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Agua y sonido reflejan cambios del río Mapocho en nueva exposición MAC

La sala Anilla del Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC) Parque Forestal es el lugar donde se exhibe el trabajo "Hidroscopia / Mapocho" de la artista visual Claudia González, donde, luego de una investigación de campo que también abordó la historia del cauce del río y sus cambios, presenta una instalación sonora que reflexiona en torno al paso del tiempo, lo visible e invisible de este hito hidrográfico y las transformaciones urbanas que lo han afectado.Hidroscopia / Mapocho de la artista visual Claudia González Godoy, es la tercera muestra pre

Autoridades de la U. de Chile y el MIT estrechan vínculos

Este miércoles 7 de septiembre, una delegación del Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) de Estados Unidos, liderada por su prorrector Richard Lester, visitó la Casa Central de la Universidad de Chile, donde fue recibida por el Rector (s) Rafael Epstein y otras autoridades universitarias. Las posibilidades de sumar instancias de colaboración con nuestra Casa de Estudios, y particularmente, con la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas (FCFM), marcaron el encuentro entre las partes.

Discussion Seminar: Timothy Garton Ash / Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World

October 6, 2016Stanford University

US Department of Transportation's Automated Driving Guidance

With today's announcement, the US Department of Transportation is enthusiastically embracing automated driving -- It's saying that self-driving vehicles are coming in some form (or many forms) and that the agency can play a role not only in supervising but also in assisting this transportation transformation. The DOT is recognizing the wide range of relevant technologies, applications, and business models and is striving to address them more quickly and flexibly through its wide range of prospective and retrospective regulatory tools.
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International Fact-Checking Network fact-checkers’ code of principles

Poynter: “…The following document is the result of consultations among fact-checkers from around the world. It offers conscientious practitioners principles to aspire to in their everyday work.
(1)  A COMMITMENT TO NONPARTISANSHIP AND FAIRNESS

Responsible Data in Agriculture

Report by Lindsay Ferris and Zara Rahman for GODAN: “The agriculture sector is creating increasing amounts of data, from many different sources. From tractors equipped with GPS tracking, to open data released by government ministries, data is becoming ever more valuable, as agricultural business development and global food policy decisions are being made based upon data. But the sector is also home to severe resource inequality.

Desafios da Economia de Compartilhamento

O Café & Chat de junho aconteceu no dia 28, e levou à Faculdade de Direito e Ciências do Estado da UFMG o tema “Desafios contemporâneos da Economia de Compartilhamento”.
O uso de aplicativos e serviços nesses novos modelos de compra, venda e troca é algo já presente no cotidiano do mundo conectado. A economia de compartilhamento, no entanto, apresenta uma série de desafios para o Direito.

“La comunicación es la clave del éxito; si no comunicas, no existes”

“La comunicación es la clave del éxito; si no comunicas, no existes”
Nicolás de Salas (PUB'14) acaba de publicar 'Brand Soul', un libro en el que analiza cómo las marcas pueden conectar con las personas y que es una ampliación de su tesina de fin de grado

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Communication most effective tool at assessing teens' online behaviour: experts

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Date published: September 19, 2016CTV News Montreal"Parents are the first –and sometimes only – line of defence when it comes to teens and online threats, cyber security experts warn.

Is there such a thing as “rape culture” on campuses in Canada?

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Lyft sees robot taxis approaching fast

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Date published: September 19, 2016SFGate"Transportation expert Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of North Carolina who’s associated with Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society, said Zimmer’s timeline for autonomous vehicles aligns with his own and those of many others.

Will tracking digital harassment help defend against internet trolls?

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Emergency mobile alert on New York explosion suspect sent after incident

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The Feds Just Got Real About Self-Driving Cars (It’s About Time)

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United States

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Self-Driving Cars Gain Powerful Ally: The Government

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United States

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Federal officials plan aggressive approach to driverless cars

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The government technology pitch

 at TechCrunch: “Crisis has a history of dictating government technology disruption. We’ve seen this with the anticipation of Soviet Union aerospace and military dominance that sparked the emergence of DARPA, as well as with the response to 9/11 and subsequent establishment of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Bouchra Khalili: The Mapping Journey Project

MOMA (NYC): “This exhibition presents, in its entirety, Bouchra Khalili’s The Mapping Journey Project (2008–11), a series of videos that details the stories of eight individuals who have been forced by political and economic circumstances to travel illegally and whose covert journeys have taken them throughout the Mediterranean basin. Khalili (Moroccan-French, born 1975) encountered her subjects by chance in transit hubs across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.

Civic political engagement and social change in the new digital age

Koc-Michalska, K. and Vedel, T. in new media & society: “Over recent decades, research on the Internet and political participation has substantially developed, from speculative studies on possible impacts in social and economic life to detailed analyses of organizational usage.

Infostorms. Why do we ‘like’? Explaining individual behavior on the social net.