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Bionic City magazine, May 2013

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Biomimetics for the Built Environment
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Bionic City magazine on Flipboard, May 2013 issue. Free to download. Features leading-edge developments in biomimetic systems, architecture, engineering, construction, planning, design and information communications technologies.

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Biomimetics: Learning from Life, Global Innovation Science Handbook, May 2013

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A comprehensive guide to the science, art, tools, and deployment of innovation, brought together by two Editors of the prestigious International Journal of Innovation Science, with ground-breaking contributions from global innovation leaders in every type of industry.  

McGraw-Hill Professional, Publication Date: Oct 13 2013, ISBN-10: 0071792708, ISBN-13: 978-0071792707, Edition 1

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Edited by Praveen Gupta and Brett E Trusko, the Global Innovation Science Handbook comprises 800 pages of insights from "a veritable "Who's Who" of the global innovation world".

 

Available on Amazon for a pre-order price of £59.09, with free delivery in the UK, the book features a chapter on cutting-edge and likely future developments in Biomimetics, authored by Design Scientist and Futurist Melissa Sterry. Exploring the convergence of innovations in myriad fields, 'Biomimetics: Learning from Life' presents possible developments in healthcare, design, manufacturing, distribution, retail, built environment, communications and business.

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Bionic City magazine, Flipboard, April 2013

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"Biomimetics for the Built Environment"

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Bionic City magazine on Flipboard, April 2013 issue. Free to download. Features leading-edge developments in biomimetic materials, engineering, building, ICT, planning and design.

 

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Conversations with Mensa, iTunes, March 2013

Conversations with Mensa, iTunes, March 2013 | Bionic City® | Scoop.it
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Joyce Gioia interviews fellow futurist Melissa Sterry for 'Conversations with Mensa'. Recorded in August 2012 and published as a podcast in March 2013, the 54-minute long interview explores Melissa's research interests and inspirations. Topics discussed include Biomimetics, Resilience Theory, Bionic City, Buckminster Fuller, Leonardo da Vinci, medical bionics, smart cities, 3D printing, disruptive innovation, futurism and Earth 2 hub. The interview is available as a free download on iTunes.

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Bionic City magazine, Flipboard, March 2013

Bionic City magazine, Flipboard, March 2013 | Bionic City® | Scoop.it
Biomimetics for the Built Environment
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Bionic City magazine on Flipboard featuring the breaking news on biomimetics in the built environment. 

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City City, February 2013

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New title City City magazine is now in print. 'Case Study Cities', a future cities piece by Melissa Sterry, features in Issue II: the Smart Cities edition, out in April. Visit CityCitymagazine.com

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Melissa Sterry keynote, 2Degrees Live, January 2013

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Melissa Sterry talks raves, body hacking, bionics, digital and innovation at the edges, as she presents the case for the construction industry to embraces radical new ideas. Filmed at 2Degrees Live at 200 Aldersgate, London, January 25th 2013.

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Bionic City™ on Facebook, January 2013

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Asking the question "how would Nature design a city?"
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The Bionic City™ Facebook page is now live, visit the link to 'Like'.

 

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Thinking the Unthinkable, The Drum, January 2013

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The Drum, January 2013 Issue

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"Technological advancement once again gathered pace in the past year and looks unlikely to slow down in 2013 or beyond. Jess Davies takes a look at what to expect...

 

Hailed by The Economist as the “third industrial revolution”, 3D printing is making serious headway in areas including health, engineering, construction, decoration and aeronautical sectors. In short, it’s relevant to just about everyone.

 

Although some way off being a mass market product there are already examples of where 3D printing has already been used to recreate human organs, vital replacement spacecraft parts for NASA’s astronauts, and even the Aston Martin in the latest James Bond movie Skyfall.

 

Experts including Melissa Sterry, head of technology at Earth 2 Hub, believe brands which ignore the rise of 3D printing do so at their peril. Get involved with the science of technology is her advice to brands. “There are no words to explain just how fast technology is developing - we’re on the brink of quantum computing. I’m really surprised more retailers aren’t being more experimental, they need to be afraid of what they will miss out on if they don’t experiment,” she said." 

