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EUROPEAN VISIONS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE AGE

A Quest for New Horizons in the Information Society

Paul T Kidd (Ed.)
ISBN 978-1-901864-08-3 (Paperback)
Price: £19.99/€29.99/US$35.99

Preface
Acknowledgements
 
The Knowledge Age: Peering into the Future
Paul T Kidd
 
Part I: European Manufacturing 2035
 
The Future of European Manufacturing: Driven by Globalisation or Global Warming?
Paul T Kidd
From Bits to Atoms
Roberto Saracco
Micro Fabrication
Brahim Dahmani
 
Part II: Novel Perspectives for Networked Intelligence
 
Human-centred Ambient Intelligence: Human-computer Relationships for the Knowledge Era
Paul T Kidd
Digital Territory: Bubbles
Laurent Beslay and Hannu Hakala
Variations on Big Brother
Walter Van de Velde
The @lgorithmic Society: Digitarians of the World Unite
Kazimierz Krzysztofek
 
Part III: The Future of Body and Mind
 
myHealth
André Dittmar
Before the Cyborgs Come
Marc Bogdanowicz
Tapping the Mind or Resonating Minds?
José del R. Millán
 
Part IV: New Directions for Power and Participation
 
Towards Democracy without Politics?
Ignace Snellen
A Win-win Strategy for Europe in the Knowledge Society
Marc Luyckx Ghisi
Ecological Humanism and Technology as an Enabler for a Better World
Alfonso Molina
 
Part V: The Distant Horizon
 
Transport in 2030: 20,000 Leagues Between Two Cities
David Jeffery
Restarting the Evolutionary Drive
Roman Galar
The World as Computer
Walter Van de Velde
Creating Meaning: The Future of Human Happiness
Liselotte Lyngsø and Anne Skare Nielsen
 
Author Biographies and Contact Details
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