[nonostantement #106] - 1£ t-shirt / thought controlled music / european fashion business report

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From "Years And Years" / BBC

#TECH

• [Video] - Hacking my arm prosthesis to output CV so that it plugs into my synth: Thought-controlled music!
  "The SynLimb thus allows me to plug my prosthesis directly into my snythesizer so that I can control its parameters with the signals from my body that normally control the hand. For me, this feels like controlling the synth with my thoughts."

• How headphones are changing the sound of music
  "So, given that headphones are now so pervasive, what effect do they have on popular music?"

• A pioneer of wearable technology explains how it can connect instead of divide us
  "While research is resolute on the benefits of exercise, which has paved the way for wearable technology to measure every step, heart beat, and calorie burned, the evidence is also clear that humans need each other."

#PEOPLE

• Can the Weird Web make a comeback in 202
  "Wonderfully odd and quirky creations are returning to the internet. Here, Neal Agarwal makes a case for Weird Web 2.0."

• [Video] - How Pottery Master Jono Pandolfi Makes Plates for the Country’s Best Restaurants — Handmade
  "On this episode of Handmade, ceramicist Jono Pandolfi shows us how his team makes 300 handcrafted plates, mugs, cups, and other dinnerware for some of America’s best restaurants."

• From Tom Waits to Leonard Cohen: The playlist of 27 songs Lou Reed created just before his death
  "Entitled ‘What I’m listening to’, Reed’s final contributions to his creative Spotify account was to curate two playlists for his followers."

• [Video] [In Italian] - In quartiere con Elodie, dalle case popolari a Sanremo | Noisey Meets
  "Siamo andati alle case popolari del Quartaccio di Roma con Elodie, lì dove è cresciuta, per parlare di periferia, sogni, pregiudizi e musica. Abbiamo conosciuto sua sorella e la famiglia che le ha cresciute quando i loro genitori non c'erano."

#BUSINESS

• Chardonnay in the shoe department: Retailers are increasingly serving alcohol to woo shoppers, vying to create an experience they can’t get online
  "Shoe Bar, as it’s aptly called, specializes in $17 cocktails with names like Billionaire and Husband Daycare. It sells wine by the glass, half a dozen craft beers, and plates of chicken wings and meatballs. And by 4 p.m. most days, it’s packed."

• REPORT ON LARGE ITALIAN AND EUROPEAN FASHION COMPANIES by Mediobanca
  "The selection includes 46 major European operators in the fashion business, with a minimum limit on turnover of €900m in 2018; their nationality is established on the basis of the country in which the parent company has its head offices."

#THEDARKSIDE

• Instagram is about to start hiding photoshopped images
  "In a supposed attempt to curb the flow of fake news, the platform will start flagging altered posts."

• The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President
  "How new technologies and techniques pioneered by dictators will shape the 2020 election"

• Brands Are Building Their Own Virtual Influencers. Are Their Posts Legal?
  "Computer-generated influencers are blurring reality — and advertising regulations."

• Facial Recognition Moves Into a New Front: Schools
  "A district in New York has adopted the technology in the name of safety. Opponents cite privacy and bias concerns."

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