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Map from the Connecticut Zoning Atlas. Credit: Cornell University Zoning laws, adopted by thousands of local governments across the country, dictate much of what can be built in the United States. Zoning codes have major ramifications for businesses, housing, and quality of life but can be very difficult for non-experts to understand.…

The goal of the Roli Seaboard is no less than to inject some soul and virtuosity into digital music, by giving keyboard players the ability to bend and slide notes like guitarists and cello players, to vary volume as easily as a sax player does with breath pressure, and to make filter sweeps and other expressive digital controls part of the physical playing of the instrument. Digital instruments can be monstrously flexible; Roli strives to make them intuitive and natural to play, unlocking new frontiers of music…