Lift Conference laurenthaug@gmail.com http://videos.liftconference.com/tag/fing en-us Visualplatform http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Lift Conference The talks given at the Lift conference in video Lift gathers brilliant minds who share their ideas and insights on how digital technologies reshape society. technology, innovation, digital, internet, web, conference no http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/7324851 <p>Following the economic crash in Iceland in 2008, there was a general demand for reform. This included increased pressure to perform a thorough revision of the Constitution, which had been set when Iceland became an independent republic in 1944. A process was initiated whereby the public was called to the table to prepare a constitutional bill. In the talk, the following issues will be discussed: Did the public participate? How did this go? Where is the project now? What have we learned?<br></p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/7324851"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/4959050/7324851/edfb8e87539b7eaecce65e16811f26c8/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/7324851 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:29:59 GMT Promise: A constitution for the people by the people. Following the economic crash in Iceland in 2008, there was a general demand for reform. This included increased pressure to perform a thorough revision of the Constitution, which had been set when Iceland became an independent republic in 1944. A process was initiated whereby the public was called to the table to prepare a constitutional bill. In the talk, the following issues will be discussed: Did the public participate? How did this go? Where is the project now? What have we learned? Following the economic crash in Iceland in 2008, there was a general demand for reform. This included increased pressure to perform a thorough revision of the Constitution, which had been set when Iceland became an independent republic in 1944. A process was initiated whereby the public was called to the table to prepare a constitutional bill. In the talk, the following issues will be discussed: Did the public participate? How did this go? Where is the project now? What have we learned? Lift Conference 22:37 <p>Following the economic crash in Iceland in 2008, there was a general demand for reform. This included increased pressure to perform a thorough revision of the Constitution, which had been set when Iceland became an independent republic in 1944. A process was initiated whereby the public was called to the table to prepare a constitutional bill. In the talk, the following issues will be discussed: Did the public participate? How did this go? Where is the project now? What have we learned?<br></p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/7324851"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/4959050/7324851/edfb8e87539b7eaecce65e16811f26c8/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> Fing Gudrun Lift Pétursdóttir citizens crowd iceland marseille politics sourcing http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3093167 <p>In his speech, Philippe Lemoine sum up all sessions that took place at Lift France 11 and brightly concludes by some inspiring take aways.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3093167"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984082/3093167/e8f1e9b10eaf5ea29f843ade69e3798c/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3093167 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:20:42 GMT Philippe Lemoine "Wrap up and Take aways" In his speech, Philippe Lemoine sum up all sessions that took place at Lift France 11 and brightly concludes by some inspiring take aways. In his speech, Philippe Lemoine sum up all sessions that took place at Lift France 11 and brightly concludes by some inspiring take aways. Lift Conference 09:52 <p>In his speech, Philippe Lemoine sum up all sessions that took place at Lift France 11 and brightly concludes by some inspiring take aways.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3093167"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984082/3093167/e8f1e9b10eaf5ea29f843ade69e3798c/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> 2011 Fing France Lift Marseille Philippe Lemoine conclusion http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3310088 <p>Information technologies today interrupt and distract us, dividing our attention across a range of activities and devices. This feels like an inevitable state of affairs, but Alex Soojung-Kim Pang argues in his talk that it is not. Drawing on recent work in embodied cognition, contemplative practices, and interface design, he describes how we can create and use information technologies in a more thoughtful, meditative way, to help us work in a more sustained, creative and focused manner. He also explains what contemplative computing might mean for individuals as well as corporations, institutions and civic actors.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3310088"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984076/3310088/30a1be31a9914af11a66eea851580e78/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3310088 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:43:29 GMT Alex Soojung-Kim Pang "Contemplative Computing" Information technologies today interrupt and distract us, dividing our attention across a range of activities and devices. This feels like an inevitable state of affairs, but Alex Soojung-Kim Pang argues in his talk that it is not. Drawing on recent work in embodied cognition, contemplative practices, and interface design, he describes how we can create and use information technologies in a more thoughtful, meditative way, to help us work in a more sustained, creative and focused manner. He also explains what contemplative computing might mean for individuals as well as corporations, institutions and civic actors. Information technologies today interrupt and distract us, dividing our attention across a range of activities and devices. This feels like an inevitable state of affairs, but Alex Soojung-Kim Pang argues in his talk that it is not. Drawing on recent work in embodied cognition, contemplative practices, and interface design, he describes how we can create and use information technologies in a more thoughtful, meditative way, to help us work in a more sustained, creative and focused manner. He also explains what contemplative computing might mean for individuals as well as corporations, institutions and civic actors. Lift Conference 21:24 <p>Information technologies today interrupt and distract us, dividing our attention across a range of activities and devices. This feels like an inevitable state of affairs, but Alex Soojung-Kim Pang argues in his talk that it is not. Drawing on recent work in embodied cognition, contemplative practices, and interface design, he describes how we can create and use information technologies in a more thoughtful, meditative way, to help us work in a more sustained, creative and focused manner. He also explains what contemplative computing might mean for individuals as well as corporations, institutions and civic actors.