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U-feed What Umbrella likes this issue… For gentlemen who are follically challenged, scientists at Tokyo Science University have managed to grow hair on bald mice using stem cells, which could be the death knell for hair transplants – sorry, Wayne… new Sim City out for 2013, which, says the Guardian has multiplayer functionality and fashionable tiltshift look to it… over at the University of Colorado Fred Chambers, an Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Sciences, is investigating the phenomena of ‘ghost town climatology’ which sees abandoned towns go down in temperature when humans leave in a reversal of ‘urban heat island’ effect. More at BldgBlog… The controversial MQ-9 Reaper drone, used extensively by the US military in Pakistan and Afghanistan, is getting an upgrade which means it’ll be able to fly for 42 hours in one sortie, something which will please air force bosses who are cutting back on budgets. More at Wired’s Danger Room blog… Manchester’s medieval quarter will soon have a fresh landmark – the new Chetham’s Music School building (left), a sleek, modernist construction made from over 500,000 handmade bricks, used especially to blend in with its neighbours. The £43m project will be ready for use by September… finally, for pop culture fans, the truly iconic ‘Bill Shankly’ 35 Summers T-shirt from 1990 has been re-released by 80s Casuals just in time for the 2012’s ‘summer of baggy’. Buy it from distantecho.co.uk… IMAGE MAKER
Anton Corbijn shows up Pop’s in-house snapper stages iconic ‘greatest hits’ exhibition Best known for his work with pop stars like U2, Morrissey and more recently, the likes Lucien Freud and Kate Moss, Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn’s best work is being showcased at the Camera Work gallery in Berlin until June 22. <<Inwards and Outwards>> features stark black and white portraits of some of the world’s biggest stars from the man who also directed the Ian Curtis biopic Control. The gallery says: “Corbijn understands the camera as a means to an end – ultimately, he tries to capture the personality and the character hidden deep within the person portrayed beyond any kind of superficial staging.” www.camerawork.de
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