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February 18, 2010
Edge.org continues conversation
A couple of months ago, in the summer of 2009, physicist Freeman Dyson, pointed out a vision for the future. Analog to the novel "The Age Of Wonder" by Richard Holmes, where the author described the importance of chemistry and // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 18/02/10 · 12:06 PM· 0 comments
December 22, 2008
Particle physics, the aria
The Boston Globe recently published an interesting Q&A with Harvard theoretical physicist and DLD speaker Lisa Randall who is collaborating with composer H ctor Parra and artist Matthew Ritchie on a chamber opera project entitled "Hypermusic Prologue: A projective opera // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 22/12/08 · 4:32 PM· 0 comments
December 04, 2008
Human Rights Watch wins UN Prize
Human Rights Watch has won the 2008 United Nations Prize for Human Rights. The award will be bestowed in New York on 10 December 2008 -- the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- in recognition of // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 04/12/08 · 11:20 AM· 0 comments
November 24, 2008
Shai Agassi to establish electric car network
Shai Agassi's electric car company Better Place will design America's first electric car network in the San Francisco Bay Area until 2012. The company plans to build a network of charging stations which will enable the drivers of its electric // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 24/11/08 · 12:14 PM· 1 comment
November 17, 2008
Esther Dyson to train for space travel
Technology visionary, journalist and investor Esther Dyson is currently training for the ultimate travel experience: a private space flight with Space Adventures, the company that provides human space missions on the Soyuz spacecraft. Dyson who is already an investor in // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 17/11/08 · 4:41 PM· 0 comments
November 14, 2008
David de Rothschild's voyage of the Plastiki
David de Rothschild, founder of Adventure Ecology and close friend of the DLD community, will depart in March 2009 on an new expedition: a 7,500-mile voyage from San Francisco to Sydney in a boat made of recycled materials, mostly plastic // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 14/11/08 · 12:36 PM· 0 comments
November 11, 2008
SEED sets science and design to talk
The last issues of Adam Bly's science magazine SEED featured some of our dear DLD friends, including Paola Antonelli who is a senior curator of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art and biologist Craig Venter. In a // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 11/11/08 · 7:00 PM· 0 comments
October 31, 2008
23andMe: Time's Best Invention 2008
TIME magazine yesterday announced the Personal Genome Service from 23andMe has been named 2008's Invention of the Year. 23andMe was chosen as the year's most significant invention for its exceptional work in making personal genomics accessible and affordable. The company // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 31/10/08 · 3:37 PM· 0 comments
October 15, 2008
Carolyn Porco on Wired's Smart List 2008
The October issue of WIRED magazine features fifteen big thinkers that WIRED editors would like to see as advisors to the next president -- on issues such as climate change, energy, security and defense. Amongst them planetary scientist Dr. Carolyn // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 15/10/08 · 2:34 PM· 0 comments
October 14, 2008
Thomas Huber managed his project at the "Tre Cime di Lavaredo"
When Thomas gave his talk at DLD07 about his passion climbing and base jumping the audience was stunned by his energy, the impressive pictures but also by his way of dealing with failure. Thomas and his brother Alexander are know // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 14/10/08 · 9:00 AM· 0 comments
October 13, 2008
Shai Agassi named Green Hero
Last year we saw the Green agenda taking root in many places - think of Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize raising mass awareness of global warming. TIME magazine just recently published an issue on the Heroes of the Environment 2008, // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 13/10/08 · 11:52 AM· 0 comments
October 10, 2008
Martti Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize
Today Martti Ahtisaari, veteran diplomat and former president of Finland, was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his "important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts". The citation said these efforts // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 10/10/08 · 5:45 PM· 1 comment
October 09, 2008
Tyler Brulé on the most liveable cities
Last weekend, I listened to Tyler Brul talk about what makes cities attractive. Tyler Brul is the man who founded Wallpaper, a global style bible, in the 1990s. Last year, he launched Monocle, "a briefing on global affairs, business, culture // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 09/10/08 · 7:08 PM· 0 comments
September 12, 2008
Thunder on the rights
For 30 Years, Human Rights Watch has opposed every kind of tyranny. Under Kenneth Roth's leadership, its impact is global - and growing. In Vanity Fair's October Issue, Brad Bitt writes about "The Watchman" and his work as executive director. // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 12/09/08 · 10:16 AM· 0 comments
July 07, 2008
Hubert Burda Prizes for Innovation Awarded
At Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 13 graduating engineering students received the Hubert Burda Prize for Innovation on July 2, 2008. The students were recognized, for "their intellectual creativity and technological innovation which will advance future research and development of // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 07/07/08 · 5:55 PM· 0 comments
April 18, 2008
Pangea Day, May 10, 2008
On Saturday May 10, Pangea Day is taking place (11am-3pm US West Coast, 2-6pm US East Coast, 7-11pm in UK, 8pm-midnight in Europe and much of Africa, 9pm-1am in the Mideast, 11.30pm-3.30am India, etc.). Pangea Day is a worldwide community // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 18/04/08 · 10:45 PM· 0 comments
March 13, 2008
super nomads
Philippe Starck could be called a super nomad. Well perhaps he would see himself this way. When I read about his lifestyle this weekend in ParisMatch, I thought so. He tells there how he permanently travels around the globe for // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 13/03/08 · 10:46 AM· 0 comments
For Dubai
This weekend, I will head to Dubai in the week of Art Dubai and wonder what else shouldn't I miss going there? For sure, the architecture will be amazing, here a pic of the site of Burj-Tower. // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 13/03/08 · 10:36 AM· 0 comments
March 07, 2008
A beautiful day
Ulla-Maaria Mutanen, founder of Thinglink, a Wikipedia for design, and Jyri Engestr m, founder of the mobile internet company Jaiku and speaker at DLD06, celebrated their wedding in Finland. Congratulations from the DLD-Team and all the best on your journey // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 07/03/08 · 5:07 PM· 0 comments
March 04, 2008
Meet at Clift
When we stayed at Clift Hotel in San Francisco last week, we had a spontanous little DLD get together. Loic Le Meur came by who moved there to build his new video venture Seesmic. He just raised 6 Mio. Dollar // more
DLD - Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich· 04/03/08 · 2:50 PM· 0 comments