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3310088"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984076/3310088/30a1be31a9914af11a66eea851580e78/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> 2011 Lift Soojung-Kim Pang computing contemplative fing france information marseille technology http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3075839 <p>In her speech, Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino gives an update on the methodology and results employed in the Homesense experiment: a project that rethinks how we design smart homes and investigate how we interact with technologies at home. This project applies open collaboration methods of online communities to physical infrastructures in the home.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3075839"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984075/3075839/cc30eaa6bd83902452261ff80e0f941a/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3075839 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:16:40 GMT Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino "Homesense project: agile and open innovation... In her speech, Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino gives an update on the methodology and results employed in the Homesense experiment: a project that rethinks how we design smart homes and investigate how we interact with technologies at home. This project applies open collaboration methods of online communities to physical infrastructures in the home. In her speech, Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino gives an update on the methodology and results employed in the Homesense experiment: a project that rethinks how we design smart homes and investigate how we interact with technologies at home. This project applies open collaboration methods of online communities to physical infrastructures in the home. Lift Conference 27:27 <p>In her speech, Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino gives an update on the methodology and results employed in the Homesense experiment: a project that rethinks how we design smart homes and investigate how we interact with technologies at home. This project applies open collaboration methods of online communities to physical infrastructures in the home.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3075839"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984075/3075839/cc30eaa6bd83902452261ff80e0f941a/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> 2011 Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino Fing Lift Marseille experiment france homesense open collaboration http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3046721 <p>The present-day approach towards a sustainable society is doomed to fail. The focus on sophisticated technology - electric and hybrid cars, energy-efficient devices, solar panels and wind turbines, for instance - has little or no effect because these green technologies require large amounts of energy and resources for their manufacture, which makes their development highly dependent on a continuous supply of fossil fuels. What we need to solve our problems is exactly the opposite: less sophisticated technology. There is a lot to learn from the past. While they often worked surprisingly good, most of low-tech solutions have been completely forgotten. In his speech, Kris de Decker explains that reverting to past technologies does not mean that we should go back to the Middle Ages. Rather, it means combining old tech with new knowledge and new materials, or applying old concepts and lost knowledge to modern technology.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3046721"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984080/3046721/7fb7f421868c9ecd3c4fffadbb838d86/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3046721 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:10:56 GMT Kris de Decker "Ecotech myths and lessons from the past" The present-day approach towards a sustainable society is doomed to fail. The focus on sophisticated technology - electric and hybrid cars, energy-efficient devices, solar panels and wind turbines, for instance - has little or no effect because these green technologies require large amounts of energy and resources for their manufacture, which makes their development highly dependent on a continuous supply of fossil fuels. What we need to solve our problems is exactly the opposite: less sophisticated technology. There is a lot to learn from the past. While they often worked surprisingly good, most of low-tech solutions have been completely forgotten. In his speech, Kris de Decker explains that reverting to past technologies does not mean that we should go back to the Middle Ages. Rather, it means combining old tech with new knowledge and new materials, or applying old concepts and lost knowledge to modern technology. The present-day approach towards a sustainable society is doomed to fail. The focus on sophisticated technology - electric and hybrid cars, energy-efficient devices, solar panels and wind turbines, for instance - has little or no effect because these green technologies require large amounts of energy and resources for their manufacture, which makes their development highly dependent on a continuous supply of fossil fuels. What we need to solve our problems is exactly the opposite: less sophisticated technology. There is a lot to learn from the past. While they often worked surprisingly good, most of low-tech solutions have been completely forgotten. In his speech, Kris de Decker explains that reverting to past technologies does not mean that we should go back to the Middle Ages. Rather, it means combining old tech with new knowledge and new materials, or applying old concepts and lost knowledge to modern technology. Lift Conference 23:25 <p>The present-day approach towards a sustainable society is doomed to fail. The focus on sophisticated technology - electric and hybrid cars, energy-efficient devices, solar panels and wind turbines, for instance - has little or no effect because these green technologies require large amounts of energy and resources for their manufacture, which makes their development highly dependent on a continuous supply of fossil fuels. What we need to solve our problems is exactly the opposite: less sophisticated technology. There is a lot to learn from the past. While they often worked surprisingly good, most of low-tech solutions have been completely forgotten. In his speech, Kris de Decker explains that reverting to past technologies does not mean that we should go back to the Middle Ages. Rather, it means combining old tech with new knowledge and new materials, or applying old concepts and lost knowledge to modern technology.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3046721"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984080/3046721/7fb7f421868c9ecd3c4fffadbb838d86/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> 2011 Fing Kris de Decker Lift Marseille development france low tech slow http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3007438 <p>Gabriel shares the experiences of two different initiatives based on open innovation. One from a group of friends that got tired of not having the international concerts they wanted in their city, and decided to produce them by themselves with the help of social media. The other project comes from Fiat that decided to invite the consumers to help in the design of a concept car. Almost 15 months later, the auto-maker had a new concept model created with the help of 17 thousand people. Both projects were held in Brazil, a nation that is beholding an almost silent digital revolution as result of their current economy arose.