In the 1983 hit film, Trading Places, starring Dan Akroyd and Eddie Murphy, Akroyd’s character, Winthorpe, is haggling with a pawnshop owner over the value of the watch he is desperately trying to pawn in order to get cash. When the pawnshop owner offers $50 dollars, Winthorpe indignantly says, “This is a Roche Vouceau. The …
How would you feel if you hired an architect to custom-design and build your dream retirement house that turned out looking like everyone else’s house in your neighborhood? Not good, I’m assuming. This is going on every day in the world of financial, retirement, and estate planning. Folks think they are getting a custom plan …
With powerful data analysis and computer graphics technology, scientists have been able to recreate what they think is a painting that Rembrandt would have painted. By analyzing each of his paintings pixel by pixel and creating a height map to mimic his brush strokes, the creators produced a new “Rembrandt” portrait with a 3D printer. …
