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Smart Citizens Lab
Citizen science tackling heat stress inequality: Lisanne Corpel en Teije Terhorst
The weather is finally turning into summer. But the increasing heat is increasingly accompanied by stress. How can citizen science help with this?
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Smart Citizens Lab
What will the 5G auction do for society?
Earlier this week (25 June 2024), the 3.5 GHz frequencies for 5G were auctioned by the government to commercial parties. What will the 5G auction do for society? Read the opinion article.
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Course 'Samen repareren we het internet'
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Smart Citizens Lab
The Black Box of 5G: Sustainability
How will 5G affect our energy consumption? And what materials are needed to build and operate the network?
TextileLab
Is sharing caring in knowledge of traditional crafts?
Some craftspeople are hesitant to participate in the digitisation of knowledge, wanting to protect traditional techniques. Back in the days of guilds, how did people protect knowledge of traditional crafts?
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PublicSpaces Conference 2024
'How we think about AI is largely dictated by Big Tech'
In the run up to the PublicSpaces Conference 2024, Laura Krabbe spoke with Nadia Piet. With her organisation AIxDESIGN, Nadia Piet explores how we should relate to AI.
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Maker Education Lab
Waag's roadmap through Europe #3: youth as gamechanger?
In part three, we look at Europe's youngsters. How do parties see their future? What skills do they need to develop, and what does Europe want to focus on for young Europeans?
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Smart Citizens Lab
Waag's roadmap through Europe #2: can citizens participate?
In part two, we look at civic participation and the role of local initiatives. What ideas do parties have to strengthen cooperation between European residents and politics?
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Future Internet Lab
Waag's roadmap through Europe #1: the digital society
Want a different perspective on the party programmes for the European elections? Then read the Waag's Roadmap series through Europe and inform yourself. Part 1: the digital European society.
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Open call: journalistic residencie at Waag Futurelab
Are you a journalist who wants to write about the intersection between journalism and technology? Then apply for the open call in collaboration with Fonds Bijzondere Journalistieke Projecten. (Dutch spoken)
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Future Internet Lab
The state of the digital public space
A digital public space is an internet platform that enables people to engage in interactions and relationships according to public values. What do those public values entail? And how do those public values influence the design of the digital public space?
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Smart Citizens Lab
The Black Box of 5G: Public Space
Hidden behind the design of 5G is a world of trade-offs, choices and interests. How do these choices affect our society?
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Planet B Podcast
EU and the curbing of Big Tech: Kim van Sparrentak & Marleen Stikker
In the first episode of the new season, we talk to Kim van Sparrentak and Marleen Stikker about curbing Big Tech. How does technology become an election issue?
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Re-watch the State of the Internet 2024 with Kim van Sparrentak
On 2 May 2024, Waag Futurelab organised its sixth annual lecture, The State of the Internet, featuring this year European parliamentarian Kim van Sparrentak.
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TextileLab
Innovative future for traditional crafts
How can craftspeople bring traditional crafts and technology together? It might seem that innovation and craftwork are two things that don’t mix well together, however, technological advances can also create positive outcomes and innovations in crafts and cultural heritage.
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Future Internet Lab
Dutch population sets priorities for AI research agenda
Survey of Dutch people's views on AI: 58% of the Dutch population consider the topic ‘Fake news, fake pictures and polarisation’ crucial when it comes to the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and research on it.
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Future Internet Lab
Artists Penelope Cain and Špela Petrič started their Digital Deal residency at Waag
Following an open call that received close to 800 applications the project European Digital Deal kicked off twelve artist residencies in eleven countries in Europe this month.
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publieke digitale infrastructuur
Tom Demeyer continues as research fellow at Waag Futurelab
Demeyer continues as a research fellow on the topic of digital public infrastructure.
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Future Internet Lab
Decentralising trust with ‘digital wallets’
To build a digital identity, it is often only possible to use credentials from centralised sources. A more inclusive system is a 'digital wallet' in which individuals and community organisations can also provide credentials.
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textilelab
'Hacking the Machines': in search of craftspeople 2.0
Waag is searching for 'craftspersons 2.0' in the new European research project Tracks4Crafts. Pilot 'Hacking the Machines' combines traditional crafts and modern technology.
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maker education lab
Are young people in charge of their own socials?
Retrospective of the Technological Citizenship research project and the importance of involving young people in decision-making processes about technology.
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Smart Citizens Lab
The Black Box of 5G: Who wants faster internet?
Hidden behind the design of 5G is a world of trade-offs, choices and interests. How do these choices affect our society?
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Smart Citizens Lab
Waag celebrates international citizen science day
6 April 2024 was international citizen science day. Waag Futurelab has been committed to citizen science for years and sees it gaining an increasing foothold. We celebrate that with some highlights.
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Future Internet Lab
Transparant business models without data as commodity
Simone van der Burg and Marit Hoefsloot wrote an article for Holland Management Review (Magazine) to explain why we need transparant business models without data as a commodity. Waag developed a business model canvas to design exactly that.