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3007438"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984080/3007438/292f47765f2184413e959aebb792423d/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3007438 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:26:15 GMT Gabriel Borges "Open innovation initiatives" Gabriel shares the experiences of two different initiatives based on open innovation. One from a group of friends that got tired of not having the international concerts they wanted in their city, and decided to produce them by themselves with the help of social media. The other project comes from Fiat that decided to invite the consumers to help in the design of a concept car. Almost 15 months later, the auto-maker had a new concept model created with the help of 17 thousand people. Both projects were held in Brazil, a nation that is beholding an almost silent digital revolution as result of their current economy arose. Gabriel shares the experiences of two different initiatives based on open innovation. One from a group of friends that got tired of not having the international concerts they wanted in their city, and decided to produce them by themselves with the help of social media. The other project comes from Fiat that decided to invite the consumers to help in the design of a concept car. Almost 15 months later, the auto-maker had a new concept model created with the help of 17 thousand people. Both projects were held in Brazil, a nation that is beholding an almost silent digital revolution as result of their current economy arose. Lift Conference 21:29 <p>Gabriel shares the experiences of two different initiatives based on open innovation. One from a group of friends that got tired of not having the international concerts they wanted in their city, and decided to produce them by themselves with the help of social media. The other project comes from Fiat that decided to invite the consumers to help in the design of a concept car. Almost 15 months later, the auto-maker had a new concept model created with the help of 17 thousand people. Both projects were held in Brazil, a nation that is beholding an almost silent digital revolution as result of their current economy arose.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3007438"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984080/3007438/292f47765f2184413e959aebb792423d/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> 2011 Brazil Fing France Gabriel Borges Lift Marseille car digital experience open social media http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2998627 <p>In his speech, Ville Keränen presents the Team Academy, founded in 1993 by Johannes Partanen. The concept is really different from all schools we know: no lectures, no teaching, no exams, no grades, no simulations, but instead: team company, real clients and projects, lots of dialogue, and team coach. Through various examples, he explains the principles of such a school and what we could get from it.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2998627"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984074/2998627/482a64905bc70ba749c9f6eb83972cae/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2998627 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:08:31 GMT Ville Keränen "From Team Academy to the future: Building organizations for... In his speech, Ville Keränen presents the Team Academy, founded in 1993 by Johannes Partanen. The concept is really different from all schools we know: no lectures, no teaching, no exams, no grades, no simulations, but instead: team company, real clients and projects, lots of dialogue, and team coach. Through various examples, he explains the principles of such a school and what we could get from it. In his speech, Ville Keränen presents the Team Academy, founded in 1993 by Johannes Partanen. The concept is really different from all schools we know: no lectures, no teaching, no exams, no grades, no simulations, but instead: team company, real clients and projects, lots of dialogue, and team coach. Through various examples, he explains the principles of such a school and what we could get from it. Lift Conference 20:27 <p>In his speech, Ville Keränen presents the Team Academy, founded in 1993 by Johannes Partanen. The concept is really different from all schools we know: no lectures, no teaching, no exams, no grades, no simulations, but instead: team company, real clients and projects, lots of dialogue, and team coach. Through various examples, he explains the principles of such a school and what we could get from it.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2998627"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984074/2998627/482a64905bc70ba749c9f6eb83972cae/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> 2011 Fing Keranen Lift Marseille Ville academy learning team http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3006490 <p>Food, in Latin cultures, means conviviality, pleasure, taking care of the others and being loved. How can the principle of conviviality, as pleasurable and collaborative relationship, change the way a city feed itself? Anna Meroni believes this principle impacts also the way in which producers and consumers get in touch and exchange produce and knowledge.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Anna Meroni created in Milano, together with Slow Food, a human platform supported by information technology that is designing and prototyping a number of new services to shorten the food chain and feed the city. We can see this platform as a design supported community that is experimenting a brand new system of possibilities to create a sustainable foodshed, by building a network of trust and sympathy among producers themselves and with consumers. It encourages the last mile to be a human mile and relationships to happen, which implies also for designers being there and creating human links as a way to operate. In her speech, Anna Meroni addresses the design challenge of making that possible.