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Frankenstein, Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds

To celebrate the forthcoming 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s story of science, creation and responsibility, David H. Guston, Ed Finn and Jason Scott Robert offer a version ‘annotated for scientists, engineers, and creators of all types’, published through The MIT Press. The publication offers both an editors’preface and introduction (written by Charles ... Frankenstein, Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds

Jonathan Hankins

Professor Jos Malda in Milan: ‘fascinated by the combination of technology and living things’

On 9th May at the Bassetti Foundation in Milan, Universiteit Utrecht Professor Jos Malda will present his work and provide an overview of the state-of-the-art on 3D printing in the biomedical sector. Prof. Jos Malda heads a multidisciplinary research group that focuses on biofabrication and biomaterials design, in particular for the regeneration of (osteo) chondral ... Professor Jos Malda in Milan: ‘fascinated by the combination of technology and living things’

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SMART-map project

SMART-map (RoadMAPs to Societal Mobilisation for the Advancement of Responsible Industrial Technologies) is a coordination and support action financed by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Programme. Bassetti Foundation is a key partner of the SMART-map consortium. SMART-map’s goal is to define and implement concrete roadmaps for the responsible development of industrial technologies and ... SMART-map project

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Job Design and responsibility

(I video sono visibili anche nel nostro account in Vimeo) This June at the Politecnico di Milano, as part of the Job Design module within the PSSD Product Services System Design Masters Degree course, Fabio Besti presented the work of the Giannino Bassetti Foundation. The course which is run by Professor Anna Meroni and co-taught ... Job Design and responsibility

Fabio Besti
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Innovating Food

In the light of the ‘Innovating Food, Innovating the Law‘ conference taking place in Piacenza this weekend, we take a look at the history of the food argument on this website. The Bassetti Foundation has long been interested in problems related to innovation within the food industry. The following is a selection of articles that ... Innovating Food

Ethics, Human Enhancement and Genetics. Workshop all’ECAP7

Workshop – Sunday, September 4th 2011 Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele. Le innovazioni nel campo della scienza e della tecnologia sono spesso origine di discussioni pubbliche, ma poche di esse hanno generato dibattiti così intensi come le innovazioni biotecnologiche sul potenziamento delle capacità umane quali modificazioni genetiche, farmaci per il potenziamento delle capacità cognitive, e, in ... Ethics, Human Enhancement and Genetics. Workshop all’ECAP7

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A man, his history and his DNA

by Margherita Fronte One of humankind’s oldest needs – to know oneself. One of the most modern technologies – the DNA testing of a single individual. These are the 2 ingredients of the book entitled Go Ask Your Father: One Man’s Obsession with Finding His Origins Through DNA Testing (Bantam Books, 2009), written by Lennard ... A man, his history and his DNA

Un uomo, la sua storia e il suo Dna

Uno dei bisogni più antichi dell’uomo – quello di conoscere se stessi – e una fra le tecnologie più moderne: l’esame del Dna del singolo individuo. Sono i due ingredienti del libro Go Ask Your Father: One Man’s Obsession with Finding His Origins Through DNA Testing (Bantam Books, 2009), scritto da Lennard Davis, professore di ... Un uomo, la sua storia e il suo Dna

Margherita Fronte

Bio-orthopaedics between innovation and health policies

An interview with Alberto Gobbi By Maria Cristina Paganoni “Bio-orthopaedics”, the youngest and most promising offspring of orthopaedics, can be broadly summarized as the attempt to regenerate damaged joint tissue by activating healing processes at the molecular level. In the light of the current resurgent interest, in the national press, for knee injuries and the ... Bio-orthopaedics between innovation and health policies

Ethics and Innovation – slide

A seguito della partecipazione della FGB al tredicesimo International Intensive Course in Bioethics intitolato Humanizing Tomorrow’s Biomedicine, dal 13 al 24 luglio 2009 a Udine, rendiamo disponibili le slide delle presentazioni su Ethics and Innovation, di Piero Bassetti, Jeff Ubois e Cristina Grasseni. Piero Bassetti Ethics and Innovation —— Jeff Ubois Bioethics and the Media ... Ethics and Innovation – slide

Cristina Grasseni
Piero Bassetti
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