[nonostantement #44] - bourdain the last curious man / server robots controlled by paralyzed people / medical students as instagram influencers

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Anthony Bourdain in Oman

• The Last Curious Man
  "The enormous life of Anthony Bourdain, according to those who knew him best."

• Liberating Birds For A Cheap Electric Scooter
  "We’re looking at a future filled with 18650-based Powerwalls from discarded electric scooters and quadcopters built around scooter motors filling the skies. This is cyberpunk, and we can’t wait to see the other builds these scooters will become."

• DANS LA GUERRE DES GILETS AUX CHAMPS ÉLYSÉES
  "Immersion dans la manifestation du 01/12/18 des gilets jaunes sur les avenues des Champs-Élysées."

• Cafe in Japan Hires Paralyzed People to Control Robot Servers​
  "A cafe with an all-robot staff controlled by paralyzed people has opened in Tokyo.
  The cafe, called Dawn ver.β, held its ribbon cutting ceremony on Nov. 26."

• WeTransfer Ideas Report 2018
  "WeTransfer asked 10,128 creative users in 143 countries seven questions about their ideas and where do they come from."

• The 7 biggest revelations from the huge trove of Facebook emails that just leaked​
  "Do you work at Facebook? Got a tip? Contact this reporter using a non-work phone"

• Meet the Anarchists Making Their Own Medicine
  "Would you rather break the law and live, or be a good upstanding citizen and a corpse?”

• Toyota's Avatar-like Robot (T-HR3)
  "Toyota just brought your dreams of an Avatar-like proxy one step closer to reality. Teaming with NTT Docomo, it remotely controlled its T-HR3 humanoid robot over a 5G network from a distance of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles)."

• The Latest Crop of Instagram Influencers? Medical Students.
  "In between posts about the anatomy lab and long hours, med students are making extra cash endorsing products. Is it ethical?"

• Can You Teach AI to Dance? Spotify's Algorithm Tries to Define Danceability​
  "how reliable is this algorithm? Can a computer really determine something as fluidly defined as danceability?"

• Designer Creates Guessing Game About Incredible Women Who Have Changed the World
  "Titled WHO’S SHE?, the two player tabletop game features famous women throughout history, from Frida Kahlo and Amelia Earhart to Serena Williams and Malala Yousafzai."

• Japan has so many empty homes it's giving them away
  "In Japan, there are too many homes and not enough people to live in them."

Погромы в Париже

• Погромы в Париже​
  "In Paris, all day long, the police showered people with gas.

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