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3006490"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984076/3006490/54c4565e391614570d1d63119c9eab49/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3006490 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:57:33 GMT Anna Meroni "Feeding Milano: a human platform to regain the meaning of slowness" Food, in Latin cultures, means conviviality, pleasure, taking care of the others and being loved. How can the principle of conviviality, as pleasurable and collaborative relationship, change the way a city feed itself? Anna Meroni believes this principle impacts also the way in which producers and consumers get in touch and exchange produce and knowledge. Anna Meroni created in Milano, together with Slow Food, a human platform supported by information technology that is designing and prototyping a number of new services to shorten the food chain and feed the city. We can see this platform as a design supported community that is experimenting a brand new system of possibilities to create a sustainable foodshed, by building a network of trust and sympathy among producers themselves and with consumers. It encourages the last mile to be a human mile and relationships to happen, which implies also for designers being there and creating human links as a way to operate. In her speech, Anna Meroni addresses the design challenge of making that possible. Food, in Latin cultures, means conviviality, pleasure, taking care of the others and being loved. How can the principle of conviviality, as pleasurable and collaborative relationship, change the way a city feed itself? Anna Meroni believes this principle impacts also the way in which producers and consumers get in touch and exchange produce and knowledge. Anna Meroni created in Milano, together with Slow Food, a human platform supported by information technology that is designing and prototyping a number of new services to shorten the food chain and feed the city. We can see this platform as a design supported community that is experimenting a brand new system of possibilities to create a sustainable foodshed, by building a network of trust and sympathy among producers themselves and with consumers. It encourages the last mile to be a human mile and relationships to happen, which implies also for designers being there and creating human links as a way to operate. In her speech, Anna Meroni addresses the design challenge of making that possible. Lift Conference 23:38 <p>Food, in Latin cultures, means conviviality, pleasure, taking care of the others and being loved. How can the principle of conviviality, as pleasurable and collaborative relationship, change the way a city feed itself? Anna Meroni believes this principle impacts also the way in which producers and consumers get in touch and exchange produce and knowledge.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Anna Meroni created in Milano, together with Slow Food, a human platform supported by information technology that is designing and prototyping a number of new services to shorten the food chain and feed the city. We can see this platform as a design supported community that is experimenting a brand new system of possibilities to create a sustainable foodshed, by building a network of trust and sympathy among producers themselves and with consumers. It encourages the last mile to be a human mile and relationships to happen, which implies also for designers being there and creating human links as a way to operate. In her speech, Anna Meroni addresses the design challenge of making that possible.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3006490"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984076/3006490/54c4565e391614570d1d63119c9eab49/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> 2011 Anna Meroni Fing France Lift Marseille collaborative food slow http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2999446 <p>We're in a world where exponential change is the new normal. Old economic structures are being challenged by newer ones and networked technologies are changing the way we can distribute resources. For a world with so limited resources, it's amazing how much idle-capacity we have at the moment. This does not only apply to natural resources such as minerals and forests, but also applies to human resources, such as knowledge, skills, and tangible resources such as tools and equipment. In his presentation, Edial Dekker dives deeper in the role of social layers connected to the 'social object' of distributed resources and the effects that it has on the network. The talk will touch the concept of a trusted network, the rise of the micro-entrepreneur and why it challenges us to rethink the way corporations and organizations are structured.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2999446"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984074/2999446/9690b0802f01a8ebd1053fea7a3b9076/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2999446 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:55:29 GMT Edial Dekker "Trusted networks and the rise of the micro-entrepreneur" We're in a world where exponential change is the new normal. Old economic structures are being challenged by newer ones and networked technologies are changing the way we can distribute resources. For a world with so limited resources, it's amazing how much idle-capacity we have at the moment. This does not only apply to natural resources such as minerals and forests, but also applies to human resources, such as knowledge, skills, and tangible resources such as tools and equipment. In his presentation, Edial Dekker dives deeper in the role of social layers connected to the 'social object' of distributed resources and the effects that it has on the network. The talk will touch the concept of a trusted network, the rise of the micro-entrepreneur and why it challenges us to rethink the way corporations and organizations are structured. We're in a world where exponential change is the new normal. Old economic structures are being challenged by newer ones and networked technologies are changing the way we can distribute resources. For a world with so limited resources, it's amazing how much idle-capacity we have at the moment. This does not only apply to natural resources such as minerals and forests, but also applies to human resources, such as knowledge, skills, and tangible resources such as tools and equipment. In his presentation, Edial Dekker dives deeper in the role of social layers connected to the 'social object' of distributed resources and the effects that it has on the network. The talk will touch the concept of a trusted network, the rise of the micro-entrepreneur and why it challenges us to rethink the way corporations and organizations are structured. Lift Conference 21:56 <p>We're in a world where exponential change is the new normal. Old economic structures are being challenged by newer ones and networked technologies are changing the way we can distribute resources. For a world with so limited resources, it's amazing how much idle-capacity we have at the moment. This does not only apply to natural resources such as minerals and forests, but also applies to human resources, such as knowledge, skills, and tangible resources such as tools and equipment. In his presentation, Edial Dekker dives deeper in the role of social layers connected to the 'social object' of distributed resources and the effects that it has on the network. The talk will touch the concept of a trusted network, the rise of the micro-entrepreneur and why it challenges us to rethink the way corporations and organizations are structured.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2999446"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984074/2999446/9690b0802f01a8ebd1053fea7a3b9076/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> 2011 Edial Dekker Fing Learn Work corporation entrepreneur lift marseille organization resources http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3000915 <p>In his speech, Geoff Mulgan talks about collective intelligence and how we think about the idea of openness. Through several examples, he introduces a reflection around crowd sourcing data and its use.