This walking tour was designed by Aslak Ransby, Ingrid Burrington and Janet Gunter for the Internet Infrastructure Summit at Techfestival. — The infrastructure of the internet begins with machines crushing rocks and those rocks must come from somewhere. In the near future, one such place could very well be in Greenland. In order to fully prepare yourself before heading out on the walk, you should take the time first to watch…

The early development of the world wide web was based on providing a basic public good for sharing knowledge. That was key to its success. — I was 10 years old, when Tim Berners-Lee first published the world wide web and made his invention available to the world. A few years later, I was introduced to it by a school librarian who was incredibly excited about it. But I remember being a bit disappointed in the…

Digital literacy is pointless without a digital upbringing to establish norms. Kids need adult guidance when learning to use technology. — Katrine Pedersen is Head of Education at Arken Museum for Modern Art. There, where she runs the Art & Tech Lab. Here, you can experiment with technology through the perspective of art as discussed in the first part of our interview. “I never saw myself at a museum, but when…

Artistic creativity is necessary for technology, not just for innovation in the marketplace but to realize its potential for participation. — When Arken Museum of Modern Art hosted its first Art & Tech Lab, together with Dries Depoorter and Nynne Just Christoffersen, the goal was to teach participants how to teach themselves. “It was such a pleasure to watch because it was about diversity and intuition,” says Katrine Pedersen, who is…

Do social media stress you out? Are you addicted to Facebook? We look into the science of how tech affects your emotional well-being. — At least in affluent societies, the smartphone has been part of social life for more than a decade and online social networking is older than the web itself. But while no one could foresee the mental health consequences of constant connectivity, studies have begun to document the effects. …

Behind all technology, there is a negotiation of power taking place. Writing about tech and ignoring the power is irresponsible journalism, says Ingrid Burrington. — The energy usage and e-waste production of the tech sector covered in the first part of our conversation is only one aspect of Ingrid Burrington’s work as a writer and artist. We continued our conversation about journalism, art, time travel, and magic.

Switching data centers to renewable energy sources like wind and solar only blunts one part of the environmental impact of cloud computing. — Internet infrastructure is made of material machines, that is computers and cables that store and transport our data, and that use a lot of energy. …

Technology has had a giant impact on the global food system. Designing human interfaces can help advance the future of what and how we eat. — “We are very interested in design processes and how we can use design as a tool to help feed 9 billion people by the year 2050. And what that means is really re-imagining our food system as a whole, from how our food is produced to how it’s packaged and…

We sat down with Denis ‘Jaromil’ Roio to talk about, among other things, what software developers can learn from the world of agriculture. — “I am a programmer, so I develop software but I am trained in the humanities. And I am the co-founder of Dyne.org which is a non-profit software house,” he says. “We do bottom-up development and we do that in a very interdisciplinary way. …