Crowded Cities: “In the Netherlands every year more than 6 billion cigarette filters are tossed onto the street. It’s easy to toss, but it’s not easy to pick them up. Since each filter takes 12 years to degrade we realised it’s time to take action.
Through observation we concluded crows are the smartest around us to reach any spot in the city. What if crows can bring cigarette filters to one of our Crowbars to exchange the filter for food? This is how our adventure started.
The Crowbar

Given the material abundance made possible by the replicator, how would it be possible to maintain a system based on money, profit, and class power?

“University-wide decisions should be made through collective councils of students, faculty, staff, and members of our communities; Finances should be determined through participatory budgeting processes. A co-op college would center supporting students, faculty, and community leaders with the understanding that once they’re taken care of, incredible, creative projects and research will flourish.”

Location

United States

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Author(s): Brian NussbaumPublication Date: November 8, 2017Publication Type: Other Writing

Como parte un deber irrenunciable con la preservación del patrimonio nacional y la difusión de la cultura, se presentó este miércoles 25 de octubre en la ciudad de La Serena el libro "Extensión, Arte y Cultura. Universidades del Estado de Chile" de la Red Arte, Cultura y Patrimonio de las Universidades Estatales. "El futuro del país depende de cuánto podamos estimular lo que cada una de las regiones tiene que aportar.

Más de 220 publicaciones en stand, catorce obras en lanzamiento y la participación de 62 académicos de distintas disciplinas resumen la importante presencia que tendrá la Casa de Bello en la trigésimo séptima versión de FILSA.

El programa académico de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas (FCFM) de la Casa de Bello posee más de 50 cursos en las áreas de Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas e Ingeniería, Biología, Química y Ciencias Biomédicas y Ciencias Sociales, Humanidades y Artes. Los Cursos de Verano que abrieron sus procesos de postulación serán dictados durante enero y son dirigidos a jóvenes de 8° a 4° Medio. Para algunos, estudiar durante enero puede representar un sacrificio, al destinar vacaciones y tiempo libre en estudio y pruebas.

Nuevos libros como "La Historia de la UDI", de la Premio Nacional de Periodismo, María Olivia Mönckeberg; una charla con el astrónomo y Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, José Maza, y el espacio de cuentacuentos "Deja que te cuente" son algunas de las actividades en las que participarán más de 60 académicos de la Universidad de Chile que serán parte de la trigésimo séptima Feria Internacional del Libro de Santiago.Más de 220 publicaciones en puestos de venta, catorce obras en lanzamiento y una delegación de más de 60 académicos de distintas disciplinas resumen la masiva p

Invitados a dar una charla por el diario El Mercurio al encuentro "Protagonistas 2030. Ideas de Futuro", cinco destacados investigadores de nuestro plantel decidieron romper con las formalidades y tomaron el riesgo de subirse al escenario a hablar de ciencias, como personajes de una historia creada y protagonizada por ellos mismos. Ovacionados por una audiencia cautiva con el inédito montaje, los académicos de la Casa de Bello, fueron la sorpresa indiscutida de la jornada, que concluyó con la música de la Big Band de la Facultad de Artes.

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On 5th October, MediaNama held a #NAMAprivacy conference in Bangalore focused on Privacy in the context of Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT) and the issue of consent, supported by Google, Amazon, Mozilla, ISOC, E2E Networks and Info Edge, with community partners HasGeek and Takshashila Institution. Part 1 of the notes from the discussion on IoT:
Link to the original published by Medianama on October 18 here

On 5th October, MediaNama held a #NAMAprivacy conference in Bangalore focused on Privacy in the context of Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT) and the issue of consent, supported by Google, Amazon, Mozilla, ISOC, E2E Networks and Info Edge, with community partners HasGeek and Takshashila Institution.
Link to the original published by Medianama on October 18, 2017 here

We are all aware of the large reach and popularity of Wikipedia. However, what most people don’t know is that, according to a study conducted in 2011, globally only 9% of the editors on Wikipedia were women. And the percentage for India is even lower, just 3%.
This was published by Feminism in India on November 1, 2017.

Scattered on technology specialist Amit Bagwe's desk beside his laptop are a Sam sung tablet and an iPhone7.
The article by Shalini Umachandrani was published by Times of India on November 7, 2017. Nirmita Narasimhan was quoted.

Recent times have witnessed an explosion of data as users started leaving a huge data footprint everywhere they go. Interestingly, this period has seen a phenomenal increase in computing power couple by a drop in costs of storage.
The article by Alekhya Hanumanthu was published in Telangana Today on November 4, 2017.

Subtitle

Curricle with Professor Jeffrey Schnapp, metaLAB Harvard

Teaser

Visualized, annotated, connected: what should the course catalog look like in the 21st century? In this ​participatory lunch talk, members of metaLAB's Curricle team will share details of the new platform they're building for course-selection and discovery—and invite participants to help design and refine the system.

Parent Event

Berkman Klein Luncheon Series

Event Date

Daniel Castro and Michael Steinberg at the Center for Data Innovation: “Over the past few years, some scholars, advocates, and policymakers have argued that businesses which possess large quantities of data, such as social media companies, present inherent competition concerns. These concerns are misplaced for a number of reasons, one being that competitors can often obtain similar data from other sources.

Fake News, Bots und Filter Bubbles: Michael Latzer @ Europa Institut

Lançamento dos volumes 16 a 21 da Coleção “História Oral do Supremo"11h00 até 13h00O Evento: O Ministro Nelson Jobim, Coordenador Geral do Projeto "História Oral do Supremo", com o apoio das Escolas de Direito do Rio de Janeiro, de Direito de São Paulo e de Ciências Sociais da Fundação Getulio Vargas convida para o lançamento dos volumes 16 a 21 da Coleção “História Oral do Supremo (1988 – 2013)”, em comemoração aos 25 anos da Constituição Federal. Além do lançamento, serão apresentados e discutidos trechos de entrevistas, trajetórias profissionais e experiências no STF.

Join us at 42 Acres Shoreditch for our on-going Social Change series, where economist, international journalist, and host of the Upstream Podcast Della Z Duncan will take us on a journey upstream as we explore how we can reclaim the field of economics and radically transform our current economic system.
The world is undergoing a radical social, ecological, and economic crisis. This radical crisis demands radical solutions.