On April 17, the jury of the Russian book award “National Besseller” announced the short list of the nominees of 2014. This was reported on the Prize website . Six books were selected on the list: “1993” by Sergey Shargunov, “King of the head” of Pavel Krusanov, “Freedom Freedom” Ksenia Buhmshi, “Return to Egypt” by Vladimir Sharov, “Printing Machine” by Marat Basyrov and “Teleluria” by Vladimir Sorokin.

Why Adventure Time is the main animated series of generation, how disasters influenced the design of aircraft and other articles of this week 10 useful texts about what is happening in creative industries, including stories about why Adventure Time is the main animation animation, how the surfing competitions are held and how disasters affected the design of aircraft. design As after the disasters of aircraft began to change the design of aircraft.

A hologram of Vocaloid Hatsune Miku will warm up for Lady Gaga at the start of her upcoming The ARTPOP Ball tour. The singer announced this on her Twitter . Hatsune Miku is the most popular Vocaloid released so far. Its release took place on the Vocaloid2 engine in August 2007. The basis for Miku was the voice of seiyuu Saki Fujita (anime Attack on Titan, Speed ​​Grapher and others).

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, author of the famous novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and Nobel laureate, died on the night of Thursday to Friday at his home in Mexico City, reports Reuters . Gabriel Garcia Marquez celebrated his 87th birthday just over a month ago, on March 6th. The Colombian writer became famous as the author of the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude and the founder of the genre of magical realism. For his work, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.

A group of fans of the Wu-Tang Clan team launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds to redeem the upcoming album of the ONCE UPONA A Time in Shaolin group , which will be published in a single copy. Recall that the musicians of Wu-Tang Clan reported that for the past two years they recorded a secret album. It will be published in a single copy and decorated with a box of silver and nickel, the author of which is the British-Marcan artist Yahya.

Facebook will add to its mobile application the Nearby Friends function, which will show which of the user's friends is not far from it. This was reported on the blog of the social network . The included Nearby Friends will notify friends who are nearby, and also show an approximate distance to them and the time when they were last near this mark. The user can show his own location only to a particular group of people.

Employees of Aston University named the new alleged creator of Bitcoin. In their opinion, they are a specialist in the field of e -commerce and cryptography Nick Sabo . About this writes The Wall Street Journal . Such a conclusion was made from the analysis of the texts of 11 people who at different times were involved in Bitcoin (for example, they worked with cryptocurrency, wrote scientific works about it or received patents for similar developments).

Analysts from The Pew Research Center conducted a study on the topic “What people expect from technology and science in 50 years.” The survey included 1,001 people from 50 different US states. Business Insider writes about this. According to the study, 39% of respondents believe that by 2064 scientists will be able to master teleportation technology, and 19% believe that people will learn to control the weather. 33% of respondents expect to see the colonization of other planets.

Modular devices, or “Lego with wires” that can change the rules of the game Modular systems cannot be called a new concept. The idea of ​​how different components can be collected for individual needs like Lego blocks has long proved its viability in the furniture industry and architecture, as well as in biology (protein molecules are built on this principle), but it is also quite applicable to technical devices.

Platformer about a pink office worker from the creator of Cave Story Look At Me launched a new heading in which once a week will talk about the recently released good indie games and about the people who have made them. The first issue is Pink Hour, the short game of the Japanese Pixel, the creator of the Cave Story platformer. Pink Hour Platformer, PC, for free Pink Hour is a miniature indie platform about female pink, working in the office.

Rex New York Architectural Bureau proposed the concept of paired skyscrapers that can independently “close” from direct sunlight. According to The Verge , the skyscraper project was proposed at the competition for the design of the new headquarters of an unnamed Arab media company. The concept assumes that in the floors of the building, the extending umbrellas will be mounted. They will be opened on one side of the building, protecting the premises of a 213-meter skyscraper from direct sunlight.

The Flickr photo hosting has lost popularity in recent years, it plans to regain its former glory, having a full redesign of mobile applications for iOS and Android . Applications have become available for download this morning, reports The Verge . Restarting Flickr began with the recent redesign of the website of the site. The update of applications should attract a new audience and make its use more convenient.

The premiere of the second season of the Redizin section Last year, we trained the brain for design thinking . In the new season, the Redizin section focuses on information design. Every week, Look At Me asks Yandex designers Roman Iskandarov and Gennady Lokhtin to make a document / paper / certificate / ticket, so that it is convenient to use all this. Roman Iskandarov Interfaces designer in Yandex The task is like this: to remake a ticket to the cinema.

Square Enix Montreal has published the launch trailer for the mobile game Hitman Go. The video gives some insight into the graphics and game mechanics of Hitman Go. Let us remind you that the mobile version of Hitman is made in the style of a turn-based board game. At the same time, it retains elements of the original versions of Hitman: the player must get close to the victim, destroy him and leave the crime scene. The game is available on the App Store on April 17 for $4.99.

Architects of the Hong Kong Bureau OVA Studio came up with a hotel resembling the game "Jenga": a tower from reinforcements, into which processed transport containers are inserted. The project, called Hive-Inn , allows the hotel owners to change it depending on the current needs. The authors of the project plan that each container will be given to any company for external and internal branding.