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JONATHAN HANKINS
Author, Speaker
Mapping Controversies, an interview with Vincent Antonin Lepinay
Mapping Controversies in Science and Technology for Politics is the title of an EU sponsored project. The Mapping Controversies website offers an explanation of the history and techniques involved in implementing the project, started several years ago by Foundation collaborator Bruno Latour, and I would like to offer a summary of the project’s aims based ... Mapping Controversies, an interview with Vincent Antonin Lepinay
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 Jonathan Hankins took 2. Hankins was awarded ‘top newcomer’ and ‘top all-rounder’ for his contributions over the last 6 months. As the name suggests, the blog addresses many issues related to technology, from reviews of new technology ... Technology Bloggers New Year Awards
A discussion with Marta Milani about sport
Event: interview. Title: A discussion with Marta Milani about sport. Date: 2011 07 20 Time: 12 min. Place: Bergamo, Italy. Language: Italiano. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/26683451 Abstract: A discussion with Marta Milani about sport (in English). 5 Topics for conversation: an athlete’s relationship with her body, the nature of sport itself, an acceptable use of technology, ... A discussion with Marta Milani about sport
A discussion with Marta Milani about sport
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius was Initially barred from competing in the last Olympic games in Beijing, won his appeal allowing him to compete but was then unable to meet the qualifying times, but has had 4 years to prepare for qualification for the London games and in April of this year acheived the B ... A discussion with Marta Milani about sport
Bad ideas? A history of scientific discovery
Robert Winston is one of the UK’s leading scientists and a household face on TV. He currently holds the chair of Science and Society at Imperial College London and was made a life peer in 1995. He has written a series of books mostly related to his work in fertility and genetics, but his latest ... Bad ideas? A history of scientific discovery
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
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