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Jos Malda awarded the 2015 Nanonica Prize

Press Release: Reinforced hydrogels for cartilage tissue repair. The 2015 Nanonica Prize has been awarded to Jos Malda, associate professor at the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands, for developing a new microfiber 3D printing technique that can increase the stiffness of a hydrogel composite by up to 54-fold, within a similar range as ... Jos Malda awarded the 2015 Nanonica Prize

Redazione FGB

18/04
2016 4mn
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Responsible Research and Innovation: The Problematic Quest For Right Impacts.

The Responsible Research and Innovation: The Problematic Quest For Right Impacts International Conference took place between March 11th and 12th, 2016 at the Donastia International physics Centre, Donastia-San Sebastian. The conference was followed by the Annual VIRI meeting. I attended both the conference and the AGM in my role as Bassetti Foundation Foreign Correspondent. In ... Responsible Research and Innovation: The Problematic Quest For Right Impacts.

Jonathan Hankins
Sally Randles

06/04
2016 5mn
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2015, promoting responsible forms of innovation

As regular readers will know, the mission of the Bassetti foundation involves promoting and participating in debates surrounding the development of responsible forms of innovation. Each year the foundation forms partnerships and promotes events with governance institutions, universities, private companies, NGO’s and foundations and international research groups. In this short review we cast our lens ... 2015, promoting responsible forms of innovation

Redazione FGB

25/01
2016 10mn
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Responsible Research and Innovation in Europe and across the World

On 14 -15 January 2016 the Go4 Joint Final Conference “Responsible Research and Innovation in Europe and across the World” will take place at the EESC in Brussels, Belgium. The Go4 conference will present key results drawn from 3 year’s work of four major FP7 projects. All of the projects share a common concern to ... Responsible Research and Innovation in Europe and across the World

Redazione FGB

22/12
2015 4mn
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The Self At Your Wrist – 3/3

(…continues from the previous entry) THE ROLE OF DESIGN IN A PERIOD OF IDENTITY CRISIS. “Who is responsible? Here we have many examples of brilliant innovations, but the issue of responsibility is key and must be addressed. Who is going to be responsible for the future?” – asked Piero Bassetti at the closing of Design ... The Self At Your Wrist – 3/3

Fabio Besti

28/04
2015 4mn
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The Self At Your Wrist – 2/3

(…continues from the previous entry). TECHNOLOGY VS HUMANS: SELF-IDENTITY AND SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS IN A ‘QUANTIFIED’ FUTURE. Certainly, technology should aim at increasing human abilities. Same as the first tools in the prehistory helped man physical capacity, the new technologies of today offer the opportunity of increasing our physical and mental capabilities. All of this seems obvious ... The Self At Your Wrist – 2/3

Fabio Besti

27/04
2015 6mn
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The Self At Your Wrist – 1/3

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGIES, SELF-PERCEPTION AND IDENTITY AT THE THRESHOLD OF A NEW QUANTIFIED EXISTENCE. Here the work on the illustration. “We have one more thing to cover…” Screaming voices and enthusiast applauses are filling Flint Center for the Performing Arts auditorium in Cupertino, California. “I’m so excited and so proud to share with you this morning ... The Self At Your Wrist – 1/3

Fabio Besti

24/04
2015 8mn
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Il Sè ‘da polso’. Tecnologie indossabili, autopercezione e identità – Parte 3

Tecnologie indossabili, autopercezione e identità alle soglie di una nuova esistenza totalmente quantificabile. (prosegue dal precedente post – parti dalla prima parte) "Who is responsible? Here we have many examples of brilliant innovation but the issue of responsibility is key and must be addressed. Who is going to be responsible for the future?" chiedeva Piero ... Il Sè ‘da polso’. Tecnologie indossabili, autopercezione e identità – Parte 3

Fabio Besti

11/12
2014 3mn
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Il Sè ‘da polso’. Tecnologie indossabili, autopercezione e identità – Parte 2

Tecnologie indossabili, autopercezione e identità alle soglie di una nuova esistenza totalmente quantificabile. (prosegue dal precedente post) Nel 2010 una convinta ed attiva esponente del Quantified Self (QS) decide improvvisamente di abbandonare tutte le numerose pratiche di self tracking che accompagnavano la sua vita e che aumentavano la conoscenza di se stessa attraverso i numeri. ... Il Sè ‘da polso’. Tecnologie indossabili, autopercezione e identità – Parte 2

Fabio Besti

10/12
2014 7mn
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Il Sè ‘da polso’. Tecnologie indossabili, autopercezione e identità – Parte 1

Tecnologie indossabili, autopercezione e identità alle soglie di una nuova esistenza totalmente quantificabile. "We have one more thing to cover…" Urla si levano nella sala, accompagnate da applausi e persone che saltano dalle comode poltroncine del Flint Center for the Performing Arts, Cupertino, California. "I’m so excited and so proud to share with you this ... Il Sè ‘da polso’. Tecnologie indossabili, autopercezione e identità – Parte 1

Fabio Besti

09/12
2014 9mn
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Internet di tutte le cose

Abbiamo idea di quante persone abbiano il nostro indirizzo e-mail? O il nostro numero telefonico? Allo stesso modo ignoriamo quante e quali persone raccolgano informazioni sulle nostre abitudini. Non sto parlando necessariamente di spie o malintenzionati. Se navigate in internet sapete da tempo che ciascun computer viene “profilato” e in base all’utilizzo di ognuno di ... Internet di tutte le cose

Tommaso Correale Santacroce

23/10
2014 8mn
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The Innovation Principle

Recently twelve of Europe’s largest corporations submitted a letter to the European Commission , urging them to adopt an “Innovation Principle” to be taken into full consideration during policy and legislative processes. The Innovation Principle is described as being simple, ‘whenever precautionary legislation is under consideration, the impact upon innovation should also be taken into ... The Innovation Principle

Redazione FGB

20/12
2013 2mn
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