by Mattia Speroni, published on 20 October 2020, at 17: 51
Two of the Polaroid cameras used by the artist during his career will be featured in the exhibition titled Andy Warhol is Super Pop. There will be the model used for the creation of the iconic portraits both the SX – 70, with a unique design.? ?
In the context of the exhibition entitled Andy Warhol è… Super Pop to be held in Turin from 24 October 2020 as of 31 January 2020, there will be a way for visitors to see two of the iconic Polaroid cameras used by the famous artist.
The brand experienced great difficulties in recent years with the change in the market but the idea and the concept of Polaroid not has never really faded (enough to be used in successful apps like Instagram). For art lovers it can therefore be a unique opportunity to see live not just any cameras, but those of Andy Warhol .
Andy Warhol used the Polaroid cameras to express his art both for the silk-screen paintings and for the part dedicated to commercial images (as in the case of the dedicated series with Absolut Vodka from 1986).
The artist used the camera Polaroid BIG SHOT for portrait using a lens 220 mm and using the single speed mechanical shutter and fixed focus. This model was used for example for the realization of the Red Books.
The second model is instead the Polaroid SX – 70 (produced by ’72 to 81 in the original version). Its design is certainly among the most recognizable and has received the honor of being visible also at the MOMA in New York. The possibility of being folded and therefore becoming very compact was a further distinctive feature.
Andy Warhol is… Super Pop is in the Stupinigi Hunting Lodge (Piazza Principe Amedeo 7, Stupinigi, Turin). All information is available on the official website of the exhibition with the possibility of booking tickets for visits.
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Apple Watch clones are cheap, stylish and can do a lot. TechStage takes a look at the Willful Samrtwatch, Xiaomi Amazfit GTS, Amazfit Bip, Fitbit Versa 2 and their alternatives.
The Apple Watch is considered the best smartwatch. It owes this to its pleasing appearance, the high-quality workmanship and above all the high range of functions. Your problem: The current version costs at least 400 Euro and only works with iOS devices.
But there are alternatives. The Willful Smartwatch is very popular on Amazon thanks to its low price and great visual similarity to the Apple Watch. Huami also competes with the Apple group in the wearable sector. The Xiaomi daughter is only about five years old and sold 2018 already most wearables worldwide. It also owes this to its Xiaomi Mi Band series. In our test, the Xiaomi Mi Band 3 (test report) and the Xiaomi Mi Band 4 (test report) convince with their strong hardware and the unbeatable price-performance ratio. With the 3 series we complained about the bad localization, the 4 series, on the other hand, does everything right and consequently receives the grade ” Very good” our clear purchase recommendation.
Willful Smartwatch The Willful Smartwatch is the most popular smart watch on Amazon. Depending on the color, it costs between 30 and 40 Euro and offers a lot of features for its low price. This includes tracking the steps taken, the calories burned and the kilometers traveled. It also measures the pulse, sleep and uses the GPS of the smartphone connected via Bluetooth to show a route, for example while running. It also shows incoming messages and calls, controls music and has a flashlight, timer, stopwatch, mobile phone location and breathing trainer.
It looks a lot like the Apple Watch. She is 12 millimeters thick, 35 mm wide and 41 millimeters long. Your 1.3 inch display is with 240 × 240 Pixels nice and sharp, sufficiently bright and offers usable viewing angles. However, the display edge is much too thick, especially on the lower side. Remarkable: Despite its low price it offers an IP 65 certification. You should be able to swim with it without hesitation. Salt water should be avoided.
The bracelet offers a quick-release fastener so that it can be swapped with one hand. It’s made of a soft plastic and feels good on the skin. According to the seller Willfull, the battery should last seven to ten days. In practice, we still get a good five days. It is charged using the charging adapter supplied.
Willful Smartwatch (17 Pictures) The Willful Smartwatch has a sharp and quite bright display.
When using the app, you can quickly see why the watch is so cheap. For example, when setting up for the first time, it is not possible to set the unit from feet to centimeters and from pounds to kilograms when specifying your own height and weight. In this case, Google will help with the conversion. The notification function only works with some apps, including Facebook, Instagram, SMS, Messenger and Whatsapp. When it comes to music control, the app gives the user the choice between Spotify, Youtube Music and Google Play Music. If desired, the app exchanges with Google Fit and Strava. Overall, however, the app is okay, if a little confusing. It offers a lot of setting options.
