The Hip-Hop Archive and WEB Du Bois Institute communities, organized at Harvard University, honored the name of hip-hopper Nas. The institute established special scholarships and named them in honor of the rapper - Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellowship.

Google has unveiled an immersive tour of the world's most visited landmark. Google Street View now allows you to walk around the Eiffel Tower, as well as climb almost to its top and appreciate the impressive view of Paris from a 300-meter height. Google employees used their camera-equipped cart to film the journey from one floor of the tower to the next.

Scottish musician Aiden Moffatt posted eight six-second videos on the social network Vine. The former frontman of Arab Strap, known as L. Pierre, called this collection a music album and gave it the name The Eternalist. No matter how strange this idea may seem, this is the world’s first album on Vine. Moffat's eight clips, like all Vine videos, play on loop endlessly. They show lava, strange animals and blurry landscapes.

A graduate of London's Royal College of Art, Neil Merry, has invented wireless mini-controllers that allow you to control sound and lighting effects, reports Fact.Co.Design . The Plug + Play set is designed for solo musicians. With its help, it is possible to create the necessary sound and light effects that only an entire ensemble could handle. The portable kit includes four sensors that attach to various surfaces - be it a guitar, microphone or wrist.

The Sokolniki Park has a company style, reports The Village with reference to the Park page on Facebook . The design was developed by Maria Bazilevskaya, a fourth -year student of the Ivan Fyodorov, in the framework of her term paper. In the near future, a site, posters, navigation and souvenirs will appear near the park. In total, in the framework of the competition, students of the Moscow State Unitary Enterprise named after Ivan Fedorov developed 25 options for the Sokolnikov company style.

The creators of the gadget are trying to avoid the ban on key markets even before the open sale Smart glasses of Google Glass will be the world's first wearable computer, which will allow the owner to use the Internet and reference applications at any time, not taking out a smartphone from a pocket or a tablet from a bag. In addition, Google Glass allows you to take photographs and videos without the help of hands and a special camera: they simply shoot what the user sees in front of him.

The Ministry of Revenue and Duties has identified illegal video content containing elements of child pornography on Ukrainian VKontakte servers, Interfax reports. A criminal case has been initiated into the fact. Let us recall that on June 27, Ukrainian police seized Kiev equipment of the VKontakte social network. The authorities acted under the pretext that financial documents of a Ukrainian company that was evading taxes could allegedly be stored on the company’s servers.

Sergey Kauk about the Google glasses testing program The first example of wearable technology for the masses - Google glasses - will be released only in the fourth quarter of this year. But already now Google Glass has tens of thousands of interested users who took part in the Explorers Program program. At the moment, glasses can no longer be obtained. We contacted the owner of Google Glass, developer Sergey Kauk and asked to tell (and show) what Google Glass is and how to use them.

Anna Savina about how contemporary art becomes more democratic In recent months, several rap artists have tried their hand at the territory of contemporary art: Kanye West spoke at the famous Art Basel fair, and Jay-Szi arranged a performance with Marina Abramovich in the New York Gallery. Look at me figured out why pop-musicians Le Corbusier as a source of inspiration, art critics are among fans, and what can give modern art to Kanye West and Jay.

Designer Amy Radcliffe has developed the Madeleine aroma chamber, which instead of photographs allows you to capture and preserve odors. The project was developed as Radcliffe's thesis at Central Saint Martins College in London, reports Fast.Co.Design . The device consists of a sealed flask, a powerful pump and a container for evacuated air. The odor source is placed under the flask and the device extracts the odor from it using a pump.

The British illustrator Ali Graham created a page on Tumblr , where every day it posts a picture with a description of one of the 99 problems from Jay-Szi- 99 Problems . Some of the illustrations with quotes of texts of the song ironically reflect the problems of the rapper. For example, in the illustration of the problem No. 33 “There is no time for adventure” Jay-Zi is drawn in the Finn costume from the Adventure Time animated series. Or the problem No.

Google introduced the updated Google Maps application for iOS with support for devices with large sensory screens - that is, now with cards you can work on iPad and iPad mini tablets. Like the update of the Android version that has been released last week, the new Google Maps for iOS offers more convenient navigation (when laying the route, traffic jams and accidents are taken into account, and, if necessary, the system offers options for their detour).

The Public Opinion Foundation conducted a survey of Russians and found out what they play and how their relatives relate to this. It is not surprising that the so -called casual games and puzzles were the most popular: “sappers”, solitaires, Angry Birds. In second place in the rating are symptulars, such as racing or football.

A conversation about music usually comes down to two contradictory definitions: Music is the language of emotions, and “music is the calculations of a mind unaware of these calculations” (Leibniz). And both definitions are right! Music consists of elements whose skillful sequences affect our mood and thoughts. Moreover, the melodic elements themselves differ in the “pleasantness” of their impact.

The trailer for the biopic about Julian Assange, The Fifth Estate, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, was released this morning. The film “The Fifth Estate,” produced by DreamWorks, is due out this fall. "The Fifth Estate" is directed by Bill Condon, who worked on the last two "Twilight" films.