this latest ceasefire $245 million in aid to help support people fleeing the violence. i m ben thompson. let s start in the uk where the cost of living crisis is showing some tentative signs that it is starting to ease slightly. the latest rate of inflation for the month of april has fallen to 8.7% now that s still very high and above the 8.2% rate that many economists forecast, but still a significant drop compared to the over 10.1% rate we saw last month. double digit inflation that had been in place since august last year all well above the bank of england 2% target hitting a peak at 10.4% in february, before slowly coming down. this latest figure is the sharpest drop since the cost of living crisis began. but growing cost of food still remains very high. as you can see here, food prices increased by 19% in april and havent yet come down from their peak. making it difficult for people to feel better off right now. joining us now is simon french, chief economist at p
this week, we re revisiting the tech that we ve seen used in and around the world of art. and the first question i have is, what is lara thinking right now? do i like it? does it make me feel happy, sad? ammie s gone to town to test the newest, oldest cameras we ve seen for a while. paul heads to florence to see how tech is revealing a 17th century artwork. and we re on the stage helping musicians get used to what it feels like to get a standing ovation, or a slow clap. how did it do that? the v&a london, home to 145 galleries of works from across the globe, spanning 5,000 years of art. museums like this are always looking at new ways to engage audiences. one idea here to see how our brains react to what we re seeing. we often talk about how art makes us feel or what it gets us thinking about. well, today it s time for a way of quantifying that. so we re just going to put this on your head here. 0k. just goes behind your ears. this muse headset, which would more commonly be
the v&a london, home to 145 galleries of works from across the globe, spanning 5,000 years of art. museums like this are always looking at new ways to engage audiences. one idea here to see how our brains react to what we re seeing. we often talk about how art makes us feel or what it gets us thinking about. well, today it s time for a way of quantifying that. so we re just going to put this on your head here. 0k. just goes behind your ears. this muse headset, which would more commonly be used as a meditation device, has been repurposed to translate brain activity into a real time 3d visualisation. and this has four eeg sensors. that s right, four sensors that are on your forehead and picking up the electromagnetic activity off your brain. 0k. and what does that mean its going to learn from me? it s going to take this raw data right off your headset. 0ur set up processes it in lots of different ways, which kind of indicate sort of what your brain s doing when you re looking
from across the globe, spanning 5,000 years of art. museums like this are always looking at new ways to engage audiences. one idea here to see how our brains react to what we re seeing. we often talk about how art makes us feel or what it gets us thinking about. well, today it s time for a way of quantifying that. so we re just going to put this on your head here. 0k. just goes behind your ears. this muse headset, which would more commonly be used as a meditation device, has been repurposed to translate brain activity into a real time 3d visualisation. and this has four eeg sensors. that s right, four sensors that are on your forehead and picking up the electromagnetic activity off your brain. 0k. and what does that mean it s going to learn from me? it s going to take this raw data right off your headset. 0ur set up processes it in lots of different ways, which kind of indicate sort of what your brain s doing when you re looking at the art. when the brain recognises - somet
And the continent of africa on the move stories about motivational change makers taking their destinies into their own hands. D. W. Multimedia series food for god. D. W. Dot com or go. Hello and welcome to a new edition of ops twenty one. This is its literature im intentionally messing with you its the best german language novel of the year will be announced at the upcoming french first book fair we meet the six contenders for the coveted german book prize for. First we had to San Francisco and an exhibition showcasing contemporary muslim
fashion that explores the fusion between faiths and Fashion Modesty and maternity. Is america ready for the show. When the do young museum in San Francisco announced contemporary muslim fashions two years ago the idea immediately sparked criticism dedicating an exhibition to muslim fashion given the current Political Climate in the us is a bold move but the museums director at the time maps whole line and choice courting controversy i think i know so