Not surprisingly, the Willful Smartwatch cannot do ten times keep up with such expensive apple watch. Nevertheless, it is just for its low price of 28 to 40 euros worth a recommendation. They are almost identical in construction from other retailers on Amazon and from various China retailers.
Amazfit GTS At the IFA 2019 showed Huami an Apple Watch clone that has it all. The Amazfit GTS is visually very similar to the Apple model, offers very good workmanship with a metal frame, water resistance up to 50 m and a very beautiful, bright and colorful 1, 65 – inch OLED touch display with a resolution of strong 400 × 348 Pixel, which is easy to read even in direct sunlight. The Amazfit GTS even manages to undercut the weight and dimensions of the Apple Watch and surpass the battery life. Huami states ten days here. In practice it is even significantly more days.
Huami Amazfit GTS (7 pictures) In terms of its range of functions, you have to accept compromises compared to an Apple Watch. Nevertheless, the Amazfit GTS does a very good job both as a fitness and sleep tracker and as a smartwatch. It supports twelve activities, including walking, running, cycling, swimming, climbing and skiing. It also records GPS data and shows the distance covered in the app. The athlete can see his current pulse at any time on the Amazfit GTS display. The display shows incoming messages reliably, the vibration alarm is strong. However, pictures and emojis are left out and the smartphone must also be used to answer.
The Amazfit GTS costs well 85 Euro.
Amazfit Bip The Amazfit Bip is the predecessor of the GTS. It also looks like the Apple Watch, is up to date with 55 Euro but only half as expensive as you Amazfit GTS. For this, your color display solves with 100 × 127 pixels significantly lower, the display is 1, 28 inches also much smaller and therefore the display edges thicker. The housing is made of plastic. The Bip is waterproof and GPS is on board. In terms of battery life, the Amazfit Bip outperforms most competing models. So should the little one 190 – mAh battery the clock 45 Keep going for days. A value that many testers confirm. It also offers many fitness and some smartwatch functions. Users complain about their sometimes poor localization. However, the price-performance ratio is unbeatable, here many buyers can certainly overlook one or the other defect.
Fitbit Versa 2 The Fitbit Versa 2 (test report) and its predecessor Fitbit Versa (test report) largely look like the Apple Watch. In the following we describe the Versa 2, which we recommend if you are interested in buying. It costs about 30 euros more than its predecessor, but offers, among other things, the payment option Fitbit Pay via NFC, more sophisticated fitness options and the much nicer display. This is 1.4 inches tall, loosens 300 × 300 pixels and uses OLED technology, the perfect black level of which is particularly impressive on a smartwatch. Above all, OLED saves the battery, as black pixels do not convert any energy. This lasts for about five to six days with normal use, with an activated Always-On-Display the time is halved. We really like the integration of the voice assistant Alexa, which is activated via the button on the side. Despite the WLAN option, the whole thing only works if the connected smartphone is nearby. The Versa 2 app is very good. We would have only wished for a few more watch faces. The clock only saves one thing locally, which is no longer up to date.
Fitbit offers the option for everyone who wants to leave their smartphone at home while exercising To save MP3 files to the Versa 2. Fitbit does not reveal how big the memory is, but it should be used for 300 Songs are enough. She owns
The Chinese manufacturer has announced the arrival on the market of the new gimbal models of the Ronin series: DJI RS 2 and DJI RSC 2 . According to what has been stated, these are completely revised devices to meet the increasingly complex needs of modern users.
The main difference is that DJI RS 2 is designed for more complete and complex (and heavier) equipment such as DSLR, mirrorless with large lenses or video cameras. Instead DJI RSC 2 aims to be usable with lighter solutions (such as mirrorless or compact cameras) offering greater portability.
The new model focuses on strength and lightness thanks to the carbon fiber used for part of the structure. This resulted in a weight of 1, 29 kg supporting a dynamic load of 4.5 kg . The dimensions, when fully open, are equal to 410 x 260 x 195 mm.
