The e-Skills Week 2012 is a European campaign focused on showing people how to get jobs through e-skills in the digital age. Building on the success of e-Skills Week 2010, the DG for Enterprise and Industry has again teamed up with DIGITAL EUROPE and European Schoolnet, to drive awareness of the need for e-skills and their benefits. Read more
This 2012 edition, which inaugurates on March 26th, shall be hosted in many Italian locations, and it ends on July 2012. It is framed under the e-shills campaign 2012, promoted by DG Enterprise&Industry of the European Commission, and coodinated in Italy by ECWT (European Center for Women and Technology) and by her National Contact Point. Read more
RomeCup 2012 “Excellency in Robotics in Rome" will be held on March 21-23 and will host the Italian selections for the dance primary and soccer categories of Robocup Junior 2012, the World Robotics Championships. Read more
Creativity Meeting Point is an international forum of creative industries which takes place every year in Bilbao. The 4th edition of the Forum will take place the 13, 14 and 15 of March 2012. Operto and Micheli speak on the 13th about "Robotics and Well-Being". Read more
The European Center for Women&Technology and her National Contact Points are organizing several Europeanwide activities in the frame of the e-skills week. The School of Robotics, associated of the ECWT, and its networks are organizing many interesting events in educational robotics field and ICT. Read more
The exhit (open at Genova MuMa Galata Museum February 1st-29th) features diving experimental prototypes. On February 19th, at 5 p.m. conference with Gianluca Genoni and underwater photographer Alberto Balbi. On February 25th, Yves Omer, the legendary underwater cameraman collaborator of Commander J.Y. Cousteau on the Calypsho ship. Read more
The European Center for Women&Technology and her National Contact Points are organizing several Europeanwide activities in the frame of the e-skills week. The School of Robotics, associated of the ECWT, and its networks are applying for many interesting events in educational robotics field. Read more
On January 14th died Paolo Rossi, philosopher of science and great scholar of philosophy and of evolution of sciences. He was involved in discussion on Roboethics when he took part in the Atelier on Roboethics (2006) and in the organizing of the Seminar "Robotics, A New Science" (National Academi of Lincei, 2008). Read more
Robots today serve in many roles, from entertainer to educator to executioner. As robotics technology advances, ethical concerns become more pressing: Should robots be programmed to follow a code of ethics, if this is even possible? Are there risks in forming emotional bonds with robots? How might society--and ethics--change with robotics? With an essay by Gianmarco Veruggio. Read more
A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to All of You! We wish you a fruitful and joyful 2012! Read more
