JONATHAN HANKINS
Autore, Speaker
Safeguarding Venice, the Mose Project
On March 20th 2012 MIT hosted an event entitled ‘The Safeguarding of Venice and its Lagoon: The Mose System’ and Jonathan Hankins was present as representative of the Bassetti Foundation. The widely reported Mose system aims to bring an end to the flooding of Venice caused by a combination of high tides and storms and ... Safeguarding Venice, the Mose Project
2012 4mn
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A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal – part 2
The Union of Concerned Scientists is about to open its new ‘Center for Science and Democracy’, and I was fortunate enough to meet and record a conversation with the centre’s Program Manager Pallavi Phartiyal. (…continues from the previous entry). J H: Global warming or climate change is a political problem here. If you come from ... A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal – part 2
2012 10mn
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A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal – part 1
Cambridge Massachusetts hosts one of the main offices of the Union of Concerned Scientists, described on their own website as “the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world” They go on to state that “UCS combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure ... A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal – part 1
2012 10mn
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Nano-pollutants and a Research Strategy
As a follow up to my recent post entitled A Research Strategy For Engineered Nanotechnologies I would like to point readers towards an article published in Science News this week. My article reviews a document entitled ‘A Research Strategy for Environmental, Health and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanotechnologies’ and looks at recommendations drawn in order ... Nano-pollutants and a Research Strategy
2012 2mn
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Sustainable food provisioning, technology or trust?
In what I can only describe as a further move in the technologozation of foodstuff provisioning, Dutch Scientists recently announced that they had grown artificial meat from stem cells in an experiment that they hope could provide an alternative source of meat food production for the planet. Still in its infancy, this form of meat ... Sustainable food provisioning, technology or trust?
2012 5mn
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The Age of Big Data
Last week the New York Times carried an article entitled The Age of Big Data written by their technology correspondent Steve Lohr. The article makes for very interesting reading, as it addresses technological advances that allow the manipulation and analysis of some of the enormous amounts of data generated through Internet use, data storage and ... The Age of Big Data
2012 4mn
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Intellectual Property and Responsibility (part 3)
Professor Biagioli was kind enough to dedicate some of his time to the Foundation in the form of a conversation with Jonathan Hankins. Topics covered were varied, but the major theme running through the discussion is responsibility in the patenting process. Many extremely interesting points came up, from how to lessen constraints on scientific research ... Intellectual Property and Responsibility (part 3)
2012 11mn
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Intellectual Property and Responsibility (part 2)
Professor Biagioli was kind enough to dedicate some of his time to the Foundation in the form of a conversation with Jonathan Hankins. Topics covered were varied, but the major theme running through the discussion is responsibility in the patenting process. Many extremely interesting points came up, from how to lessen constraints on scientific research ... Intellectual Property and Responsibility (part 2)
2012 10mn
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Intellectual Property and Responsibility
Professor Mario Biagioli is a Distinguished Professor of Law and Science and Technology Studies (STS), and Director of the new Center for Innovation Studies at University of California, Davis. To quote the website the Innovation studies center’s research “engages the many dimensions of the process of technoscientific innovation, from those that make it possible to ... Intellectual Property and Responsibility
2012 7mn
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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’. The series ran for 6 weeks, with one post a week. Topics included cutting fuel emissions in ... Can We Improve the Health of the Planet?
2012 1mn
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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. The exhibition is entitled ‘Hidden Heroes: The Genius of Everyday Things”, and contains just that, everyday things. Objects on ... Design and Everyday Objects at London’s Science Museum
2012 2mn
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Vincent Lepinay on Mapping Controversies at MIT
Event: interview. Title: Vincent Lepinay on Mapping Controversies at MIT Date: 2012 01 30 Time: 8 min. Place: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University. Language: English. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/35529694 Post: Vincent Lepinay on Mapping Controversies at MIT. This is an interview to Prof. Vincent Lepinay carried out by Jonathan Hankins about the MIT Mapping ... Vincent Lepinay on Mapping Controversies at MIT
2012 1mn
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