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3000915"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984081/3000915/af7cc45b371d66e7502ce06d50b1726f/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3000915 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:30:59 GMT Geoff Mulgan "Openness and collective intelligence, its prospects and its... In his speech, Geoff Mulgan talks about collective intelligence and how we think about the idea of openness. Through several examples, he introduces a reflection around crowd sourcing data and its use. In his speech, Geoff Mulgan talks about collective intelligence and how we think about the idea of openness. Through several examples, he introduces a reflection around crowd sourcing data and its use. Lift Conference 29:46 <p>In his speech, Geoff Mulgan talks about collective intelligence and how we think about the idea of openness. Through several examples, he introduces a reflection around crowd sourcing data and its use.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/3000915"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984081/3000915/af7cc45b371d66e7502ce06d50b1726f/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> 2011 France Geoff Mulgan Marseille collective fing intelligence learn lift work http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2953743 <p>Open Prosthetics is a movement and a community that looks (i) to find economically feasible ways of producing medical devices for underserved medical populations and (ii) to give patients a way to participate to (even large and sophisticated) projects that develop technologies in their name. By facilitating the exchange of knowledge, Open prosthetics has allowed projects to develop that make prosthesis more available, while others focus more on new possibilities that would never find a market before that (such as specialized, customized, or even fancy replacement limbs), or even new ways of producing high-end research (lego hands for prototyping...).</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2953743"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984080/2953743/4bf6ff2b951f4292ecfd0ba8c3902577/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2953743 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:28:09 GMT Jonathan Kuniholm "Open Prosthetics, where it comes from, what it changes,... Open Prosthetics is a movement and a community that looks (i) to find economically feasible ways of producing medical devices for underserved medical populations and (ii) to give patients a way to participate to (even large and sophisticated) projects that develop technologies in their name. By facilitating the exchange of knowledge, Open prosthetics has allowed projects to develop that make prosthesis more available, while others focus more on new possibilities that would never find a market before that (such as specialized, customized, or even fancy replacement limbs), or even new ways of producing high-end research (lego hands for prototyping...). Open Prosthetics is a movement and a community that looks (i) to find economically feasible ways of producing medical devices for underserved medical populations and (ii) to give patients a way to participate to (even large and sophisticated) projects that develop technologies in their name. By facilitating the exchange of knowledge, Open prosthetics has allowed projects to develop that make prosthesis more available, while others focus more on new possibilities that would never find a market before that (such as specialized, customized, or even fancy replacement limbs), or even new ways of producing high-end research (lego hands for prototyping...). Lift Conference 24:35 <p>Open Prosthetics is a movement and a community that looks (i) to find economically feasible ways of producing medical devices for underserved medical populations and (ii) to give patients a way to participate to (even large and sophisticated) projects that develop technologies in their name. By facilitating the exchange of knowledge, Open prosthetics has allowed projects to develop that make prosthesis more available, while others focus more on new possibilities that would never find a market before that (such as specialized, customized, or even fancy replacement limbs), or even new ways of producing high-end research (lego hands for prototyping...).</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2953743"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984080/2953743/4bf6ff2b951f4292ecfd0ba8c3902577/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> 2011 Jonathan Kuniholm Lift Marseille care fing innovation medical prosthetics research technology http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2905485 <p>Alain Renk describes "Unlimited Cities", a participatory platform used by architect to enable citizens to change their neighborhood. A rapid prototyping tool, this service aims at allowing people to bring their ideas and react to architectural or urbanistic proposals in a situated way.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2905485"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984080/2905485/2e19303546d4928ba5513d674c123cc2/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2905485 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:17:22 GMT Alain Renk "Unlimited cities" Alain Renk describes "Unlimited Cities", a participatory platform used by architect to enable citizens to change their neighborhood. A rapid prototyping tool, this service aims at allowing people to bring their ideas and react to architectural or urbanistic proposals in a situated way. Alain Renk describes "Unlimited Cities", a participatory platform used by architect to enable citizens to change their neighborhood. A rapid prototyping tool, this service aims at allowing people to bring their ideas and react to architectural or urbanistic proposals in a situated way. Lift Conference 21:54 <p>Alain Renk describes "Unlimited Cities", a participatory platform used by architect to enable citizens to change their neighborhood. A rapid prototyping tool, this service aims at allowing people to bring their ideas and react to architectural or urbanistic proposals in a situated way.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2905485"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984080/2905485/2e19303546d4928ba5513d674c123cc2/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> Alain Renk Marseille fing france lift11 unlimited cities urban http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2910188 <p>Cities were once constructed by the efforts of individuals, until the grand plans of master architects, and then city planning departments took over, making sense of the "chaos." The city of the future will be both globally connected and highly local and customized -- once again shaped primarily by the individuals living within it. This new power will include sustainable local economies and be thanks to the miracle of the Internet combined with fast, easy access it to through ubiquitous mobile devices and sensors throughout our environment.