Edwin Hellendoorn
Student at Techinal, Policy and Management at the Technical University Delft.
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The robotic war, why should it be regulated
Drones are being used for surveillance but also in warzones. but the government as role model should set the right example in the use of… -
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Gattaca, the consensus on where to improve
If we can gentically modify, what would we change and how should we involve al stakeholdersGattaca, the consensus on where to improve The movie Gattaca has the topic that it is able for people to genetically influence their children. This way it is possible to prevent sickness and negative effects that the parents poses but do not want their children to poses them as well. The movie points out how natural born children and modified children differ and interact in society. A student… -
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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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Frugal innovation, an unexploited mine
the positve and negative sides of frugal innovation and how to deal with themFrugal innovation, an unexploited mine Frugal innovations aims at the bottom of the pyramid (BoP), underpriveliged people with an average spending of costs . In other words: stripped down to the essential parts, leaving the luxury behind. There are two types of frugal innovations: - The existing technical product, stripped down to the basics so it is affordable for the BoP … -
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Innovative products are no longer radical
Innovations used to be radical but in our society we only innnovate incrementalInnovative products are no longer radical When we talk about innovation, we can distinguish two different types of innovation: the incremental innovation and the radical innovation. Whereas incremental innovation tend to change step by step, the radical innovation completely changes the current situation. If we look at the history of radical innovation, we find i.a electricity, the internet… -
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Flipping emotions through information
Emotions negativily influences the support of an innovation. how can these irrational thought be turned into soppurt -
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Reducing the many hand problem by adding an extra hand
Looking at the hypothetical example in which four persons were involved in the development of new fire-resistant material, discussed in the Responsible Innovation course. It becomes clear that none of them are responsible when looking at the four conditions of responsibility. In my opinion this problem could have been prevented in many ways. But first I will clarify the actors involved in this…