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Recent Comments- Comment on How the System is Killing a Future Green Designer by NamrataWhen I was in Srishti we had several professors who occupied this space of bio-designer/artists, and I remember several inspired students who took their courses. I don't know whether they still run, but it seemed at the time there was building momentum. I don't know much about other colleges that might offer similar opportunities, but my recent tim […]Namrata
- Comment on Learning by Doing, A Definition of Innovation by Ben BunceHello Aditya, I very much enjoyed your ideas towards innovation. I have been reading about the education system in India and find it very concerning. I believe young children all over the world deserve the best possible start to life and think we can make a change by helping our education staff through support and resources. Check out TESIndia ( www.tesindia […]Ben Bunce
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Tag Archives: technology
What Disruptive Innovation Really Means
The term ‘Disruptive Innovation’ is often loosely thrown around, many times wrongly assigned to a product innovation that is simply cheaper, better, faster or more convenient than an existing product. According to Clayton Christensen, who coined the term, disruptive innovation … Continue reading
On Technology and Social Innovation
Oftentimes, when we’re talking about innovation, what it is and how it can be learnt or taught (which happens often over the lunch table here in our office), we end up talking about the different kinds of innovation – technological, … Continue reading
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Tagged internet, mobile phones, social innovation, technology
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Even More Speakers at Pecha Kucha Night #13!
The next Pecha Kucha night in New Delhi is exactly a week away, and presentations have begun to trickle in, looking fantastic so far! It will be held on the 11th of October at the American Center (Kasturba Gandhi Marg), … Continue reading
Leveraging Technology for Small and Marginal Farmers: A Conversation with Vinay Kumar of Digital Green
Last week, I spoke with Vinay Kumar, COO of Digital Green, a platform that deploys technology and social organization to affect sustained social change. Digital Green communicates locally relevant best practices to rural communities using videos that are of the … Continue reading
A Capabilities Approach to Design
A couple of weeks ago in Delft, I met with Annemarrie Mink, a PhD student at Industrial Design Engineering, Technical University, Delft, who over the last few years has been involved in designing for the bottom of the pyramid. For … Continue reading
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Tagged bottom of the pyramid, capability approach, CKS, culture, design, Silk warms, technology, TU Delft
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Tata’s Airpod: the future of transportation?
Tata Motors recently showcased its new AirPod – a car that runs on compressed air using technology developed by Luxembourg’s MDI. The AirPod, currently in the prototype stage, is set to become commercially available in a few years. The AirPod … Continue reading
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Tagged AirPod, automobile innovation, compressed-air engine, Luxemborg's MDI, Tata Motors, technology, transportation
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Convert your T-Shirts into Flexible Batteries
via @FastCoExist As technology advances in leaps and bounds with ever more versatile and advanced products, incredible creative design, and much more, there remain a few restraints on what our phones and computers can do, and especially what they look … Continue reading
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Tagged batteries, FastCoExist, flexible batteries, technological innovation, technology
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Portugal’s New Smart City
Statistics and projections from a range of different sources show that we are moving into an increasingly more urbanized world, with more than 5 billion people living in cities, and over 135 new cities by the year 2025, mostly in … Continue reading
One Week Until Design Public Conclave
We are one week away from Design Public III: Trust, Participation, Innovation, a conclave bringing together government officials, private sector, social sector, funding agencies, specialists, entrepreneurs, and academics to discuss and debate the challenges, goals, and strategies of transforming India … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, cis, collaboration, communication, conclave, delhi, designpublic, development, event, google, government, IBM, India, india@75, innovation, LiveMint, National Innovation Council, National Museum, participation, private, public, rural, technology, trust
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The Decline of Social Capital
Since the 1960s and 1970s, Robert Putnam, a professor at Harvard University, has observed the decline in what he calls ‘Social Capital’: features of social organization, networks, norms, and trust, that increase the ability of people in a society to … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Society, designpublic, engagement, innovation, institutions, network, participation, politics, public, robert putnam, social, social capital, technology, trust, voting
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