Earlier this week, PCMag reported on a 9to5Mac story that tipped a new, 15-inch MacBook Pro with features ranging from USB 3.0 ports to—thanks to spying for text strings in OS X beta code—Nvidia GeForce GT 650M graphics. Most of all, there's supposedly a screen that sources call "jaw-dropping" and "definitely the most important Mac innovation in years."

We can quibble about the last—I'd nominate the App Store myself—but agree on the allure of what Apple allegedly has up its sleeve: a Retina display akin to that of the iPhone 4/4S and new iPad, in which the pixels are too small or close together to be individually seen by the human eye, yielding continuous tones and smooth text and images rather than an array of dots (think of a 300 dots per inch laser printout compared to a 100 dpi fax).

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"I’ve just come back from EuroClojure 2012, where there were a number of Overtone talks and a number of tweets asking for music theory resources aimed at computer scientists. This will hopefully blog number 1 in a series on that theme."

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“Future Self” is the title of the piece, and this is a video which follows the process behind its creation. The work has been made by the creative collaboration rAndom International and commissioned by MADE, a gallery/working studio in Berlin. It also features composer Max Richter and choreographer Wayne McGregor who both contribute to the piece by providing an interpretation through music and through a performative dance piece.

"Leap represents an entirely new way to interact with your computers. It’s more accurate than a mouse, as reliable as a keyboard and more sensitive than a touchscreen. For the first time, you can control a computer in three dimensions with your natural hand and finger movements."