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2910188"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984078/2910188/238e409d7e786e4199383f0666b136ff/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2910188 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:02:03 GMT Robin Chase "Building the cities of the future: People empowered (by... Cities were once constructed by the efforts of individuals, until the grand plans of master architects, and then city planning departments took over, making sense of the "chaos." The city of the future will be both globally connected and highly local and customized -- once again shaped primarily by the individuals living within it. This new power will include sustainable local economies and be thanks to the miracle of the Internet combined with fast, easy access it to through ubiquitous mobile devices and sensors throughout our environment. Cities were once constructed by the efforts of individuals, until the grand plans of master architects, and then city planning departments took over, making sense of the "chaos." The city of the future will be both globally connected and highly local and customized -- once again shaped primarily by the individuals living within it. This new power will include sustainable local economies and be thanks to the miracle of the Internet combined with fast, easy access it to through ubiquitous mobile devices and sensors throughout our environment. Lift Conference 21:15 <p>Cities were once constructed by the efforts of individuals, until the grand plans of master architects, and then city planning departments took over, making sense of the "chaos." The city of the future will be both globally connected and highly local and customized -- once again shaped primarily by the individuals living within it. This new power will include sustainable local economies and be thanks to the miracle of the Internet combined with fast, easy access it to through ubiquitous mobile devices and sensors throughout our environment.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2910188"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984078/2910188/238e409d7e786e4199383f0666b136ff/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> Marseille Robin Chase Urban city featured fing france future lift11 people http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2911575 <p>In this speech, Tobie Kerridge describes the "Material Beliefs" project, a design research project with a focus on a speculative approach to biotechnology as a form of engagement with the public.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2911575"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984081/2911575/56fc5ef40eb4240697c4bc3d30df017a/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2911575 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:59:10 GMT Tobie Kerridge "Debating Biotechnology – Speculative Design as Public... In this speech, Tobie Kerridge describes the "Material Beliefs" project, a design research project with a focus on a speculative approach to biotechnology as a form of engagement with the public. In this speech, Tobie Kerridge describes the "Material Beliefs" project, a design research project with a focus on a speculative approach to biotechnology as a form of engagement with the public. Lift Conference 25:38 <p>In this speech, Tobie Kerridge describes the "Material Beliefs" project, a design research project with a focus on a speculative approach to biotechnology as a form of engagement with the public.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2911575"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984081/2911575/56fc5ef40eb4240697c4bc3d30df017a/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> Marseille Tobie Kerridge biotechnology design fing france lift11 research http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2911519 <p>The current disruption in healthcare corresponds to the fact that patients can access tools to gather information, aggregate data, act, and see results reflected in real-time. In his speech, Paul Wicks presents the consequences which can be listed as follows:<br /> Medicine: Patients are more engaged with managing their own illness, receive better outcomes / resistance from medical community in some quarters<br /> Research: Patients can find out about clinical trials going on anywhere in the world and participate online or even carry out their own research programs - increasingly being viewed as credible in the peer-reviewed world<br /> Business: Payers want to pay for improved outcomes, not transactions. The pill must be shown to be more effective than existing alternatives in the real world, not just a placebo in a controlled trial.<br /> Safety: Patients can submit their own safety events in real-time and enter in to a dialogue with manufacturers about how to improve their products.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2911519"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984078/2911519/8ce3dd6b272ff6cd881dd37309305181/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2911519 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:17:55 GMT Paul Wicks "Putting patients at the center of healthcare; disruption in... The current disruption in healthcare corresponds to the fact that patients can access tools to gather information, aggregate data, act, and see results reflected in real-time. In his speech, Paul Wicks presents the consequences which can be listed as follows: Medicine: Patients are more engaged with managing their own illness, receive better outcomes / resistance from medical community in some quarters Research: Patients can find out about clinical trials going on anywhere in the world and participate online or even carry out their own research programs - increasingly being viewed as credible in the peer-reviewed world Business: Payers want to pay for improved outcomes, not transactions. The pill must be shown to be more effective than existing alternatives in the real world, not just a placebo in a controlled trial. Safety: Patients can submit their own safety events in real-time and enter in to a dialogue with manufacturers about how to improve their products. The current disruption in healthcare corresponds to the fact that patients can access tools to gather information, aggregate data, act, and see results reflected in real-time. In his speech, Paul Wicks presents the consequences which can be listed as follows: Medicine: Patients are more engaged with managing their own illness, receive better outcomes / resistance from medical community in some quarters Research: Patients can find out about clinical trials going on anywhere in the world and participate online or even carry out their own research programs - increasingly being viewed as credible in the peer-reviewed world Business: Payers want to pay for improved outcomes, not transactions. The pill must be shown to be more effective than existing alternatives in the real world, not just a placebo in a controlled trial. Safety: Patients can submit their own safety events in real-time and enter in to a dialogue with manufacturers about how to improve their products. Lift Conference 23:33 <p>The current disruption in healthcare corresponds to the fact that patients can access tools to gather information, aggregate data, act, and see results reflected in real-time. In his speech, Paul Wicks presents the consequences which can be listed as follows:<br /> Medicine: Patients are more engaged with managing their own illness, receive better outcomes / resistance from medical community in some quarters<br /> Research: Patients can find out about clinical trials going on anywhere in the world and participate online or even carry out their own research programs - increasingly being viewed as credible in the peer-reviewed world<br /> Business: Payers want to pay for improved outcomes, not transactions. The pill must be shown to be more effective than existing alternatives in the real world, not just a placebo in a controlled trial.