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

www.technologyreview.com/...why-we-cant-solve-big-problems science space technology
shared by Christos Ampatzis on 21 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Christos Ampatzis on 03 Jan 13
     
    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?
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Letters to Science: Support for Greece - 1 views

www.sciencemag.org/...978.full
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  • Christos Ampatzis on 14 Jun 12
     
    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.
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SWF Announces Young Professional Scholarships for IAC 2012 in Naples - 1 views

swfound.org/...arships-for-iac-2012-in-naples science space
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  • Christos Ampatzis on 11 Jun 12
     
    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

www.plosone.org/...journal.pone.0038003 BIO AI technology
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  • Christos Ampatzis on 08 Jun 12
     
    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

www.guardian.co.uk/...c-publishers-murdoch-socialist science
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  • Christos Ampatzis on 02 Sep 11
     
    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.
  • Christos Ampatzis on 12 Sep 11
     
    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

www.newswise.com/...ance-disaster-management-tools science space
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  • Christos Ampatzis on 14 Jul 11
     
    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

ec.europa.eu/...itemlongdetail.cfm space science
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  • Christos Ampatzis on 23 Jun 11
     
    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

adb.sagepub.com/...155.abstract roots AI bio
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  • Christos Ampatzis on 23 Jun 11
     
    Hello? Tobias, Dario, Luis: Should we take a look?
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iphone application FP7 - Let's embrace space - 1 views

itunes.apple.com/...id438683645 iphone app ARIADNA space
shared by Christos Ampatzis on 30 May 11 - No Cached
  • Christos Ampatzis on 30 May 11
     
    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

www.telegraph.co.uk/...system-called-stupid-idea.html
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  • Christos Ampatzis on 14 Jan 11
     
    oops
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NASA news conference Dec. 2, on extraterrestrial life?! - 3 views

www.nasa.gov/...M10-110.html space BIO fun
shared by Christos Ampatzis on 01 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Christos Ampatzis on 01 Dec 10
     
    Let's start betting which party Aliens vote: GREEN, BLUE, RED, BLACK?
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Rates of Scientific Fraud Retractions - 6 views

blogs.nature.com/...rates-of-scientific-fraud
shared by Christos Ampatzis on 19 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Christos Ampatzis on 19 Nov 10
     
    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

www.bbc.co.uk/...-rocketeers-are-no-dummi.shtml space
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  • Christos Ampatzis on 01 Sep 10
     
    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

www.economist.com/16789226 AI bio
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  • Christos Ampatzis on 01 Sep 10
     
    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

www.esf.org/...-strategy-development-572.html ESF ESA
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  • Christos Ampatzis on 29 Mar 10
     
    strategic
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BBC NEWS | Health | A step closer to reading the mind - 3 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...7937926.stm neural brain virtual reality
shared by Christos Ampatzis on 12 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Christos Ampatzis on 12 Mar 10
     
    memory cloning
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Down on the farm with the robots - 1 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8558095.stm GPS robots agriculture
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  • Christos Ampatzis on 12 Mar 10
     
    - 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

www.sciencedirect.com/science climate change
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  • Christos Ampatzis on 09 Mar 10
     
    "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

www.youtube.com/watch
shared by Christos Ampatzis on 16 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Christos Ampatzis on 16 Feb 10
     
    The weight support system seems to me interesting for space and astronauts...plus lets hire an asimo!
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