Arbeitspapier: Baustelle Demokratie Die Organisation Freedom House meldete 2022 zum 16. Mal in Folge einen Verlust von Demokratie weltweit. Demokratie ist unter Druck. Auch in der Schweiz gibt es mehr Handlungsbedarf, als wir uns einges... Society Technology Jan 13, 2023
Timeline: We Are at The Beginning of The Age of Biology The future economic system will be increasingly based on biology. Scientific advances promise unprecedented opportunities to increase food production, cure diseases, generate energy, purify water and ... Sustainability Technology Jan 6, 2023
What if we could talk to animals? The goals are ambitious. The non-profit Earth Species Project (ESP) wants to develop software that helps understand languages throughout the animal kingdom, regardless of species, from worms to whales... Sustainability Technology Jan 6, 2023
How bio fabrication helps save the environment The planet's raw materials are becoming scarcer, entire animal and plant species are dying. A rethinking is inevitable. But how? The bioeconomy could play an important role. In a video, Carole Collet,... Technology Jan 5, 2023
Artificial Intelligence: Curse or Blessing? Artificial intelligence is already helping in the development of new pharmaceuticals and therapies or in the design of new products. However, the algorithms do not achieve faster and better results al... Technology Dec 13, 2022
Karin Frick on the New Age of Biophilia We are observing a turning point: from the technological to the biotechnological age. In a video, Karin Frick, Principal Researcher at the GDI, explains why. Biology is becoming the new leading techno... Sustainability Technology Dec 5, 2022
Is Music Streaming a Climate Killer? Digital products and services are an essential part of all areas of life and have gained a lot of popularity during the pandemic. Video conferencing, home delivery and streaming of films and music hav... Technology Dec 5, 2022
Warum die Digitalisierung dem Klima auch schadet Das Essay erschien ursprünglich in der «SonntagsZeitung» vom 30.10.2022. Grosse IT-Unternehmen brüsten sich gern damit, dass sie ihre Dienste klimafreundlich bereitstellen. Google gibt zum Beispiel an... Sustainability Technology Nov 25, 2022
Warum auf das Zeitalter der Technologie das Zeitalter der Biologie folgt Die vergangenen Jahrzehnte waren geprägt von einem immer rasanteren technologischen Wandel. Vom ersten Computer über das Smartphone bis hin zu Quantencomputer und Künstlicher Intelligenz. Es schienen ... Society Sustainability Technology Nov 25, 2022
Is Solar Punk Our Future? Solar punks could be described as the radically optimistic version of the climate youth. They envision a future in which people have overcome the great ecological and social crises of our time and cre... Sustainability Technology Nov 25, 2022
Multicoloured turds and feet bacteria: how synthetic biology is making us think differently It was at a genetic engineering competition more than ten years ago that Christina Agapakis met the British artist and designer Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg. In the Cambridge researcher’s hands: a suitcas... Technology Nov 10, 2022
Artificial yet creative? How AI can support the development of new ideas Studies show that less innovative and groundbreaking ideas have been proposed, despite increased research spending. The great hope for reaccelerating the pace of innovation lies in artificial intellig... Technology Oct 28, 2022