Pangloss Labs is a centre of expertise in open source hardware, software and most importantly ideas and techniques. Currently both a French association and a Swiss association, run by entrepreneurs, we hold experimental (hardware, software and social entrepreneurship) labs, and prototype innovation activities across various sectors.
Each year we choose from dozens of the best new documentaries in both English and French and choose 11-12 for the film festival. To be chosen they have be a great film first, show a problem and propose a concrete solution to the problem. No “we’re all doomed” films at our festival
The fourth edition in Ferney will be held on 18th-22nd March 2015.
Interested in finding out more about the local maker community? How about if you could meet them all in one place? The LemanMake festival unites hackerspaces, fablabs, bio-hackerspaces, hobbyists and professionals from all around Lake Geneva. It will be held on 27 & 28 June in Nyon, Switzerland.
A diverse group of geeks, engineers and hackers got together back in 2009 by asking the question online “is there a kind of makerspace in Geneva?”. PTL opened it’s doors in May 2012, and has held open evenings every Tuesday ever since.
This is a detailed overview of the collaborative economy from the Peer 2 Peer Cooperative. Proof positive that you don’t need giant organisations to get things done.
Amazing and scary at the same time. Robot humanoids cross the uncanny valley.
I’m in print, describing a scenario for the year 2100 at “The Futurist” magazine, published by the World Future Society. The short, 500 word essay was written earlier this year. Take a read at http://www.wfs.org/futurist/september-october-2012-vol-46-no-5/22nd-century-first-light/scenarios/energy-living and tell me what you think
My response to: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/26/climate-change-skeptic-religion?commentpage=6#start-of-comments
I’d say it’s the exact opposite of a religion. We environmentalists have looked around at the state of the world, gathered evidence, considered the possibilities and (quite often) reluctantly come to the conclusion that “someone should do something” and “I am someone”.
Believe me, I would much rather that the world was fine and I could spend my time on something else instead.
I am convinced by the evidence, where global or local it all points in one direction. I’m also convinced by the successes, from the action against CFCs, the ever-growing amount of organic food available (again – it was all your grandparents had), and the cleaning up of rivers in many countries through to the many permaculture projects regenerating wasteland and making it productive for human civilization.
Humans are amazing. We can fix the world and we will fix the world. It does however seem that we will have to get on with building a better world without waiting for agreement from everyone, let alone governments.