Despite the weight reduction, the autonomy has not been limited by touching the 12 hours and there is also the fast recharge that with 15 charging minutes allows you to use the gimbal for two additional hours. The plate data speak of 1950 mAh of capacity a 13, 4V.
DJI RS 2 has seen an optimization of the Titan algorithm which allows to obtain stable and fluid images even without manual intervention by the operator. Also comes the SuperSmooth mode which allows you to optimize the use of cameras with lenses up to 100 mm. Checks are possible on axes a 360 ° (X axis), – 95 ° a + 240 ° (Y axis) and tilt from – 112 ° a + 214 °.
The structure provides for the blocking of the axles (for transport) or for balancing and the double mounting plate is compatible with Arca Swiss and Manfrotto plates. Then there are adjustment systems such as a selector for “fine” balances and a 1.4 “color touchscreen that shows camera data, stabilization parameters or streaming of the images taken. Bluetooth 5.0 connections are supported. and USB Type-C.
As written at the beginning, DJI RSC 2 aims to be usable anywhere thanks to its portability. The weight is equal to 1.2 kg while able to withstand a dynamic load of 3 kg . As you can see, a little load capacity is lost compared to the older brother, but the rest needed to differentiate the two products.
We have chosen in this case to have a foldable design , useful for transport without excessive bulk. Again in terms of flexibility, it is easier to shoot video vertically (as always thinking of Instagram and Tik Tok).
The Sling mode that allows you to place the arm with particular angles allowing interesting and innovative shooting. The construction is then made of steel and aluminum, combining durability and lightness (without the cost of carbon fiber).
The autonomy of DJI RSC 2 is guaranteed by the battery from 3400 mAh at 7.2V with an approximate duration of 14 hours. Fast charging from is also supported W which arrives to completion in 2 hours.
According to the manufacturer this model can also be used with mirrorless such as Panasonic Lumix S1H with optics 24 – 70 mm which are not particularly light. Here too there is the Titan algorithm to allow to improve the mechanical stabilization as well as the blocking of the axes and the support to the different mounting plates. Present an OLED screen for simplified camera management.
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Streaming platforms have made the world of moving images more confusing, but linear television still dominates. That is what Robert Amlung, Head of Digital Strategy at ZDF, said on Wednesday at the virtual Fiberweek. “The new players” like Netflix and Amazon are “very strong” as direct competitors for the viewers’ money and time, but also “the classic television usage figures are still damn high”.
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In terms of content, Amlung sees the big streaming portals as less of a challenge: “With Netflix, you can see that with all the money that flows in there, but more and more of the same comes. ” At some point the big stories will be told.
In view of the network effects taking hold on the Internet, there will be “a large variety of providers,” says Amlung. Politicians would therefore do well to ensure “the viability of smaller languages and cultures in Europe” in the broadcasting area. Fetching old productions from the archive only works to a limited extent: “Times have changed.”
Big Screen The main use is still in linear television and on the “big screen”, confirmed Cornelius Schauer, Head of Platform Business at Mediengruppe RTL. The private broadcaster resisted time-shifted television for a long time in order to protect the advertising business model. Events, live formats and sports broadcasts would become more important for this area, which “is still our core business”. In addition, RTL is now also relying on its own streaming service TVNow, with which the station is “overall very satisfied”.
At the “aggregation platform” Joyn from ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery, which, unlike the streaming service from RTL, also records content from third parties, is at least “half of the usage still live”, explained its head of the Partnerships and Business Development division, Constanze Gilles. This has not changed much a year and a half after the launch. “Different tendencies” are observed among the younger generation. However, her broadcaster tries to attract snack consumers back to them via “influencer formats” such as collaborations with YouTubers, described Gilles ” ” We’re already in the world of non-linear television, “said Jörg Richartz, who is responsible for business development and strategy at Deutsche Telekom. The core of the in-house platform MagentaTV is to bring the worlds together and to support “all of our partners’ business models”. Even with IP-based television there are “still many TV centrics”. Since “a lot of moving images are viewed on mobile devices”, convergent scenarios in which users can switch directly from smartphones to televisions are becoming increasingly important for the group. Content should therefore work on all screen sizes, for which adaptive techniques are particularly necessary.
