A Year in Responsible Innovation
Jack Stilgoe is a leader in the academic study of Responsible Innovation. He has recently posted an entry on his blog entitled A year (and a bit) in responsible innovation on his blog, a light hearted, informative article about his experience over the last year. - Leggi
di Redazione FGB, 29 Gennaio 2013 Permalink
Categorie Innovazione e Responsabilità, Site
Browsing with the Foundation
Do you have 1 minute 20 seconds to spare? Watch the clip and take a moment to look at some pages, read recent and old articles and give your opinion. Then become our friend through the various social networks that we participate in. - Leggi
di Tommaso Correale Santacroce, 17 Gennaio 2013 Permalink
Vedi in Italiano
Read also: I nuovi traguardi dell'open science by Angela Simone
Categorie Site
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
Categorie Pubblicazioni, Site
Read also: Citizen Science, Responsibility and innovation: a business perspective and A discussion with Congressman Michael E. Capuano by Jonathan Hankins
Categorie Biotechnology, Site
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
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 Redazione FGB, 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 Redazione FGB, 4 Marzo 2011 Permalink
Read also: Internet, the new superpower? and News 'a lunga percorrenza'
Categorie Pubblicazioni, Site
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
Categorie Site
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
Categorie 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 Redazione FGB, 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 Redazione FGB, 7 Maggio 2009 Permalink
See also: Debate: 'On policy choices by european countries during the 2020 Covid-19 outbreak' || lecture by Daniel Callahan Sustainable Medicine: Two Models of Health Care || 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
Categorie Recensioni, Site
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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
Categorie Site
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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