A Matter of Design – Welcome address

Event: A Matter of Design. 5th STS Italia Conference. Date: 2014 06 12 Time: 47 min. Place: Politecnico di Milano, Campus Bovisa, Milano. Language: English. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/100512127 Photos: Album in Flickr. Report: A Matter of Design: Our Common Future. 5th STS Italia Conference A Matter of Design. Making Society through Science and Technology Milano ... A Matter of Design – Welcome address

Arturo Dell'Acqua Bellavitis
Giovanni Azzone
Luca Guerrini
Manuela Perrotta
Paolo Volonté
Silvia Piardi

Bernd Stahl, Recent Articles of Interest

I would like to draw readers’ attention to two recently published articles on Responsible Innovation. Both are written or co-authored by Bernd Carsten Stahl of De Montfort University, are freely available through open access platforms and offer plenty of food for thought. The first article is entitled Responsible research and innovation: The role of privacy ... Bernd Stahl, Recent Articles of Interest

Jonathan Hankins

How Automation is Changing the Economy, a Debate.

On Thursday September 27th I attended an event hosted by Kara miller of the local TV and radio station WGBH (Western Great Blue Hill) here in Boston. Miller hosts a Radio show that I follow regularly called Innovation Hub, and the event was a live discussion forum entitled “The New Economy: How Automation is Changing ... How Automation is Changing the Economy, a Debate.

Jonathan Hankins

Prosthetic by choice?

Following on from the arguments raised during the discussion with athlete Marta Milani, this article looks at some of the issues posed by advances in prosthetic technology, and the issue of a patient’s choice to amputate a hand in order to have a prosthetic version fitted. The BBC World News channel recently carried a report ... Prosthetic by choice?

Jonathan Hankins

Drones and other robots of war

Recently the press has been full of articles addressing the legality or illegality of the military use of unmanned drone aircraft in the war against terror. Their use as well as the use of other human controlled robot weaponry presents a series of ethical, moral, technical and legal problems, often more down to the way ... Drones and other robots of war

Fiorella Operto
Jonathan Hankins

Springer Handbook of Robotics

Lo scorso 5 febbraio, a Washington, D.C., la Professional and Scholarly Division della Association of American Publishers, l’Associazione degli Editori Americani, ha annunciato i vincitori dei prestigiosi American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence per il 2008, chiamati “PROSE Awards 2008” che, nel campo dell’editoria professionale e scientifica americana, sono l’equivalente dei premi Oscar. ... Springer Handbook of Robotics

Fiorella Operto

Robotics. A new science

Fiorella Operto offers some reflections on the conference “Robotics. A new science” that took place in Rome in February at the Accademia dei Lincei. A growing international debate proposes the re-thinking in ethical terms of a research area, robotics, that has been profoundly influenced by recent scientific and technological developments in the informatics, telecommunication, software ... Robotics. A new science

Fiorella Operto

Robotica. Una nuova scienza

Il 20 febbraio si è svolto a Roma un importante convegno sulla robotica dal titolo “Robotics: A New Science“. L’evento è stato concepito come seminario il cui obiettivo era quello di discutere l’attuale sviluppo della robotica nel quadro dei recenti sviluppi scientifici e tecnologici nei settori dell’informatica, delle telecomunicazioni, dei software e dispositivi elettronici. Fiorella ... Robotica. Una nuova scienza

Fiorella Operto
Redazione FGB

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
Redazione FGB