Technology
The Internet in Latin America
Alan Lazalde
Latin Americans make up 10% of the world's internet users. What do they use the internet for?
Technology
Dossier
The Mass Data Era
The production of mass data is growing unstoppably and this tendency seems to be irreversible in the immediate future.
Education
Technology
Cory Doctorow: “Every euro that we spend spying on our kids is a euro we don’t spend on books”
We took the opportunity to interview Cory Doctorow who was here to launch his graphic novel In Real Life as part of the Kosmopolis ongoing programme.
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.
Technology
The Maker Culture in China (I): XinCheJian, a Chinese-style Hackerspace
Sandra Álvaro
XinCheJian is the first hackerspace founded in China, a space where making meets creation.
Technology
The Other Net Behind the Great Wall (II)
Sandra Álvaro
Chinanet is an autonomous internet, separated from the rest of the word and characterised by a different usage that is more about performance than participation.
Technology
The Other Net Behind the Great Wall (I)
Sandra Álvaro
China’s cultural heritage, along with the strong control mechanisms that accompany the process of opening up have led to the development of Chinanet.
Commons
Technology
Reclaiming the City through Play
Cristina Sáez
The use of new technologies in cities through play is a way of putting the use of public space back in the hands of citizens.
Technology
Africa Recycles and Creates Technology
Carlos Bajo
In the midst of e-waste traffickers, Africans are endeavouring to find ways to breathe new life into these discarded materials.
Technology
Privacy and Innovation: an Impossible Equation?
Gemma Galdon
Respecting the legal framework and the needs and desires of citizens and consumers is a basic prerequisite for the success of any new product or initiative.
Technology
Web 2.0 Ten Years On
Juan Insua
A decade later, we can confirm the far-reaching nature of the radical changes provoked by this phenomenon, which has two sides that merit reflection.