When I lived in Calabria it was impossible to transfer files that were bigger than 500Mb. Not even the computer shops in the capital of the region could do this for you. One day a happy rumour began to spread: The internet had arrived. On all the little roads that crossed villages and rural area, … Continue reading Andrew Blum – Close Encounters with the Internet
Henrik Moltke – Where the internet lives
Henrik Moltke spots a building without windows somewhere on a corner in the Streets of San Francisco. He tries to find out more and comes to talk with one of the persons who works in that building. The information he gets sends him travelling around the world in search of the places where the internet … Continue reading Henrik Moltke – Where the internet lives
BOTS! -Question and Answer time with Vladan Joler, Carmen Weisskopf, Joana Moll and Richard Tynan
Radio On broadcasts the talks and the discussions that were held at the AND festival in London. The conference was curated by Disruption Network Lab. the Schedule for broadcast hours/days. Get the Radio On App
Joana Moll – The Virtual Watchers
Joana Moll's work on surveillance systems, The Virtual Watchers, is a 21st century testimony of a practice that must be as old as humanity itself: spying on others and reporting them to the authorities. Internet has made it possible to put up camera's and watch any place in the world from your sofa. Joana Moll … Continue reading Joana Moll – The Virtual Watchers
Richard Tynan – Bot in the Machine
Richard Tynan talks about the very little devices in your mobile phone, laptop or pad where all data is stored. The little device doesn't care if this information is secret, sensitive or a shopping list you forgot about. And apparently the little device doesn't even care about the fact that you deleted the files. Your … Continue reading Richard Tynan – Bot in the Machine
Carmen Weisskopf – Bots rush in
Carmen Weisskopf is a member of the !Mediengruppe Bitnik (read - the not mediengruppe bitnik). !Read or Read about them here. And there you can also read: "In early 2013 !Mediengruppe Bitnik sent a parcel to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy. The parcel contained a camera which broadcast its journey through the postal system … Continue reading Carmen Weisskopf – Bots rush in
Vladan Joler – Tracking the Trackers
Vladan Joler is a member of Sharelab. Read here who they are, and here what they have done so far. There is a whole world between that screen you are looking at right now and the people who, like me, use the internet for communication purposes. Metadata make it possible that the messages float around. Bots … Continue reading Vladan Joler – Tracking the Trackers
Cian Westmoreland’s talk on drone operating systems, responsibility and speaking out
Read here that Cian Westmoreland "was a technician responsible for the communications infrastructure of the drone program. He served with the 606 Air Control Squadron in Germany and the 73rd Expeditionary Air Control Squadron in Kandahar, Afghanistan." He stepped out and now he speaks up. Radio On broadcasts his talk and the discussions that were … Continue reading Cian Westmoreland’s talk on drone operating systems, responsibility and speaking out
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