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Una breve recensione: Conversations On Innovation, Power And Responsibility

L’inizio di quest’anno ha visto la messa on line di una nuova pubblicazione della Fondazione Bassetti intitolata Conversations On Innovation, Power And Responsibility e scritta da Jeff Ubois con la prefazione di Piero Bassetti. La Fondazione la rilascia disponibile in edizione cartacea, in pdf scaricabile e leggibile direttamente on-line tramite Issuu, protetta da licenza Creative ... Una breve recensione: Conversations On Innovation, Power And Responsibility

Jonathan Hankins

A short review: Conversations On Innovation, Power And Responsibility

Last week we put online a new publication of the Foundation Bassetti entitled “Conversations On Innovation, Power And Responsibility”, written by Jeff Ubois and available in hard copy, downloadable pdf or Issuu (on line) versions. The publication is a resume’ of conversations conducted between Mr Ubois and 12 internationally renowned innovators and thinkers and features ... A short review: Conversations On Innovation, Power And Responsibility

Conversations on Innovation, Power and Responsibility

Index of this page: – The booklet in Issuu – Introduction – Table Of Contents – Clip video – Cover See also a short review by Jonathan Hankins in Focus section.   The Fondazione Giannino Bassetti’s new publication, Conversations on Innovation, Power and Responsibility highlights approaches to responsibility in innovation taken by leading practitioners in ... Conversations on Innovation, Power and Responsibility

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Nanotechnology, rules, and responsibility

Nei giorni del 1 e 2 dicembre 2009 il Ciga organizza un Workshop di carattere interdisciplinare da titolo “Nanotecnologie, regole e responsabilità. Esperienze e interrogativi dai luoghi dell’innovazione“. Il Workshop intende approfondire l’interazione tra tecno-scienza e processi di regolamentazione nel campo delle nanotecnologie. Tra le tematiche affrontate: le forme di regolamentazione (hard, soft, self-regulation), il ... Nanotechnology, rules, and responsibility

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An Ethics For Emerging Technologies

As a follow on from my previous introduction to synthetic biology posting I would like to take a look at the recent report entitled Ethical Issues in Synthetic Biology; a review of the debates. The report published in June 2009 is co-authored by Erik Parens, Josephine Johnston and Jacob Moses, all of The Hastings Center ... An Ethics For Emerging Technologies

Jonathan Hankins

Se la scienza diventa routine

In continuità con quanto la Fondazione Bassetti è venuta raccogliendo, rassegne stampa, recensioni, presentazioni di report di ricerca sul tema della responsabilità della ricerca scientifica e in particolare dell’interesse del vasto mondo delle nanotecnologie rispetto alla questione della responsabilità dell’innovazione, proponiamo un primo pezzo a cura di Valeria delle Cave che inquadra la questione dell’immaginario ... Se la scienza diventa routine

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A Little Ethical Light Reading for the holidays

Richard G Epstein works in the Department of Computer Science, West Chester University of PA, where he teaches courses on computer science, software engineering and computer security and ethics. His university home page provides access to some of his publications, and I would like to have a look at three of them. I should say ... A Little Ethical Light Reading for the holidays

Jonathan Hankins

Oversights in Oversighting Nanotechnology

In this article I would like to follow up on my series of postings on nanotechnology by taking a look at the recent report entitled Oversight of Next Generation Nanotechnology written by J Clarence Davies and published by The Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars as part of their project on emerging nanotechnologies. The author ... Oversights in Oversighting Nanotechnology

Jonathan Hankins

L’etica del nuovo

Il 15 luglio 2009, a Roma, ECSEL in collaborazione con la Cattedra Jean Monnet dell’Università Sapienza di Roma e il NetWork di BioDiritto e BioEtica, organizza la tavola rotonda “L’etica del nuovo. Nanotecnologie, neuroscienze e roboetica”. ECSEL è un centro per l’etica e il diritto delle scienze della vita e delle nuove tecnologie, che svolge ... L’etica del nuovo

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A look at The Hastings Centre Bioethics Forum

For anybody interested in taking an overview of current debate on bioethics, the Hastings Center bioethics forum would be a good starting point. I say this not only because the forum hosts the Centre’s own bioethics blog, well informed and non partizan as ever, but also because it provides links to many other blogs addressing ... A look at The Hastings Centre Bioethics Forum

A look at The Hastings Center Bioethics Forum

For anybody interested in taking an overview of current debate on bioethics, the Hastings Center bioethics forum would be a good starting point. I say this not only because the forum hosts the Centre’s own bioethics blog, well informed and non partizan as ever, but also because it provides links to many other blogs addressing ... A look at The Hastings Center Bioethics Forum

Jonathan Hankins

New Developments in Solar Power Technology

One of the great challenges facing the renewable energy industry is that of how to make energy production cheaper for the end user, and this problem is particularly pertinent for photovoltaic solar panels. The real problem in this case is production and raw material cost, with silicon forming a large part of overall expenses. Here ... New Developments in Solar Power Technology