Can We Improve the Health of the Planet?
In December and January Jonathan Hankins published a series of posts on the Technology Bloggers community blog entitled 'Can We Improve the Health of the Planet?' an extension of his work on the subject of 'Sustainability as Responsibility'. - Leggi
di Redazione FGB, 7 Febbraio 2012 Permalink
Read also: Technology Bloggers New Year Awards
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Read also: Citizen Science, Responsibility and innovation: a business perspective and A discussion with Congressman Michael E. Capuano by Jonathan Hankins
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Teaching science in schools, some ideas
Science learning in the classroom presents the opportunity for teachers to introduce the problems of ethics and responsibility at an early age. In this post we look at 3 UK based projects that all aim to develop science teaching and involve the students in innovative ways - Leggi
di Redazione FGB, 4 Luglio 2011 Permalink
Inhabitat: Design will save the world
Inhabitat is a weblog devoted to the future of design that carries some very interesting stories. Their focus is upon tracking innovations in design, materials and practices that are pushing architecture and home design towards a more sustainable future - Leggi
di Redazione FGB, 23 Giugno 2011 Permalink
Categorie Recensioni, Site
Genetica "fai da te" dai microfoni di formicablu
formicablu ha intercettato l'incontro con Margaret Curnutte svoltosi il 16 maggio 2011 presso la sede della Fondazione Bassetti, intervistando Francesca Petrera e la stessa Curnutte per il programma PiGreco Party in onda ogni settimana in diretta su Radio Città del Capo di Bologna. - Leggi
di Redazione FGB, 18 Maggio 2011 Permalink
Leggi anche: Consuming Genomes. Materiali
Home genetic testing and the law
As a lead up to the presentation entitled that will be delivered by Margaret Curnutte here at the Bassetti Foundation in Milan on 16th May I would like to take a brief look at the way in which the legal community and governmental regulatory organizations view the problem of home genetic testing. - Leggi
di Jonathan Hankins, 13 Maggio 2011 Permalink
Read also: Genetic Consumerism
A threat to internet democracy?
Last week George Monbiot's blog hosted by the Guardian UK featured an interesting follow on article about the problem of astroturfing. Astroturfing is the action of taking fake identities to post comments on blogs in favour of or against political arguments and issues. - Leggi
di Jonathan Hankins, 4 Marzo 2011 Permalink
Read also: Internet, the new superpower? and News 'a lunga percorrenza'
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The Age Of The Genome
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the historic announcement made by then president of the US Bill Clinton of the first sequencing of the human genome BBC Radio 4 are broadcasting a series entitled The Age Of The Genome conducted by evolutionary biologist Professor Richard Dawkins. - Leggi
di Redazione FGB, 28 Giugno 2010 Permalink
Read also: Un uomo, la sua storia e il suo Dna and Go Ask Your Father about DNA
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Open Culture
The website Open Culture describes itself as "The best free cultural & educational media on the web". A claim that certainly sounds worthy of investigation. In this posting we take a quick look at some of the articles posted on the site that may be of interest to the Bassetti Foundation. - Leggi
di Redazione FGB, 23 Giugno 2010 Permalink
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Volcanic ash disruption and Facebook
As I am sure everyone is aware the volcanic cloud problem has recently caused a few travel problems for a few million people, but can the internet be of any help in a crisis of this type? Jonathan Hankins addresses the problem. - Leggi
di Jonathan Hankins, 9 Maggio 2010 Permalink
See also: The problem with social networking by Jonathan Hankins
Categorie Partecipazione, Site
Oversights in Oversighting Nanotechnology
In this article Jonathan Hankins follows up on his series of postings on nanotechnology by taking a look at the recent report entitled Oversight of Next Generation Nanotechnology written by J Clarence Davies and published by The Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars. - Leggi
di Jonathan Hankins, 30 Luglio 2009 Permalink
See also: post on Nanotechnologies in Focus
Read also: The interview with President of The Hastings Center, Thomas Murray "Genomics and sustainable medicine" and "Is ethics a branch of Politics?"
Ethical Decision Making During A (Possible) Flu Pandemic
As a first introduction to the complex problems of bio-ethics and scenario planning Jonathan Hankins signposts an article that addresses the problem of the distribution of scarse medical resources in times of crisis. - Leggi
di Jonathan Hankins, 7 Maggio 2009 Permalink
See also: lecture by Daniel Callahan Sustainable Medicine: Two Models of Health Care and the Call for Comments on The implications of the innovation in the health field
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Citizen Participation in Science and Technology
In this posting I would like to have a look at the work of the CIPAST project and a report published late last year by Chloe Alexander of the University of Padova in which she describes and analises the workings and perceived effectiveness of the project. - Leggi
di Redazione FGB, 22 Settembre 2008 Permalink
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Buying spy technology on the web
The development of miniature video and sound recording equipment means that DIY spying has never been easier. A quick internet search reveals an incredible world of cheaply and freely available spy technology. What does this tell us about "responsible" use of technology, and about the current state of (or the perceived need of) responsibility in innovation? - Leggi
di Redazione FGB, 26 Novembre 2007 Permalink
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Political Humour in the Blogosphere.
"Web 2.0, the interactive interface of the World Wide Web, has opened up a multimedia and multimodal environment that is deeply transforming several discursive practices, among them political communication. Wherever..." - Leggi
di Redazione FGB, 8 Novembre 2007 Permalink
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