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Nuovi riti di democrazia?

Il 15 febbraio 2008, presso la sede della Fondazione Bassetti a Milano, il sociologo della scienza Brian Wynne ha aperto il seminario moderato da Piero Bassetti e Mariachiara Tallacchini sul rapporto della Commissione europea, Taking European Society Seriously (2007), tradotto in italiano per iniziativa della Fondazione Bassetti (Scienza e Governance. La società europea della conoscenza ... Nuovi riti di democrazia?

Cristina Grasseni

Robotics: a new science

The International Symposium “Robotics: a new science” takes place on Wednesday 20th of February 2008 at Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Via Della Lungara 10 in Rome. The conference is not conceived as a technical workshop, but as a seminar whose aim is to discuss the current robotics development in the frame of the general ... Robotics: a new science

Fiorella Operto
Jonathan Hankins
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‘Taking European Knowledge Society Seriously’ Italian Edition

The mission of the Giannino Bassetti Foundation is to promote responsibility in innovation and specifically to foster responsibly innovative processes. Today, the growing role of techno-science in society calls for responsibly innovative ways of governing it: there is a need to operate a convergence between the notions of citizens’ rights, new ways of governing science ... ‘Taking European Knowledge Society Seriously’ Italian Edition

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La società del rischio

di Giuseppe O. Longo Per una concomitanza curiosa e forse significativa, nel 1986, proprio nell’anno passato tristemente agli annali per la catastrofe di Chernobyl, il sociologo tedesco Ulrich Beck pubblicò un libro destinato ad avere grande risonanza: La società del rischio. Beck sosteneva che nella seconda metà del Novecento la natura dei rischi tecnologici ha ... La società del rischio

Giuseppe O. Longo

Science and Governance: the EU report on Science and Governance presented at FGB

The Giannino Bassetti Foundation deals with the problem of innovation and specifically with the responsibility that should guide innovative processes. Piero Bassetti defined innovation as the realisation of the improbable. “Improbable” refers to uncertainty, doubt and risk, things that are beyond our control and therefore require that we think twice about our responsibility. The sociologist ... Science and Governance: the EU report on Science and Governance presented at FGB

Science and Governance: il rapporto della Commissione Europea presentato alla FGB

I temi di cui si occupa la Fondazione Giannino Bassetti sono l’innovazione e la responsabilità che dovrebbe guidare i processi innovativi. Piero Bassetti ha definito l’innovazione come la realizzazione dell’improbabile. Nel termine “improbabile” ritroviamo i riferimenti all’incertezza, al dubbio, al rischio, a ciò che può sfuggire al controllo e quindi alla responsabilità. Il sociologo della ... Science and Governance: il rapporto della Commissione Europea presentato alla FGB

Valentina Porcellana

A responsible choice in fuel

The 2007 Innovation award at the Cylch Wales Recycling Awards went to Sundance Renewables, a not-for-profit social enterprise, that in 2004 set up the first community based biodiesel production plant in the UK. Their idea is simple and very effective: to collect used vegetable oil from local businesses and turn it into biodiesel that they ... A responsible choice in fuel

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Dr. Ronald Arkin on Roboethics and Responsibility (part 3)

(…continues from the previous entry) Ubois: Do you see — I mean, another direction I could see this going is in the ways the lines between warfare and law enforcement get blurrier and blurrier. Arkin: Yeah, but that’s why I’m sticking to international warfare at this early stage right now. Now it’s granted that spin-off ... Dr. Ronald Arkin on Roboethics and Responsibility (part 3)

Dr. Ronald Arkin on Roboethics and Responsibility (part 2)

(…continues from the previous entry) Ubois: It’s an interesting question of when should you essentially exit a field or exit certain social or power structures, because you can’t abide by things any longer. Sort of the Norbert Weiner solution. Or when do you try to remain engaged. Arkin: Well, let me share my experience with ... Dr. Ronald Arkin on Roboethics and Responsibility (part 2)

Dr. Ronald Arkin on Roboethics and Responsibility (part 1)

Dr. Ronald Arkin is a Professor in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Director of the Mobile Robot Laboratory. In this discussion, he outlines the ethical aspects of robotics, especially those used in war; embedding ethical codes in technical systems; and how practitioners can effectively engage their colleagues in discussions ... Dr. Ronald Arkin on Roboethics and Responsibility (part 1)

Towards a new model of governance to manage new technologies in organizations – Part 5. Conclusion

We argued that the risks and challenges of digitally interoperable enterprise architectures that define the environment of contemporary organisations cannot be understood solely by looking at the traditional distinction between hierarchies and markets, but on asynchronous and decentralised interactions over digital networks aided by ICT devices as both the sources and channels of knowledge and ... Towards a new model of governance to manage new technologies in organizations – Part 5. Conclusion

Satellite navigation systems create problems in rural villages.

England’s green and pleasant land, criss-crossed with windy single lane roads passing through one-pub villages is being invaded by satellite-navigated cars and lorries. These once deserted roads are now heavy with traffic thanks to the spread of cheap in-car “sat-nav” systems. These systems are capable of guiding any driver “across country” taking the most direct ... Satellite navigation systems create problems in rural villages.

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