Because finding emptiness is almost impossible nowadays, even less a kind of emptiness that makes room for itself whether you ...

With the Christmas season upon us, office employees everywhere are about to experience their annual nightmare: Secret Santa. The spirit of giving is certainly there, but you also need to worry about ...

There is plenty of stimulation for young theatergoers in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s beloved book.

The magazine’s most-read articles of the year included a deep dive on the Scopes "monkey trial," an interview with ...

Puppetry has been a form of entertainment since at least ancient Greece, carried on through the antics of Punch and Judy in the Middle Ages. Although the names of most of the skilled puppeteers of old ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Prairie Dawn is a hand-rod puppet ...

With another holiday season upon us, IPWatchdog is taking a stroll down the toy and gaming aisle to pick out this season's ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Bert is a hand-rod puppet originally ...

Abstract: In this paper, we propose a new approach for finger-vein recognition which uses pattern map based on pixel-pattern-based texture feature (PPBTF) and principal component analysis (PCA).

Abstract: The usage of fingerprint pattern for identification is very common. Finger vein pattern is known less than fingerprint pattern, but finger vein pattern has a better security aspect. Finger ...