Em Dezembro de 2015, um empreendedor israelense finalmente lançou no Kickstarter a campanha para financiamento de uma de suas invenções: um case para smartphones que podia ser convertido facilmente em um bastão para selfies. O empreendedor havia gasto aproximadamente um ano desenvolvendo o produto, desenhando protótipos e adquirindo fundos mínimos para sua realização. Qual não foi sua surpresa quando, uma semana após o lançamento da campanha no Kickstarter, sua ideia já estava à venda por preços baixíssimos em diversos sites chineses de e-commerce?

Eduardo Magrani apresentou artigo sobre o temaO pesquisador do Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS) da Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro (Direito Rio), professor Eduardo Magrani, participou da Conferência Internacional ETHICOMP 2017. Durante o evento, realizado em Turim, na Itália, de 5 a 8 de junho, o docente apresentou um artigo sobre o papel da regulação pelo Direito na era digital e da importância de um norteamento ético adequado para direcionar os avanços da tecnologia.

Elephant in the Lab targets problems in science. The new blog explicitly adresses »elephants in the lab«, so that scientists can keep up with digital developments and serve as informed... MORE

Blog zu Problemen in der Wissenschaft geht mit einem Dossier zum Thema Autorenschaft online. Das Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft (HIIG) veranstaltet am 11. Juli 2017 um 18.00... MORE

Alqahtani, Bashayr et al in the International Journal of Computer Applications: “Crowdsourcing is lately developed expression which meaning that the outsourcing process of activities by crowd in the form of an ‘open call’ or a firm to an online community. An assigned task can be completed by any member of the crowd and be paid due to their efforts, also to attract the best possible ideas and approaches to boost innovation or to complete data processing tasks.

Paper by Piyush Yadav et al: “In today’s era of globalization, sustainable mobility is considered as a key factor in the economic growth of any country. With the emergence of open data initiatives, there is tremendous potential to improve mobility. This paper presents findings of a detailed analysis of mobility open data initiatives in nine smart cities – Amsterdam, Barcelona, Chicago, Dublin, Helsinki, London, Manchester, New York and San Francisco.

Paper by Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid and Amy Mittelman: “Increasingly, there has been a focus on creating democratic standards and norms in order to best facilitate open exchange of information and communication online―a goal that fits neatly within the fem

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Tippawan Lorsuwannarat in the Journal of Public and Private Management: “This paper has four main objectives. First, to disseminate a study on the meaning and development of open government. Second, to describe the components of an open government. Third, to examine the international movement situation involved with open government. And last, to analyze the challenges related to the application of open government in Thailandus current digital era.

"Felipe Álvarez D., Vicedecano de la FCFM (2010-2017): Su huella en Beauchef", es el nombre del artículo con el que la décima edición de la publicación de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas (FCFM) recuerda a su fallecida autoridad.

Con una visita la semana pasada a la Facultad de Artes, y este lunes a la Facultad de Ciencias, el Comité Operativo de Acreditación Institucional (COAI) inició una gira por el conjunto de las unidades académicas de la Universidad de Chile, de cara a este nuevo proceso de evaluación.

Languages are a gateway to knowledge. How can digital tools be used to help native language speakers access and contribute knowledge? In this blog, Subhashish Panigrahi shows how endangered languages can be documented and preserved using open standards and tools.
The world’s knowledge that have been accumulated and coded over ages in different languages are valuable to learn about others’ cultures, traditions, and everything about their life. But not every language is not privileged to be a language of knowledge and governance.

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It seems that my prophecies of a digital apocalypse is coming true each passing day. Every few months incidents are happening around the globe that is not only bringing down the trans connected networks and systems but also endangering the lives of people connected to these systems as lately seen in ransomware attack on UK National Health Services.

The Open Research Data Task Force : “This report is intended to inform the work of the Open Research Data Task Force, which has been established with the aim of building on the principles set out in

Matt Reynolds at New Scientist: “Online volunteers are helping to track slavery from space. A new crowdsourcing project aims to identify brick-making kilns in South Asia – frequently the site of forced labour – in satellite images.

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Michael Steinberg at Center for Data Innovation: “Many Latin American countries publish open data—government data made freely available online in machine-readable formats and without license restrictions. However, there is a tremendous amount of variation in the quantity and type of datasets governments publish on national open data portals—central online repositories for open data that make it easier for users to find data.

Het boek In Defence of Serendipity: For a Radical Politics of Innovation van Sebastian Olma verscheen in December 2016 en kwam tot stand na een jarig fellowship bij het Instituut voor Netwerkcultuur.
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Frictionless Data is an Open Knowledge International project which started over 10 years ago as a community-driven effort of Open Knowledge Labs. Over the last 3 years, with funding from partners like the Sloan Foundation and Google, the Frictionless Data team has worked tirelessly to remove ‘friction’ from working with data.