The panelists agreed that short formats that shape viewing habits via Facebook, Instagram and YouTube will not soon dominate the entertainment on screens will. “We do not share the idea that only ‘snackable’ works on the Internet,” said Amlung. Younger users also appreciated the background and depth.
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Brian Awadis, better known as Faze Rug, loves to be scared. He watches horror movies, visits haunted attractions at Halloween, and frequently films himself getting spooked on his YouTube channel. “I get scared super easy, but I think that’s what makes it more fun to watch,” he says. “I want to get scared. I just love the thrill of it.” So, around a year ago, when he was given the chance to star in a horror movie — his first ever acting role — he jumped at the chance. “That’s a no-brainer,” says Rug.
For the uninitiated, Faze Clan is a new kind of entertainment company that’s part esports organization, part influencer supergroup, and part merchandise brand. It counts some of the biggest YouTube and Twitch stars in the world among its members, including Rug, along with more traditional celebrities like rapper Offset and NBA star Ben Simmons. More recently, though, the company has started to spread into more mainstream pop culture, and the new movie is just the beginning of a planned cinematic universe based around Faze talent.
The movie is called Crimson, and it’s a clown-themed horror film directed by Gregory Plotkin, who previously served as editor on Get Out and director on a Paranormal Activity sequel. It’s slated to debut just before Halloween on October 29th. (It’ll be available exclusively on a new platform called Inviz.) You can get a taste in the first trailer below:
Rug is no stranger to being on camera — he has more than 16 million subscribers on YouTube — but he says he had no acting experience prior to working on Crimson. “Nope. Nothing,” he tells me. Because of this, he was nervous prior to filming, particularly with the idea of memorizing a 150-page script. But it turned out that he didn’t really have to play a character at all; he was mostly meant to be himself, and there was plenty of room for improvisation with the dialogue. In fact, his nervousness mostly evaporated after the first day on set.
“Since it was my first time making a movie, on the first day they went easy on us,” he says. “The one thing I remember, the very first scene we did, me and my cousin were in the scene and we were so nervous. And then it only took two takes to get a good take; they said it usually takes six or seven. That helped my mindset through the rest of the movie.” He adds that “I’m really proud of my performance. It was more me being myself, and I think I do that the best, of course.”
The shoot was complicated somewhat by COVID safety protocols; Rug says that he and the rest of the crew were tested daily, and the set had dedicated areas where masks and distancing were required. One of the biggest challenges, though — especially for a new actor — was ensuring the scares felt authentic. But the solution was actually pretty simple.
“The fun part about this was Greg, the director, scared me a lot without my knowledge to get those scary reactions,” says Rug. “I’ll be walking down the hallway in a scary scene and he would creep up behind me and bang on the wall next to me, so I could get that scary reaction. I was actually pretty scared, I’m not going to lie. Until the scene is over and everyone comes out and starts setting up for the next scene, it’s pretty scary.”
He also ran into another problem very specific to a social media star: keeping quiet. “I wanted to post so much about the movie, and I would kind of get in trouble,” he says. “I posted [an Instagram story] once and they all rushed to me like ‘Take that down! You’re spoiling it!’”
It was also a much more grueling schedule than he was used to. Rug says that he typically shoots YouTube videos every other day, and those shoots last around five or six hours. Work on Crimson, meanwhile, involved three weeks of 12-hour-long days. And to make things even more intense, he didn’t actually stop shooting YouTube videos while working on the movie. Instead, whenever he had an off day, he would film something for his channel, including behind-the-scenes features about Crimson. “I didn’t have one day off,” Rug explains. “Since it was just a three-week span, I just told myself ‘Okay, for these three weeks, you’re going to be super stressed.’ I know it’s very unhealthy but definitely now is when I get to chill and relax and not have to worry about a 12-hour day.”
That said, working on the movie also turned out to be
We tested the Oculus Quest 2 virtual headset from Facebook. If you know what it is and why it is not available in Germany, just skip the next two paragraphs.
The virtual reality headset Oculus Quest 2 offers high quality VR performance for 350 Euro – completely self-sufficient, you don’t need a PC or smartphone for operation (A mobile device is only required for initial setup, more on that later). On top of that, the Quest 2 can also be used with Windows VR software on the PC, for this you have to attach it to the computer with a conventional USB cable. No other manufacturer offers this variety of functions, other self-sufficient headsets – for example from Pico or HTC – perform less and cost significantly more.
