Technology
The 4.0 Revolution and its Tunes
Ramon Sangüesa
As in the previous pointzero revolutions, the story of efficiency and economic growth coexists with the possibility of an alternative narrative that situates the community at the centre.
Commons
Dossier
Do it yourself
The “maker” culture proposes production alternatives with principles such as do-it-yourself, freedom, community and collaboration.
Technology
The Maker Culture in China (III): Hands-On, for Economic and Social Progress
Sandra Álvaro
The spirit of learning by doing and the free experimentation that characterise maker processes are keys to renewing the idea of “made in China”.
Technology
The Maker Culture in China (II): Shanzhai, Emerging Innovation in an Open Manufacturing Ecosystem
Sandra Álvaro
China offers an alternative for taking maker culture out of the field of entertainment and into the market. Shanzhai, a think tank focusing on open innovation.
Culture
Wearables in Culture. Made-to-Measure Augmented Experiences
Cristina Sáez
Wearables, devices that we wear as we would a t-shirt or a watch, which monitor everything we do, are already starting to make their way into the cultural world.
Commons
The City and its Small Data
César Reyes Nájera
What role do small data and interactions in shaping our cities?
Commons
Citizen Science: Knowledge takes power
Josep Perelló
Citizen science harks back to the essence of amateur science in the nineteenth century, but mixed with initiatives of social innovation and open innovation.
Commons
The City, Space, Work and People who Make Things
César Reyes Nájera
The Maker philosophy based on collaborative work, ongoing process, and DIWO is essential for coming up with a new way of organising work.
Commons
The New Production Ecosystem. Personal, distributed, open fabrication
Tomás Díez
What will take us a step further in our thirst to keep moving towards an unknown place or state?