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Fax gods: The 10 visual effects wizards who rule Hollywood

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Visual effects have become dominant in the Hollywood box office where the typical wide-release feature film has seen its effects budget skyrocket from an average of $5 million to $40 million. The top 10 visual effects experts, including Dennis Muren and Karen Goulekas, who rule the Hollywood are described with details of their specialty, their best work, and their future projects.

Author: Thompson, Anne
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2005
Evaluation, Technology application, Movie editing, Special effects (Motion pictures), Special effects (Movies)

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Do you see a pattern here?: an open letter to the wizards of Wall Street from Benoit Mandelbrot, father of the fractal

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A small fraction of the funds received for investment research should be set aside for fundamental research in financial markets. Understanding the market is as important to the economy as understanding solid state physics is to IBM.

Author: Mandelbrot, Benoit B.
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2004
Analysis, Computer industry, Microcomputer industry, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, Financial markets, Research grants, Research funding

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Research into artificial intelligence aims to make machines more responsive to their environments. A car engineered using AI method reacts to specific events and acts more like a living thing.

Author: Morley, Dick
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2004
Motor vehicles and car bodies, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Automobiles, Automobile Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence Systems, Usage, Innovations, Artificial intelligence

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Subjects list: United States, Finance, Company financing
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