van gogh has to wait 126 years to get his ears fixed.cheering and applause] now, according to the "eartist," diemut strebe, the still-alive still life was created by using cells from the great, great grandson of vincent's brother theo to grow the ear and a 3-d printer to shape it. and if you think paper jam is tough, try clearing out an ear jam. nation, this is the most successful use of bioengineering in art since pablo picasso created that five-boobed lady so he could paint her. it could very well usher in a whole new movement. think about it. using this same technology, we might finally be able to see what this guy's face looked like before it was mangled in a horrible apple-picking accident. or even better, even better, we can finally glimpse the venus de milo as she was meant to be. and the best part about this exhibit is that visitors can talk to it. >> visitors to a german museum are waiting in line for hours, literally to ask questions through a microphone to vincent van gogh's re-grown ear. think of your question for van gogh's

but what's not true is that van gogh painted this picture. it's actuallycopy of his "starry night," made up of recycled bottle caps. >> some of these are from coffee, orange juice, and lots of things. we had trouble getting the yellow ones the most. and the blue ones are, like, from water -- like when you drink water. we had, like, trouble with these ones, too. >> first-grade teacher andrea arguello wanted the students to learn about two subjects that don't usually go together -- art and recycling. >> and then these color ones are, like -- some of these are from the cafeteria bottles and these, like... and then the green ones are mainly from, like, the sodas -- sprite. >> the book "bottlecap little bottlecap" gave the teacher the idea to create the mural. >> the brown ones are, like, from chocolate milk. these big ones are, like -- the big, yellow ones are from coffee. the white ones are from, like, water. you can see the transparent ones. the orange ones are, like, from orange juice. and...that's pretty much it. >> so it took about 300 stude

you are showing picasso and van gogh.sing kids as much as possible to an amazing art curriculum. >> amazon has a process that they launch into original shows where they will pick up a pilot and show that to their viewers and get feedback and then make a final decision. what did you learn as part of that process? >> it was a huge focus group for me. we talk to kids and parents all the time. for me it was about listening and learning what the bigger audience once. i was sitting there forever while the pilot was up and recording what people were saying to make a better show. it was exciting and interesting and a little bit nerve-racking. >> when my daughters are watching cable, a lot of times there is stuff they want to buy because they are seen advertising. in this case you are not really exposed to advertising. i find it interesting. amazon is a big place that sells a lot of stuff. there is difference between the experience of time and watching divisional table. >> kids can get what they want when they want it. what we hav

we had a little boy tell us the other day he had been learning about van gogh in his classroom and soo watch an episode about him. you can pick and choose which is also great about having a library there for you. it might not be binge watching, you might be pickier about what you want to watch. we hope everybody is watching all of them as many times as they would like. >> that was "creative galaxy" creator, angela santomero. >> that show streaming now which i believe is related to the bwest byte? one number that tells a whole lot. >> 12% is the byte. according to research, out of the 75 top-rated shows on television over the last four years, 12% of them are making their way to amazon. they are not just doing original shows, they are buying the rights to existing tv shows to have lots to offer. >> i have to tell you as an amazon prime customer when you can watch some of the shows for free, it is pretty sweet. how big a competition can they be to netflix? >> netflix is still obviously having the lion's share of that content, but amazon is willing to spend. they like a cheap prices for c

contrast and arteic company, you will see the presentation in the let, it looks like a modern urban van gogh sky, like the starry night but in an urban, so we feel we're bringing together many, many elements of what's going on right now, plus the fact we're situated yards from one of the biggest landmarks in our city which is the old mint building and certainly around the corner from the marsconi center so we're excited and we hope you like what you see, i'm going to let k.p. talk about his vision as an artist. >> thank you very much for letting me be here, so i started photography a few years ago and i have electrical engineering degree with [inaudible] and computers and i have done the consulting work and that takes me to travel to this beautiful country all around, you know, east, west, north, south, and i happen to come across a camera three years ago and it caught my attention, what best place than san francisco to explore, and i got into it, and my analytical mind got into it and with the creative side, you know, once i'm done with my work, i live nearby, i just come to san francisco,

we had a little boy tell us the other day that he has been learning about vincent van gogh in the classroomr an episode about it will stop you can pick and choose, which is great about having a library there. it might not be binge watching, you might be pickier, but we hope everybody is watching them as many times as they would like. the creator of "creative galaxy." >> that show streaming on amazon prime now, which is somehow related to the bwest byte. you got it -- one number that tells a whole lot. >> a little out of context. by piper to research jaffray, of the shows on television, 12% of them are making their way to amazon. amazon is not just doing original shows, they are buying the rights to existing tv shows to have lots to offer. an amazon prime customer, when you can watch these should shows for free, it be sweet. can amazonompetition be to netflix? >> netflix has the lions share but amazon is willing to spend. they like cheap prices but they're spending big bucks will stop >> tank you so much. thank you for watching this edition of "bloomberg west." we will see you later. ♪ >> i

there may be a hemingway in there, or a van gogh, let's take care of each other. >> you know, some of stories are just crushing, but the remarkable thing is that these are hugely successful people. so you balance the crushing personal histories against the record of extraordinary achievement and it's inspiring. >> woodruff: andreasen says it will take several years to complete the research project on the creative mind but the results at the midway point were so exciting, she wanted to make them public now. >> sreenivasan: you can find a link to nancy andreasen's cover story for the atlantic on our website. >> sreenivasan: and to the analysis of shields and brooks. that's syndicated columnist mark shields and new york times columnist david brooks. so as we wrote about in the morning email this morning, when you talk about immigration, there's policy and politics. let's tackle the policy first. there was maybe a photoop here at the white house, and the president made a point of saying there's a nation of immigrants and laws. he looked like he wanted to thread the needle a bit. is this a

background of the photo, see a picture perfect field of bright yellow sunflowers, something out of a van goghomething. rows and rows of sunflowers essentially as far as the eye can see. in the foreground, though, that's a group of ukrainian coal miners searching that area if front of the field for fragments of plane. the malaysian airlines passenger plane that was shot down somewhere over that field yesterday. off duty ukrainian coal miners along with rescue workers and policemen all teamed up today to search through that sunflower field to try to find remnants of that airplane or personal affects from the 298 passengers and crew members who were on board. this was the scene just a short distance away. a lone white flag in the middle of a wide open field signifying a body was found at that specific location. officials have identified more than 180 bodies on the ground from that flight. the search for those victims went on for hours today. it went on all through the day until it was weirdly abruptly called off at around 7:00 local time tonight. the rescue workers on the scene for all orders al

the collection includes work by michelangelo, rembrandt, and van gogh, and now creditors are demandingthe city's debt, but art experts say the collection would not sell for that price at an auction. joe? >> and from our parade of papers, the times picayune, the former mayor of new orleans, the mayor during hurricane katrina is heading to federal prison for a long time. ray nagin was slapped with a ten-year sentence for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes. the punishment is shorter than what he could have faced. the ex-public official who rose to prominence during hurricane katrina maintains his innocence. >>> "the los angeles times," theatrics continued yesterday as donald sterling appeared in court for his second day of testimony. sterling denounced his wife, even calling her a pig, after the session ended. he also promised a lifetime of lawsuits against the nba saying, quote, make no mistake today, i will never, ever sell this team, and until i die, i will be suing the nba for this terrible violation under antitrust. if the sale isn't completed by september 15th, the