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☆ Jo Ann Callis’ uncomfortable portrait of femininity has resonated for four decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Though she made the image four and a half decades ago, “Woman with Blue Bow” seems strikingly contemporary — a timeless symbol on the strictures of femininity. Though Callis and her body of work fits neatly within this cohort, it’s not a label that Callis adopted, then or now. Callis' early color work explored restriction and desire at the height of the feminist art movement. Jo Ann Callis/Courtesy ROSEGALLERYThe red imprint on the model’s neck, alluding to discomfort, was not actually caused by the bow, Callis explained, but was rather an illusion thanks to makeup. It’s just one of the many nuances in her color work that she would not have been able to pull off in black and white.

Persons: Jo Ann Callis, Del Cielo, ” Callis, Callis, ”, “, Cindy Sherman, Hannah Wilke, Ana Mendieta, it’s, It’s, William Eggleston’s, Eggleston, David Lynch, Paul Outerbridge, That’s, Alfred Hitchcock, Sofia Coppola, ” Coppola, “ You’re Organizations: CNN, Museum of Modern Locations: Rosegallery, Santa Monica , California, China

☆ EverestLabs is using robotic arms and A.I. to make recycling more efficient
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Diana Olick | In Dianaolick | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Until now, determining what exactly is in the vast mess of garbage that arrives at recycling plants has been a dirty and difficult job. Now, companies such as AMP Robotics, Machinex, Recycleye and a California-based startup called EverestLabs are using AI and robotics to do just that. "Because of AI, because of the robotic arms, we have seen plants recover 10, 20, 30% more than what they have been doing previously," said JD Ambati, CEO of EverestLabs. "They have been losing millions of dollars to the landfill, and because of AI, they were able to identify the value of the losses and deploy robotic arms to capture that." Add to that robotic arms, which he says recover the packaging three to four times more effectively than humans.

Persons: Ambati, Tom Outerbridge, Lisa Rizzolo Organizations: AMP Robotics, Labor, SMR, Translink Capital, NEC, Future, Sierra Ventures, Morado Ventures, Xplorer, CNBC Locations: California

☆ 3,000 snails travel 3,000 miles in an effort to save a species
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“When we started the program with the Bermuda snails at the zoo, we were just on the edge of extinction of the species,” says Garcia. The greater Bermuda land snail, whose shell measures up to 2.5 centimeters in diameter, shown alongside the lesser Bermuda snail. The hope is that the lesser land snail will follow the greater’s slimy trail. “We’ve been using the greater Bermuda land snail as the surrogate, or the research proxy, assuming that if they do well, the lesser Bermuda land snail will do as well,” says Outerbridge. Scientists have been reintroduced the greater and lesser Bermuda land snails across different islands in the archipelago.

Persons: Gerardo Garcia, Mark Outerbridge, CNN Garcia, ”, Garcia, “, ‘, Outerbridge, Garcia –, CNN “ They’re, We’ve, Pepper Organizations: CNN, Chester Zoo, “, Bermuda’s Department of Environment Locations: England, Bermuda, Lesser Bermuda, Port, Hamilton, “, Chester, Trunk, Brazil, palmetto

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