Technology that imitates nature [The Economist]
Biomimetics: Engineers are increasingly taking a leaf out of nature’s book when looking for solutions to design problems. Read full story
Biomimetics: Engineers are increasingly taking a leaf out of nature’s book when looking for solutions to design problems. Read full story
The first serious attempt to build a computer model of the brain has just begun. Read full story
Last week was not a great time to unveil a new pan-European initiative. Yet the programme is an important source of funding for IT-based innovations in public services. It is aimed not at putting services online (most already are)…
Bangalore is entering a mature new phase as a technology centre, starting to produce its own high-tech products, research, venture capital firms and start-ups. “The ecosystem for innovation is now starting to be created here,” said Nandan Nilekani, the chief…
TakingITGlobal.org is a global online community, providing youth with inspiration to make a difference, a source of information on issues, opportunities to take action, and a bridge to get involved locally, nationally and globally. TakingITGlobal – which works with UN…
During the last five months, I have been working intensively with Michelangelo Pistoletto and the staff of his foundation, Cittadellarte, on a clearer definition of Cittadellarte’s core identity, which had become a little diffuse after several years of fast growth…
The main topic in March 2005 was a mid-term review of the ongoing Lisbon agenda, which could lead to a reform of the whole process. It was Europe’s aim to become the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in…
In his June Doors of Perception e-mail newsletter, John Thackara comments on the move of Interaction Design Institute Ivrea to Milan: “A brutal policy change by its main sponsor, Telecom Italia, has forced Interaction Design Institute Ivrea to move to…
We’re filling up the world with technology and devices, but we’ve lost sight of an important question: What is this stuff for? What value does it add to our lives? So asks author John Thackara in his new book, In…
“Almost Real” is the title of the 7th issue of the magazine Beyond Borders. It is devoted to art and social change.Beyond Borders is published by the European Cultural Foundation, Europe’s only independent, non-national and pan-European cultural foundation. Click…
The newest scenarios from Shell, the company that has been trendsetting the use of scenarios in strategic planning. Go to website
With competition mounting from low-cost Asia and the fast-moving United States, European businesses are searching for a model to make them viable in an increasingly globalised marketplace. Read full story
Teller, 34, is chief executive of BodyMedia, a company he cofounded six years ago in Pittsburgh. BodyMedia has sold 7,500 armband monitors, 2.9-ounce pods packed with six sensors absorbing physiological data 32 times a second. Wearers dump their data wirelessly…
It helps to be persistently joyful and joyfully persistent. Read full review
Venture firms in Europe triple fundraising for investment while U.S. fundraising drops 44 percent. Read full story
Michelangelo Pistoletto and his foundation Cittadellarte present “The Third Paradise” at the Biennale of Venice. They will occupy the entire island of San Servolo, which is located between the Giardini and Lido all through the summer. The opening events are…
Many of the largest European economies are casting about for a blueprint to remain competitive in the 21st century, as the forces of globalisation and technology shift the fault lines of economic power across the globe. Read full story
While we in the real world labor over the small screens of our mobile devices, trying to figure out which menu button gets to our contact list and which key makes an exclamation mark, researchers and sociologists in assorted…
Marco Boglione and the Chinese threat to Italian manufacturing. Read full story
In October 2005, the Interaction Design Institute will leave Ivrea and move to the new premises of Domus Academy in Via Watt in Milan. Read full story