Romanzo drsquo;esordio di Sandro Salini; manager; consulente informatico e imprenditore; appassionato di scrittura e discipline orientali.Cosa unisce un gruppo di artigiani che vende le proprie creazioni nelle botteghe di Eze? Il bisogno di procurarsi di che vivere o il bisogno di fuggire dal proprio passato?Helegrave;ne; lrsquo;albergatrice del borgo medievale; egrave; convinta che ci sia un legame fra i suoi amici e che sia stato un Angelo a farli incontrare.Fincheacute; un giorno un viaggiatore sbarca da uno dei tanti pullman di turisti che affollano il borgo la domenica. Srsquo;innamora del posto e decide di fermarsi.Quellrsquo;uomo; che lotta con la salute e porta con seacute; il suo bagaglio di sofferenza; riusciragrave; a far sentire la presenza degli Angeli agli artigiani di Eze. Sentimento e introspezione srsquo;intrecciano con semplicitagrave; e spiritualismo sottesi da una lieve ironia; accompagnando il lettore verso lrsquo;esito imprevedibile dellrsquo;avventura di un gruppo di amici.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Wearable technology as a set of historical and cultural ideas; not just a product launchBy Rod P."Garments of Paradise" is both a historical and cultural investigation of ldquo;wearing technologyrdquo;: viewing electronic and digitally enhanced devices and garments in a larger history of dress that has always incorporated new technologies. Dress as a technology. It is the first scholarly analysis of wearable technology and the first to consider it in cultural and theoretical contexts. This is of key importance today; when body-based interfaces (as opposed to screen-based ones) are just emerging and promise to grow in importance."Garments of Paradise" is the first extensive history of dress and technology and the first to chronicle the rise of wearable devices. Professor Ryan has conducted nearly 50 interviews with artists; designers; industrialists; and engineers engaged in various aspects of wearable technology development and this ldquo;oral historyrdquo; is a part of the book.Body-based interfaces and mobile and wearable devices are being developed in accordance with the paradigm of ubiquitous computing and the ldquo;disappearing body.rdquo; Garments of Paradise also identifies issues that are being addressed by artists; but not by industrymdash;issues such as the relationships between technology; dress; and social relations; technology and the body; the ethics of biometrics and data surveillance; and the meaning and merits of posthumanism. Among the latter issues is the basic premise of ubicomp: that technology disappears. But invisible technology assumes individuals relinquish various levels of control and awareness. These are problems Professor Ryanrsquo;s book addresses and the issues raised are at the forefront of thought that is steadily making its way into the mainstream.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Garments of Paradise...By Denyce CelentanoSusan Elizabeth Ryans "Garments of Paradise" is an exceptional and timely overview of wearable technology that investigates the development of digital technology alongside changes in fashion and ideas of dress beginning with its precursors in the mid-19th century. Examples such as Electric Dress; one of many great images in the book; from 1956 (in the first chapter) to the LED/LCD dress from 2007 and the CuteCircuit dress in 2010; (modeled by Katy Perry no less) are key to her enterprise; which is to show that wearable technology is part of a critical language that has its roots in discourses of art and culture; social behavior; and communication and like any other art form is part of an evolving history that is ideological. Check out the image of the members of the Borg lab; decidedly unfashionable; but forward thinking; experimental and consumerist minded. As quoted in the book from Thad Starner; one of the original MIT Borgs "The big thing about heads-up displays today; or any kind of wearable computing; is to make it fashionable enough that people will put it on. If people wont put it on; it doesnt matter what it does". Hence the slick designs of Google glasses and Apple watches. There is both warning and optimism here as she points out the simultaneous ubiquity and invisibility of these technologies as potentially controlling alongside the real potential in experimental; interactive fashion such as the Climate Dress that has a CO2 sensor embedded in its embroidery and the functional (and good looking) Turn Signal Biking Jacket . How appropriate that the title of her book is a variation of Giorgio Agambens Lost Dress of Paradise: A Theology of Nakedness in which he writes "This dress belongs to man as a necessity; because it is at the same time a reminiscence of the lost dress of Paradise; and a promise of the new dress that will be given to man through redemption." Ryans book considers the design and role of this new dress; its promise as shaped by emerging technologies for current and future cultures. My only gripe is that I wish the reproductions were in color. Garments of Paradise is an incisive; thoughtful and fascinating look at the history of wearable technology.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. From Electric Dress to Google GlassBy G. SholetteAn exceptionally important volume on a complex subject that ranges from artist Atsuko Tanakas 1956 Electric Dress; to the dawn of todays ubiquitous computer wearables. Doctor Ryans impressive grasp of her subject is always delivered in a clear and compelling manner assuring that Garments of Paradise will become THE field guide and theoretical foundation for future exploration of this evolving field.