Big Tent III: Sustainability, Knowledge and Democracy
How can higher education open institutional boundaries to create communities of practice to assist with the transition to more sustainable societies?
Overview of Nanotechnology Debates
An introduction to a series of debates arising from innovations of new nanotechnologies
Renewable Energy and Nanotechnology
What are your views on the potential for bioelectricity production from waste water using microbial fuel cells? Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) are literally the use of microbes as fuel ‘batteries’, through ‘bio-nanotechnology’ processes.
Cancer Nanotechnology
How can advances in liposomal research change cancer diagnosis and treatment?
Ambient Intelligence and Healthcare
The development of nano-enabled devices in healthcare and Ambient Intelligence
A current development in healthcare is to move from hospital care to home care (care-at-a-distance). Promises of Ambient Intelligence can contribute to the realization of this future vision of healthcare, namely the realization of: “an environment that is aware of our presence and responsive to [...]
Environmental Life Cycle Analysis of Applications of Nano-Particles
Nano-sized materials have new, useful properties. However, whether their use is better for the environment than their alternatives, can only be assessed in an Environmental Life Cycle Analysis. We welcome any (requests for) case studies on this!
Food, nanotechnology and labelling
Nanotechnologies have a wide range of potential food applications. Possibilities range from enhancing the flavour, texture and nutritional quality of processed foods, to the use of sensors to monitor food safety. However, there are significant questions about how risks should be assessed and regulated; how nano ingredients should be labelled; how open the food industry should be about its development of nanomaterials; and the role of public dialogue about whether these promised benefits are needed and the relative value of alternative approaches.
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Budd Hall wrote:
Fifth Draft-Comments accepted until May 17 5th Draft Communiqué on Sustainability, Knowledge and Democracy* This [… read more]
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First of all, a few words to the great group of people that wrote the draft document: thank you all: you've done a [… read more]
Budd Hall wrote:
Third Draft -two hours to go! Third Draft Communiqué on Sustainability, Knowledge and Democracy* This [… read more]
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Thanks EVERYONE for the great additions. We are attempting to incorporate the spirit of your contributions in our [… read more]
Beth savan wrote:
Hi everyone: I want to add the issue of engagement with the on campus community to that of the off campus community. [… read more]
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