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In the news this
week...
- Repairing the brain.
- Printing robots... and everything
else.
- The prepay revolution in Italy.
- Gaming the economy in France.
- Unease in Mexico.
- The uneven impact of climate change...
could Asia opt out?
- Gizmos of the future.
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We also highlight...
Yochai Benkler's new book, The
Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms
Markets and Freedom... Yale Law School professor
Yochai Benkler explores the social, political and
economic implications of a world where information,
knowledge and culture are created and consumed within
a network. "In this book," Lawrence Lessig
says, "Benkler establishes himself as the leading
intellectual of the information age."
The website of The New Atlantis...
A journal that challenges policymakers who know too
little about science, and pushes scientists who often
fail to think seriously or deeply about the ethical
and social implications of their work.
An audio clip from The Kojo Nnamdi
Show... Kojo Nnamdi talks to Vint Cerf, internet
pioneer and "chief Internet evangelist"
at Google.
On Innovation Watch...
Gregor Wolbring reflects on
therapy and enhancement in a future where technology
"allows for 'improvement' and modification of
the human body beyond its species-typical boundaries
-- and in the end the modification, generation and
design of other species."
David Forrest
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SCIENCE
Top
Story: Regrowing
the Damaged Brain - [Technology Review] In recent years,
scientists have discovered that the brain has a remarkable
capacity for self-repair. Hoping to take advantage of this
ability, researchers have developed a technology to deliver
electrical stimulation directly to brain tissue. The therapy,
now being tested in large clinical trials, could boost the
brain's repair mechanisms and improve recovery after stroke.
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TECHNOLOGY
Top
Story: Printable
Robots - [OhmyNews] Printable robots won't soon win
any arm wrestling competitions with their owners; but as
3-D printing, flexonics and EAP materials science advances
-- can the flying butterflies be far behind?
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most
recent articles
BUSINESS
Top
Story: Prepaid
Card Papers Italy with Plastic - [BusinessWeek] Massimo
Sarmi was part of the team that invented the prepaid SIM
card. Now as head of Poste Italiane, he's started a new
trend with Postepay.
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recent articles
SOCIETY
Top
Story: Cyber-Budget
Lets Citizens Run the Economy - [InfoWorld] It is a
game, but one that is intended to educate French citizens
about the complexities of the state budget. The Minister
for the Budget and Administrative Reform, Jean-François
Copé, launched the game earlier this month, inviting
French citizens to imagine what it would be like to run
the country's finances for a three-year period.
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recent articles
GLOBAL
POLITICS
Top
Story: Immigration's
Other Side - [CBS News] As Mexican presidential candidates
race neck and neck towards a fast-approaching election day,
Mexico's thorny relationship with the United States regarding
immigration has emerged as a standout issue and could prove
to be decisive in the July 2 vote.
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recent articles
ENVIRONMENT
Top
Story: Climate
Change May Affect East Asia Differently from North Atlantic
Nations - [PhysOrg.com] Research suggests that temperatures
are unlikely to change as drastically in East Asia as they
could do in countries bordering the North Atlantic, such
as America and Great Britain.
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recent articles
THE
FUTURE
Top
Story: Tomorrow's
Gadgets - [Washington Post] Matt Swanston , director
of business analysis, and Sean Wargo , director of industry
analysis for the Consumer Electronics Association discuss
the future of personal technology.
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recent articles
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Featured Book:
The Wealth of Networks: How Social
Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
by Yochai Benkler
Resource
Page
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Featured Link: The
New Atlantis - New Atlantis hopes to
make sense of the larger questions surrounding technology
and human nature, and the practical questions of governing
and regulating science -- especially where the moral
stakes are high and the political divides are deep.
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Audio Clip: Vint
Cerf: Father of the Internet - [The Kojo Nnamdi
Show] Vint Cerf talks about ways the Internet is changing
and what it means to be the "chief Internet evangelist"
for Google. (June 13, 2006)
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On Innovation Watch - Therapy
Versus Enhancement - "An increasing number
of people believe we can, will and should try to overcome
our biological limitations," Gregor Wolbring
says, and he asks us to consider the implications.
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