The mission of the Giannino Bassetti Foundation is to promote responsibility in innovation. (Slides)
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Design and Everyday Objects at London's Science Museum

Followers of the website will be aware of the Bassetti Foundation's Design Project, and in this post I would like to take a look at an interesting exhibition currently on display at the London Science Museum. - Read in NewsRead
Posted by Jonny Hankins - 2012.02.01 Permalink
cc - photo by The Rusty Projector from Flickr

Mapping Controversies, an interview with Vincent Antonin Lepinay

Mapping Controversies in Science and Technology for Politics is the title of an EU sponsored project. Jonny Hankins interviewed Vincent Antonin Lepinay, lecturer on the course. - Read in FocusRead
Posted by Jonny Hankins - 2012.01.30 Permalink
Vincent Antonin Lepinay

2011 and Beyond for the Bassetti Foundation

2011 was once more a busy year for the Bassetti Foundation, marking the beginnings of several projects that will run through 2012 and beyond. The following is a review of some of the major events that occurred throughout the year, things to look forward to in the new year now unfolding, a taster of the Foundation's work and a picture of its approach in addressing the problem of responsibility in innovation. - Read in FocusRead
Posted by Redazione FGB - 2012.01.23 Permalink
2011 and Beyond for the Bassetti Foundation
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Technology Bloggers New Year Awards

New year's eve saw the Technology Bloggers website announce the winners of several prizes, and the Bassetti Foundation's Jonny Hankins took 2. - Read in NewsRead
Posted by Redazione FGB - 2012.01.10 Permalink
Technology Bloggers New Year Awards

Our blogs

The area of the site reserved to the blogs is dedicated to the dialogue between the authors of the GBF and the visitors of the site. Here the various threads of the arguments posted on the concepts and experiences attaining the responsibility in innovation are tied and untied. So the readers are asked to contribute to the growth of ideas. In this section of the Home Page you can read the presentation of the last contributions by clicking on the names of the authors here nearby. And now, read and write!

Our blogs

Blog's Author: Jeff Ubois

Notes from the Responsible Innovation Conference

The Responsible Innovation conference, held in Den Haag April 18-19, 2011, was a milestone in discussions of responsible innovation.

I nostri blog

Blog's Author: Cristina Grasseni

Practicing Responsibilities: social engagement, controversy and innovation

At the Trento EASST conference, held 1-4th September 2010, workshop/track 32. "Practicing Responsibilities" was co-chaired by Cristina Grasseni (University of Bergamo / Bassetti  Foundation); Luca Guzzetti (University of Genova) and Giuseppe Pellegrini (University of Padova) within the theme "social engagement, controversy and innovation".

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Blog's Author: Tommaso Correale Santacroce

Invisibile

In questo diablogo si parla della responsabilità con cui si dovrebbe affrontare la trasmissione della conoscenza. Nel caso delle nuove tecnologie e il loro utilizzo come armi si reclama un urgente sviluppo del dibattito etico in modo da permettere scelte e posizioni di coscienza.

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Blog's Author: Giuseppe Pellegrini

Climate change and public involvement

The Accent project promoted by the European Science Centre. Climate change issues are clearly a growing concern for the public today. In recent years, people have received a great deal of information from media on the causes and consequences of climate change, but - depending on countries and regions - citizens' understanding and engagement in these topics is still varied.

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Blog's Author: Roboethics

The mechanization of Empathy in Health Care - 2. Takanori Shibata

Second part of the report on "technology and empathy in the context of health care" held in January. During the conference, Dr. Shibata presented essential aspects of the idea of a "Robot Therapy". Dr. Shibata is Senior Researcher at Japan's Institute of Advanced Industrial Sciences and Technology AIST (Tsukuba, Japan). He is the inventor of PARO.

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