, Monica Lewinsky called for a cultural revolution against cyber-bullying and public shaming. Her speech comes at a time when public scandal is …

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Via mashable.com

100 Years of Korean Beauty

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In The Cut’s third episode of “100 Years of Beauty,” stylist Tiffany Lee takes viewers on a visual journey through classic Korean looks. Beginning in the 1910s, each decade is represented by …

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Link Tech
Via popularmechanics.com

Google’s Energy-Generating Kites

Google’s secretive innovations lab Google[x] will launch an 84-foot power-generating kite next month in its quest for more efficient clean energy solutions. The test flight is the culmination of years of work …