<br /> Safety: Patients can submit their own safety events in real-time and enter in to a dialogue with manufacturers about how to improve their products.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2911519"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984078/2911519/8ce3dd6b272ff6cd881dd37309305181/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> France Marseille Paul Wicks disruption fing healthcare information innovation lift11 medicine research safety http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2904804 <p>Carpooling consists in sharing a car on a similar trip. Drivers publish their available seats with a price, and passengers buy seats for home-to-work carpooling (on a day-to-day basis for a distance of around 20km) and long-distance carpooling (one-off trips or week-end round-trips for distances of 300km in average). The speech focuses on how to forecast car traffic based on car-pooling platforms with visual representations.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2904804"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984081/2904804/03bf7937447a3241c526c49046a73577/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2904804 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:10:00 GMT Frédéric Mazzella "How car-pooling can help forecast car traffic" Carpooling consists in sharing a car on a similar trip. Drivers publish their available seats with a price, and passengers buy seats for home-to-work carpooling (on a day-to-day basis for a distance of around 20km) and long-distance carpooling (one-off trips or week-end round-trips for distances of 300km in average). The speech focuses on how to forecast car traffic based on car-pooling platforms with visual representations. Carpooling consists in sharing a car on a similar trip. Drivers publish their available seats with a price, and passengers buy seats for home-to-work carpooling (on a day-to-day basis for a distance of around 20km) and long-distance carpooling (one-off trips or week-end round-trips for distances of 300km in average). The speech focuses on how to forecast car traffic based on car-pooling platforms with visual representations. Lift Conference 04:37 <p>Carpooling consists in sharing a car on a similar trip. Drivers publish their available seats with a price, and passengers buy seats for home-to-work carpooling (on a day-to-day basis for a distance of around 20km) and long-distance carpooling (one-off trips or week-end round-trips for distances of 300km in average). The speech focuses on how to forecast car traffic based on car-pooling platforms with visual representations.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2904804"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984081/2904804/03bf7937447a3241c526c49046a73577/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> Frederic Mazzella Lift11 Marseille car carpooling conference english fing future innovation share technology traffic visual http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2902438 <p>This talk explores some of the issues that emerge around networked information-collecting objects in our public spaces, and to frame a taxonomy of such objects from the unobjectionable (due to local effect and a clear public good associated with them) to those that ought to be causing us significant concern (no public benefit, global impact, pernicious second-order effects).</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2902438"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984076/2902438/76acd10caf2c3effd4cb0383709af4e5/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2902438 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:09:00 GMT Adam Greenfield "On public objects: connected things and civic... This talk explores some of the issues that emerge around networked information-collecting objects in our public spaces, and to frame a taxonomy of such objects from the unobjectionable (due to local effect and a clear public good associated with them) to those that ought to be causing us significant concern (no public benefit, global impact, pernicious second-order effects). This talk explores some of the issues that emerge around networked information-collecting objects in our public spaces, and to frame a taxonomy of such objects from the unobjectionable (due to local effect and a clear public good associated with them) to those that ought to be causing us significant concern (no public benefit, global impact, pernicious second-order effects). Lift Conference 24:00 <p>This talk explores some of the issues that emerge around networked information-collecting objects in our public spaces, and to frame a taxonomy of such objects from the unobjectionable (due to local effect and a clear public good associated with them) to those that ought to be causing us significant concern (no public benefit, global impact, pernicious second-order effects).</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2902438"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984076/2902438/76acd10caf2c3effd4cb0383709af4e5/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> 2011 Adam Greenfield Fing Lift Marseille Urban city civic responsibilities conference english france future global innovation lift11 network public objects technology web http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2895375 <p>A leading researcher on globalization, global cities and new technologies Saskia Sassen discusses the current hype around smart cities. She reminds us that “It is the need to design a system that puts all that technology truly at the service of the inhabitants—and not the other way around.”</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2895375"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984080/2895375/b1d50d0ac7e23a5b51b3236c4f78067f/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2895375 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:21:56 GMT Saskia Sassen "The Future of Smart Cities" A leading researcher on globalization, global cities and new technologies Saskia Sassen discusses the current hype around smart cities. She reminds us that “It is the need to design a system that puts all that technology truly at the service of the inhabitants—and not the other way around.” A leading researcher on globalization, global cities and new technologies Saskia Sassen discusses the current hype around smart cities. She reminds us that “It is the need to design a system that puts all that technology truly at the service of the inhabitants—and not the other way around.” Lift Conference 27:44 <p>A leading researcher on globalization, global cities and new technologies Saskia Sassen discusses the current hype around smart cities. She reminds us that “It is the need to design a system that puts all that technology truly at the service of the inhabitants—and not the other way around.”