JONATHAN HANKINS
Autore, Speaker
Go Ask Your Father about DNA
Imagine the scene, you grow up in a seemingly normal working class family but you always have the feeling that you are an outsider within that family, then just before your father’s death your mentally unstable uncle tells you that he has a secret that he wants to tell you. Your father dies and your ... Go Ask Your Father about DNA
2010 3mn
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Green Travel Using Compressed Air
This month a lecturer and students at The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology unveiled a prototype of a motorbike powered solely by compressed air. The project was created by lecturer Simon Curlis and carried out by by a team of students. Curlis’s goal was to produce an emissions free motorbike capable of travelling at more ... Green Travel Using Compressed Air
2010 3mn
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That was the year that was – Cosa è stato nell’anno che è stato
Il 2009 è stato un anno molto impegnativo per la Fondazione. Il seguente articolo mira a dare al lettore una panoramica del lavoro della Fondazione con particolare attenzione alla sua partecipazione a conferenze, seminari, pubblicazioni, e all’educazione e alla promozione del dibattito durante tutto l’anno. In febbraio la Fondazione ha promosso un convegno dal titolo ... That was the year that was – Cosa è stato nell’anno che è stato
2010 5mn
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Una breve recensione: Conversations On Innovation, Power And Responsibility
L’inizio di quest’anno ha visto la messa on line di una nuova pubblicazione della Fondazione Bassetti intitolata Conversations On Innovation, Power And Responsibility e scritta da Jeff Ubois con la prefazione di Piero Bassetti. La Fondazione la rilascia disponibile in edizione cartacea, in pdf scaricabile e leggibile direttamente on-line tramite Issuu, protetta da licenza Creative ... Una breve recensione: Conversations On Innovation, Power And Responsibility
2010 3mn
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Home DNA Testing for all the Family
On 17th November 2009 home DNA testing kits went on over the counter sale for the first time in high street chemists in the UK. These kits allow the DNA testing of a child’s paternity and involve the taking of saliva from both the child and the ‘alleged father’s’ mouth (their terminology) and its analysis. ... Home DNA Testing for all the Family
2009 4mn
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An Ethics For Emerging Technologies
As a follow on from my previous introduction to synthetic biology posting I would like to take a look at the recent report entitled Ethical Issues in Synthetic Biology; a review of the debates. The report published in June 2009 is co-authored by Erik Parens, Josephine Johnston and Jacob Moses, all of The Hastings Center ... An Ethics For Emerging Technologies
2009 4mn
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Assisted suicide….. Painless?
On 23rd September 2009 the Director of Public Prosecutions in the UK published the ‘Interim Policy for Prosecutors in Respect of Cases of Assisted Suicide’. The publication of this interim report is the result of a law Lords ruling in the case of Debbie Purdy, a 46 year old sufferer of MS (Multiple Sclerosis). She ... Assisted suicide….. Painless?
2009 2mn
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A Little Ethical Light Reading for the holidays
Richard G Epstein works in the Department of Computer Science, West Chester University of PA, where he teaches courses on computer science, software engineering and computer security and ethics. His university home page provides access to some of his publications, and I would like to have a look at three of them. I should say ... A Little Ethical Light Reading for the holidays
2009 4mn
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Will Machines Outsmart Humans?
This week the New York Times published an interesting article entitled Scientists Worry That Machines May Outsmart Man, written by John Markoff, their Silicon Valley Reporter. The author sites a meeting that recently took place on February 25th 2009 in the Asilomar Conference Grounds on Monterey Bay in California between leading computer scientists, artificial intelligence ... Will Machines Outsmart Humans?
2009 5mn
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Oversights in Oversighting Nanotechnology
In this article I would like to follow up on my 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 as part of their project on emerging nanotechnologies. The author ... Oversights in Oversighting Nanotechnology
2009 5mn
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An Introduction to Synthetic Biology
The first question must be what is synthetic biology? Variously touted as pertaining to the discipline of engineering, biology, genetics, nanotechnology or computing, the most common description is that of applying the concept of engineering to biological organisms. But what does that actually mean? In order to understand more about the techniques I would like ... An Introduction to Synthetic Biology
2009 4mn
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A look at The Hastings Center Bioethics Forum
For anybody interested in taking an overview of current debate on bioethics, the Hastings Center bioethics forum would be a good starting point. I say this not only because the forum hosts the Centre’s own bioethics blog, well informed and non partizan as ever, but also because it provides links to many other blogs addressing ... A look at The Hastings Center Bioethics Forum
2009 5mn
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