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The last post (for a while at least) 16 Dec 2008 | 02:03 am
The few assiduous readers of LunchOverIP may have wondered whether I was abandoning the blog, given the paucity of my posts in the last couple of months. Well, "abandoning" is the wrong word, but yes...
So maybe spam is not inevitable 16 Nov 2008 | 03:48 am
Unfortunately it won't last long, but if a single journalist and blogger could do this (Brian deserves much applause) maybe a concerted effort could bring cleaner mailboxes and render e-mail useful an...
Oceans, space, and music: the 2009 TED Prize winners 21 Oct 2008 | 06:35 am
Star oceanographer Sylvia Earle, SETI's director and astronomer Jill Tarter, and maestro and Venezuelan youth orchestra founder José Antonio Abreu are the winners of the 2009 TED Prize. Each wins $100...
Housing, energy, sanitation: the Curry Stone Design Prize winner 21 Oct 2008 | 06:32 am
The Curry Stone Prize for humanitarian design was handed out in Louisville recently. The winners (US$ 100'000 plus recognition at the Venice Architecture Biennale) were Luyanda Mphahlwa and Mphethi Mo...
Announcing TEDGlobal 2009 in Oxford 18 Oct 2008 | 03:25 am
We just opened registrations for TEDGlobal, which will be held in Oxford on 21-24 July 2009. The conference will go under the theme "The Substance Of Things Not Seen" and will feature more than 40 rem...
Picnic Green Challenge 2008: The Winner 26 Sep 2008 | 09:07 am
The winner of the Picnic Green Challenge 2008 was announced today at the Picnic conference in Amsterdam (I have served as member of the jury and hosted the finalists' presentations today). The four f...
Picnic08: The Power Of Mass Creativity 25 Sep 2008 | 01:20 am
(Running notes from the Picnic conference in Amsterdam. I will be moderating several sessions, so will be blogging the conference only partially.) Charles Leadbeater (author of "We-Think" -- watch hi...
links for 2008-09-15 16 Sep 2008 | 10:01 am
Spit Party 23andme, the Silicon Valley DNA testing company with investment by Google, seem to have found a new way to promote its services: "Spit parties". They hosted one in the middle of NY Fashion...
links for 2008-09-10 11 Sep 2008 | 10:01 am
The uncanny valley Nicolas Nova points to the "Uncanny Valley", the concept coined by Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori to explain why almost-human-looking robots scare people more than mechanical-lo...
LiftAsia08: Tending towards beauty 6 Sep 2008 | 05:15 am
(Running notes from LiftAsia08, in Jeju, Korea. I am moderating this session, so only partial blogging.) Jan Chipchase, designer and researcher and anthropologist for Nokia Design, opens the session ...