</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/2895375"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/1984080/2895375/b1d50d0ac7e23a5b51b3236c4f78067f/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> France Lift11 Marseille Saskia Sassen conference design english fing future innovation lift open smart cities stage technology web http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/1230376 <p>John Thackara, who is director of Doors of Perception, gives a provocative talk about the role of design in finding solutions to the ecological crisis. After inviting us to avoid terms such as "future" or "sustainable" as they maintain a certain distance to the problem we face, he shows a rich set of projects he participated in. He makes the important point that the resources to be put in place already exist and that they might not necessitates complex technological developments.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/1230376"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/889266/1230376/5db2631006b079d97f743dc9761f728b/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/1230376 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:43:00 GMT John Tackara "Design and sustainability" John Thackara, who is director of Doors of Perception, gives a provocative talk about the role of design in finding solutions to the ecological crisis. After inviting us to avoid terms such as "future" or "sustainable" as they maintain a certain distance to the problem we face, he shows a rich set of projects he participated in. He makes the important point that the resources to be put in place already exist and that they might not necessitates complex technological developments. John Thackara, who is director of Doors of Perception, gives a provocative talk about the role of design in finding solutions to the ecological crisis. After inviting us to avoid terms such as "future" or "sustainable" as they maintain a certain distance to the problem we face, he shows a rich set of projects he participated in. He makes the important point that the resources to be put in place already exist and that they might not necessitates complex technological developments. Lift Conference 23:14 <p>John Thackara, who is director of Doors of Perception, gives a provocative talk about the role of design in finding solutions to the ecological crisis. After inviting us to avoid terms such as "future" or "sustainable" as they maintain a certain distance to the problem we face, he shows a rich set of projects he participated in. He makes the important point that the resources to be put in place already exist and that they might not necessitates complex technological developments.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/1230376"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/889266/1230376/5db2631006b079d97f743dc9761f728b/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> design ecology english fing lift france 09 marseille social innovation http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/1229477 <p>Following publication of his book "Shaping Things", American Science Fiction author Bruce Sterling share his views and visions at LIFT France 09 about the future of Design, the broad concept of an "Internet of Things", and reflects on two important issues: Privacy and Recycling. Bruce has been a regular speaker at LIFT events.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/1229477"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/889266/1229477/6420506371dfbc07b83f7be4dcb24331/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/1229477 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:50:00 GMT Bruce Sterling "Shaping Things" Following publication of his book "Shaping Things", American Science Fiction author Bruce Sterling share his views and visions at LIFT France 09 about the future of Design, the broad concept of an "Internet of Things", and reflects on two important issues: Privacy and Recycling. Bruce has been a regular speaker at LIFT events. Following publication of his book "Shaping Things", American Science Fiction author Bruce Sterling share his views and visions at LIFT France 09 about the future of Design, the broad concept of an "Internet of Things", and reflects on two important issues: Privacy and Recycling. Bruce has been a regular speaker at LIFT events. Lift Conference 22:42 <p>Following publication of his book "Shaping Things", American Science Fiction author Bruce Sterling share his views and visions at LIFT France 09 about the future of Design, the broad concept of an "Internet of Things", and reflects on two important issues: Privacy and Recycling. Bruce has been a regular speaker at LIFT events.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/1229477"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/889266/1229477/6420506371dfbc07b83f7be4dcb24331/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> author design fing lift france 09 marseilles mirroshades author recycling rfid science fiction http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/1229406 <p>Gunter Pauli, from the "Zero Emissions Research Initiative" gives a vibrant speech about how nature provides an important model to find solutions to the ecological crisis. His call for action is followed by disruptive and inspiring examples ranging from battery-less devices to biomimetism.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/1229406"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/889267/1229406/197692baa1d2f8d77c537beec30fcab1/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/1229406 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:49:00 GMT Gunter Pauli "Changing the planet" Gunter Pauli, from the "Zero Emissions Research Initiative" gives a vibrant speech about how nature provides an important model to find solutions to the ecological crisis. His call for action is followed by disruptive and inspiring examples ranging from battery-less devices to biomimetism. Gunter Pauli, from the "Zero Emissions Research Initiative" gives a vibrant speech about how nature provides an important model to find solutions to the ecological crisis. His call for action is followed by disruptive and inspiring examples ranging from battery-less devices to biomimetism. Lift Conference 55:14 <p>Gunter Pauli, from the "Zero Emissions Research Initiative" gives a vibrant speech about how nature provides an important model to find solutions to the ecological crisis. His call for action is followed by disruptive and inspiring examples ranging from battery-less devices to biomimetism.</p><p><a href="http://videos.liftconference.com/photo/1229406"><img src="http://videos.liftconference.com/889267/1229406/197692baa1d2f8d77c537beec30fcab1/standard" width="645" height="362"/></a></p> Lift France 09 design ecology english fing innovation marseille social innovation zeri