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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Christos Ampatzis

Christos Ampatzis

Why We Can't Solve Big Problems | MIT Technology Review - 4 views

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    interesting article - what happened to real innovation? "Thiel is caustic: last year he told the New Yorker that he didn't consider the iPhone a technological breakthrough." - Is it?
Christos Ampatzis

Letters to Science: Support for Greece - 1 views

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    22 internationally renowned leaders in various fields of science and technology (2) have drafted and signed a petition addressed to Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament; Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council; and José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the EU Commission.
Christos Ampatzis

SWF Announces Young Professional Scholarships for IAC 2012 in Naples - 1 views

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    Secure World Foundation (SWF) is pleased to announce that it will be accepting applications from young professionals for scholarships to aid in traveling to present papers at the 2012 International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Naples, Italy.
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Rapid Inversion: Running Animals and Robots Swing like a Pendulum under Ledges - 3 views

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    Cool - reminds me of the cockroach ARIADNA study see the videos in supplementary material
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Academic publishers make Murdoch look like a socialist - 4 views

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    Who are the most ruthless capitalists in the western world? Whose monopolistic practices make Walmart look like a corner shop and Rupert Murdoch a socialist? You won't guess the answer in a month of Sundays. While there are plenty of candidates, my vote goes not to the banks, the oil companies or the health insurers, but - wait for it - to academic publishers.
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    It is a really great article and the first time I read something in this direction. FULLY AGREE as well. Problem is I have not much encouraging to report from the Brussels region...
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International Experts Blend Space Technologies and Crowdsourcing to Enhance Disaster Ma... - 1 views

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    Crowsourcing Awareness: "To augment the use of these space technologies, virtual communities of group intelligence - called "Crowdsourcing" - can aide in emergency planning and post-disaster coordination."
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FP7 Space projects - Presentations - 1 views

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    If anybody's interested, here are the presentations from all FP7 Space Projects presented at the "Let's Embrace Space" in Budapest. A hard-copy book with information is with Leopold and here: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/space/research/publications/index_en.htm you can find brochures with information
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Plants: Adaptive behavior, root-brains, and minimal cognition - 1 views

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    Hello? Tobias, Dario, Luis: Should we take a look?
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iphone application FP7 - Let's embrace space - 1 views

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    pretty cool - Couldnt the ACT do sth similar with the ARIADNA projects?!
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WikiLeaks: Galileo satnav system called 'stupid idea' - 7 views

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    oops
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NASA news conference Dec. 2, on extraterrestrial life?! - 3 views

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    Let's start betting which party Aliens vote: GREEN, BLUE, RED, BLACK?
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Rates of Scientific Fraud Retractions - 6 views

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    Good to see "The Netherlands" not in the top list... Btw Fraud detection becoming hot potato in EU funding...
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Danish rocketeers ready to launch British dummy - 2 views

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    ACT RFs should be able to go on mission in one of those once a year
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Riders on a swarm - 1 views

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    A neoliberal look on AI and swarms
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ESF names (ex ESA) Dr. Marc Heppener as Director of Science & Strategy Development: Eur... - 3 views

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    strategic
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BBC NEWS | Health | A step closer to reading the mind - 3 views

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    memory cloning
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Down on the farm with the robots - 1 views

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    - Smart Tractors?!?!? - "Guidance systems are enablers," said Mr James. "Farmers buy them with one job in mind and then realise they can use it for lots more."
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ScienceDirect - Current Biology : The missing climate change policy - 2 views

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    "Affluent western individuals are increasingly fretting about the carbon dioxide emissions from their lifestyle and energy use but one key issue, having fewer children, is little considered. " If sb has access to the article... Having fewer children as a solution to climate change makes me curious...
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YouTube - Honda Presents: LIVING WITH ROBOTS - 1 views

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    The weight support system seems to me interesting for space and astronauts...plus lets hire an asimo!
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