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 <div align="center">
   <img width="500px" src="https://github.com/yuanming-hu/taichi/raw/master/misc/logo.png">
   <h3> <a href="https://taichi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/hello.html"> Tutorial </a> | <a href="https://github.com/yuanming-hu/taichi/tree/master/examples"> Examples </a> | <a href="https://taichi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributor_guide.html"> Contributor Guidelines </a> | <a href="https://forum.taichi.graphics/"> Forum </a> </h3>
-  <h3> <a href="https://taichi.readthedocs.io/en/stable/"> Documentation </a> |<a href="https://taichi.readthedocs.io/zh_CN/latest/"> 简体中文文档 </a> </h3>
+  <h3> <a href="https://taichi.readthedocs.io/en/stable/"> Documentation </a> | <a href="https://taichi.readthedocs.io/zh_CN/latest/"> 简体中文文档 </a> </h3>
 </div>
 
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 [![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/taichi-dev/taichi?logo=Travis)](https://travis-ci.com/taichi-dev/taichi)
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-[![Downloads](https://img.shields.io/pypi/dw/taichi?color=blue)](https://pepy.tech/project/taichi)
+[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/appveyor/build/yuanming-hu/taichi?logo=AppVeyor)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/yuanming-hu/taichi/branch/master)
+[![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/taichi-dev/taichi?color=blue)](https://github.com/taichi-dev/taichi/releases/latest)
 
 ## Overview
 
@@ -24,15 +23,12 @@ Advanced features of Taichi include [spatially sparse computing](https://taichi.
 
 <a href="https://github.com/taichi-dev/taichi/blob/master/examples/mpm_lagrangian_forces.py"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yuanming-hu/public_files/master/graphics/taichi/lagrangian.gif" height="192px"></a> <a href="https://github.com/taichi-dev/taichi/blob/master/examples/pbf2d.py"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yuanming-hu/public_files/master/graphics/taichi/pbf.gif" height="192px"></a> <a href="https://github.com/taichi-dev/taichi/blob/master/examples/game_of_life.py"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yuanming-hu/public_files/master/graphics/taichi/game_of_life.gif" height="192px"></a> <a href="https://github.com/taichi-dev/taichi/blob/master/examples/euler.py"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yuanming-hu/public_files/master/graphics/taichi/euler.gif" height="192px"></a>
 
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-## Installation [![Downloads](https://pepy.tech/badge/taichi-nightly)](https://pepy.tech/project/taichi-nightly)
+## Installation [![Downloads](https://img.shields.io/pypi/dw/taichi)](https://pepy.tech/project/taichi)
 
 ```bash
 python3 -m pip install taichi
 ```
 
-**News: (Apr 29, 2020) The OpenGL Compute Shader backend by [彭于斌 (archibate)](https://github.com/archibate)** is officially released in [**v0.6.0**](https://github.com/taichi-dev/taichi/releases/tag/v0.6.0)! Please try it out with `ti.init(arch=ti.opengl)`.
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 **Supported OS**: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X; **Python**: 3.6, 3.7, 3.8; **Backends**: x64 CPUs, CUDA, Apple Metal, OpenGL Compute Shaders.
 
 Please build from source for other configurations (e.g., your CPU is ARM).
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 |**Build**|[![Build Status](http://f11.csail.mit.edu:8080/job/taichi/badge/icon)](http://f11.csail.mit.edu:8080/job/taichi/)| [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/taichi-dev/taichi.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/taichi-dev/taichi) | [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/yxm0uniin8xty4j7/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/yuanming-hu/taichi/branch/master)| [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/taichi/badge/?version=latest)](http://taichi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest)|
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+## Applications
+
+- A High-Performance Multi-Material Continuum Physics Engine based on Taichi: [Taichi Elements](https://github.com/taichi-dev/taichi_elements) (work in progress)
+
 ## Developers
 
 The Taichi project was created by [Yuanming Hu (yuanming-hu)](https://github.com/yuanming-hu). Significant contributions are made by: