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Exploring our Zeitgeist: the Necessity of Responsible Innovation
In this column the importance of recognizing the collective responsibility we share and the tools, which we have to address challenges -
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Greenpeace and the lignite that could
Greenpeace set to buy large-scale lignite mining activities in Germany. A David and Goliath story of an environmental NGO versus the giant… -
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What makes emotions as important as rationality?
Haven’t you heard people saying this kind of phrase before? “You are too emotional, think logically”. I am sure you have heard it at least once in your life. There are people who cannot control your emotion and shout or behave violently. Of course this should not happen. However if you use rationality to commit a crime it is also as bad as being emotional. Both emotion and rationality can lead to… -
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The pretended obstacle called moral overload
What we can learn from the stem cell debate regarding clashes of ethics and technology.Ethics and technological research and development do not always go hand in hand. In ethics, technology is often only mentioned as the source of our problems, and not as a potential solution to our moral dilemmas. On the other hand, from a technology perspective, ethics is often only mentioned as a constraint on developments, where it could be seen as a source of innovation. 1 Situations in which… -
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Be aware of the radical innovations to come!
3D Printing is in my opinion one of the radical innovations from this decade. Due to the possibilties of this device it raises a lot of… -
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‘Innovation For Everyone’
I read it every day on NU.nl: big news about pioneering tech innovations. Most of the time I admire all the great innovations that new… -
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The quality of Quantified Self
It is inevitable that technology plays a big role in our daily life. Nowadays, we even start to give names to thermostats. For example Anna -
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Future-proofing the economy
Limited resources and unlimited wants resulting in collaborative consumption - the sharing economy.The availability of internet has started a bit of a revolution when it comes to innovation. What we take for granted today might have not existed 20 or so years ago – prime example being anything we do on the internet. It truly is the greatest innovation platform invented to date. One of the biggest beneficiaries of this internet platform are the service industry providers, i.e. businesses based… -
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How to Empower the Bottom of the Pyramid
People living on less than $2.50 per day are classified into the bottom of the pyramid (BoP) group. There are 3 billion people within this… -
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Microcredit: Bangladesh’s biggest weapon against poverty
Traditionally, large corporations are only focused on the richer markets, also known as the top of the pyramid. That’s where people have… -
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A responsible future for the chocolate industry?
Even if chocolate will never be frugal, it can be inclusive and responsible. But only if there is enough awareness among consumers. So make… -
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Should we change our relationship with developing countries?
Jordi Granés Puig - Nowadays the occidental societies look at developing countries thinking that they don't know what is good for them. As… -
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A frugal success story: M-PESA
Imagine half of a country is living below the poverty line and isn’t able to pay for the goods and services they potentially can afford. -
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Climate engineering: did your mom never teach you how to clean your room?
Climate engineering. Placing giant constellations of mirrors in space, scrubbing carbon from the atmosphere and more. To me it all seems… -
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Bombing oil-rich Middle East leads indeed to refugee streams
Recently, I have noticed in the Netherlands a lot of people, also political parties, are concerned about the flow of refugees, crossing the… -
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Technology Assessment from a TPM student point of view
The interesting part of TA and how it involves all stakeholders in the developmentTechnology Assessment from a TPM student point of view First in order to reduce ambiguities, Technology, Policy and Management is a particular broad study. It could be compared with a Swiss Army knife, you study a broad technical side but also learn what governance and judicial aspects come with the problem or opportunity. With the study you get involved with many different multi-actor and… -
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What price would you put on your health?
Costs and benefts. A logical way to consider your options. But when emotions come into play, this might not at all be the right way to go. -
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The price of cost-efficient killing
How drone-warfare forms a huge risk to the safety of innocent people, including ourselves.Every technological implementation comes with its own set of values and risks. 1 Risk can consist of financial consequences, but safety may also be at stake. Safety engineering is one of the pillars and key values of Responsible Innovation. 2 Today I will discuss a very controversial technological innovation. An innovation which is developed in the United States and already used by the U.S. Air… -
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Pool party anyone?
How do we perceive risk?Our daily lives are full of dangers, from driving our cars to cholesterol in our food. But how good are we really at assessing these risks? And when do we feel safe making these decisions? It appears our emotions are back in the picture when we make these judgments, surprise! Take for example, parents : a social group that takes danger very seriously but often worries about the wrong things. A… -
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Mirror, Mirror, Facebook wall, Who's the prettiest of them all?
Social risks should be included in a risk analysis of Facebook.Most of you will probably have Facebook. Facebook can be used in multiple ways: you could tell people you went on vacation, tell all your friends about your diploma or show your new haircut. You can even invite a group of friends to join a festival or invite people to your birthday. There is however another side to all of this. Let’s call it the dark side of Facebook. The dark side of Facebook… -
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Water design in UK: Cities of the future?
Water sensitive design essentially a design approach integrated by the UK to achieve higher harmony between water, the environment, and… -
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Planetree: VSD in hospitals.
Planetree is an organization that designed a complete healthcare plan for hospitals that incorporates all the values patients find… -
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Keep students from following Robert Moses’ footsteps!
By making sure Value Sensitive Design is taught to every future innovator.An example that is often used in the discussion if design represents values is that of Robert Moses’ low hanging overpasses . Robert Moses, “master builder” of New York from the 1920s to the 1970s and responsible for many of the roads, bridges and parks built in that period, designed the overpasses on parkways in Long Island extraordinarily low. It is said that he did this on purpose, to… -
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As Guilty as a Gun
In ancient Greece, it was common to have religious festivities frequently. During such events, the offering of an ox was an important… -
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The Wakawaka
We as the Dutch population belong to the top 10 percent wealthiest of the world population. We educate our youth to become citizens of this society by schooling them as good as possible and teaching them to come up with innovative ideas and products. We have a lot of knowledge in all different kind of fields because we always try to push the limits in our designs and often this leads to very good…