As China’s economy is growing rapidly, cultural exchange between the western world and China is flourishing. However, one of the largest barriers is language. New media technology provides us with creative solutions. Chinese Radio Amsterdam (CRA) presents an overview of state-of-the-art media and technology to bridge the language barrier (e-mail, mobile, podcast, game, wiki).

Chairman Hong […]

Pablos is a hacker and a futurologist. He work at . He wears a black shirt, has medium long hair and talks quick and entertaining. He starts of with pointing out where some real innovation gaps are. He tried on almost all head mounted displays and they generally suck. Hackers are the frontrunners of innovation, […]

Professor Sugata MItra put up a computer-screen in a hole in a wall in some Indian villages. He attached the keyboard and touchscreen next to it and just let it be. Hundreds of childers would come and started to interact with the computer, even when they didn’t know any english. They learned parts of it […]

David Weinberger: ‘Everything is miscellanous’
In a nice and warm Extraction Room West which fills up during the morning, Weinberger kicks off the PICNIC Thursday. David Weinberger talks about the topic of his book ‘Everything is Miscelleneous: organisation and order in the digital age. In the physical world we can organize as much as we want […]