No VR without Facebook: Even an existing Oculus account is required you can link to a Facebook account.
But there is a catch: Oculus is owned by Facebook; and Facebook finally wants to make money with its expensive VR subsidiary. Therefore, Facebook forces the users of Quest 2 to connect a Facebook account to the headset. One can only speculate about what Facebook will bring. One thing is certain in any case: Data recorded by VR headsets should be very valuable for advertising customers, after all, the headset knows when to flinch, where to look for how long and what to instinctively walk towards.
Facebook is undoubtedly sitting on a treasure trove of data, after all, in addition to Oculus, the US company also owns WhatsApp and Instagram. The Bundeskartellamt has therefore decided to prohibit Facebook from merging user data. Apparently this is one of the reasons why Facebook decided not to sell any Oculus products in Germany for the time being.
Can be bought without any problems (Image: jkj / c’t magazine)
For this test we were still able to buy a Quest 2 without any problems: We ordered the device from the French Amazon.fr in Germany – we didn’t even have to create our own account for this, Amazon.fr also works with a German Amazon customer account. With 343, 19 Euro including shipping the headset was even a bit cheaper than in the official Oculus store: an order to Austria for example costs 349 euros including shipping. As with the predecessor, a mobile device with Android or iOS and an installed Oculus app is required for the initial setup of Quest 2. The app asks you to log into your own Facebook account immediately after starting. After that, you can control almost everything in the glasses yourself – so theoretically you can uninstall the app. Oculus veterans who have previously only used their headsets with an Oculus account must enter a Facebook account to install Quest 2, Oculus and Facebook accounts are then merged, including any software purchases linked to the Oculus account.
Account fiddling Even if you want to use the Quest 2 exclusively as a PC headset with a cable connection to your computer, you can’t avoid Facebook logging in: You can’t do anything with the Quest 2 without an app and Facebook coupling , on the displays you only see a “Please pair” message. Since an Android runs on the headset, you could get the idea of bypassing the Oculus store by installing your own APK packages. It actually works (very comfortably with the unofficial Sidequest app store, by the way), but you still have to pair the app and Facebook with the headset first – because this is the only way to activate the required developer mode.
It is also necessary to have your Oculus / Facebook account activated as a developer account. This worked without delay in the test, but you have to save a credit card for this (even though PayPal was already active as a source of payment in the associated Facebook account). In the curious German-English mish-mash of the developer area, it was said that a telephone number could be stored instead of the credit card, but this option was not offered to us.
In the heise forum was mentioned more often of the fact that, as a data-sparing person, you could simply set up a Facebook fake account and then link it to Quest 2. According to Facebook, this violates the guidelines and, despite rumors to the contrary, this rule has not been overturned by German courts. Still: We just got it from
On March 22nd, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott did something seemingly innocuous: he posted a picture of his boarding pass to Instagram. That post was the beginning of a convoluted six-month saga for hacker Alex Hope.
In a blog post, Hope details how they were sent Abbott’s post by a friend and asked if it would be possible to “hack this man” with only the information on the boarding pass. Upon realizing they were indeed able to find personal information, most notably Abbott’s passport number, on the airline website, their task quickly devolved into a black hole of emails, phone calls, and frantic Google searches for definitions of cybercrimes.
Hope, clearly a master of internet-age storytelling, divides each act with headings like “what have i done,” “calling 1300 CYBERONE,” and “Let’s call the Prime Minister’s office I guess?” Interspersed throughout are blurred screenshots, memes, clickable footnotes, and tongue-in-cheek references to Chrome’s Inspect Element being a mighty hacking tool.
The flow of events after the initial discovery are organized into a timeline based on Hope’s personal checklist: “figure out whether i have done a crime, notify someone (tony abbott?) that this happened, get permission to publish this here blog post, tell qantas about the security issue so they can fix it.”
Alerting the Australian government about this security issue proved to be surprisingly difficult. Hope tried online contact forms, various emails, and even called the current prime minister’s office in a desperate search for any relevant contact information. Eventually, they went on a journey through several layers of personal assistants before reaching Abbott