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Raising Energy Performance of Properties, 2degrees Live, January 2013

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“Raising the Energy Performance of Your Properties” has been designed to help those in both the private and public sectors improve energy performance across property portfolios by getting the most from stakeholders,finance, technology and data.

 

All of the different stakeholders will work together to tackle their shared challenges within the three working groups, and to realise the benefits of higher performing, more sustainable property portfolios and truly engaged landlords, tenants and staff.

 

Speakers include Karen Dell - Head of Sustainability, DECC; Neil Pennel - Head of Sustainability & Engineering, Land Securities; David Farebrother - Managing Director, Faregreen Environmental; Jon Lovell - Global Practice Leader Sustainability and Real Estate, Drivers Jonas Deloitte; Melissa Sterry - Director/Head of Technology - Earth 2 Hub; Munish Datta - Head of Property Plan A - Marks and Spencer; Bill Hughes - Managing Director - Legal and General Property.

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Cities Of The Future, StarTalk Radio, December 2012

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Image credit: Stacey Severn.
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In the most recent episode of his StarTalk podcast, Neil deGrasse Tyson wonders why cities haven't changed all that much in recent decades, considering how far technology has advanced. Tyson discusses the "city of tomorrow" with comedian Eugene Mirman and futurists Melissa Sterry and Jason Silva.

 

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StarTalk radio at IGNITION 2012, November 2012

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StarTalk radio is to present 'The Future of Space Exploration and Innovation' at Ignition 2012, hosted by astrophysicist and Director of the Hayden Planetarium Neil deGrasse Tyson, in conversation on stage with comedian Eugene Mirman and futurists Jason Silva and Melissa Sterry. A two-day conference, Ignition: The Future of Digital, will take place at 10 on the Park at the Time Warner Centre, New York and bring together some of the most respected names in the digital media industry, including Jeffrey Bewkes Chairman and CEO of Time Warner, Jeff Weiner CEO of Linkedin, Jill Abramson Exuecitve Director of The New York Times, Andrew Mason Founder and CEO of Groupon, Carolyn Everson VP Global Marketing Solutions Facebook and David Kenny Chairman and CEO The Weather Channel.

 

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The Future: Designed Around You, The Guardian, October 2012

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We have the technology: With the science fiction of yesteryear rapidly being eclipsed by the burgeoning technologies of the present day, everyone's future can be made that little bit better, says Melissa Sterry in The Future: Design Around You supplement in The Guardian, October 27th 2012. Feature explores the potential future societal impacts of technologies including medical bionics, 3D printing and smart city operating systems.

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Future Cities, Biospheric Project, Manchester International Festival, July 2013

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On the evening of July 10th 2013, Design Scientist and Futurist Melissa Sterry will join Jon Turney, author of 'A Rough Guide to the Future', to present the future of post-industrial cities. Chaired by Jurgan Maier, Managing Director of Siemens UK Industry Sector, the event is taking place at The Biospheric Project in Salford, as part of the Manchester International Festival - a biennial international arts festival, with a specific focus on original new work.

 

Sterry will give a 45-minute presentation on possible future urban scenarios born of emergent and likely future developments in science and technology, including biomimetics, synthetic biology, 3D and 4D printing, hydroponics and information communications technologies.

 

Throughout MIF13, The Biospheric Project will have a free programme of daily events including talks, tours, film screenings and ‘how to’ workshops, as well as a weekend of activity for families.

Vincent Walsh's comment, May 13, 10:30 AM
Biospheric Foundation CIC is a Soco-Ecological Urban Practice In Salford Manchester developed by PhD student Vincent Walsh. The foundation researches, designs & builds advanced Ecological Urban Systems.
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Bionic City presented at Write the Future, Royal Society, May 2013

Bionic City presented at Write the Future, Royal Society, May 2013 | Bionic City® | Scoop.it
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On May 1st 2013 Design Scientist and Futurist Melissa Sterry present 'The Bionic City of the Future' at the Write the Future micro-conference, held at the Royal Society, London. Her talk spanned good and bad practice in futurism; the science of Biomimetics; applications of Biomimetic materials, engineering, architecture and systems in cities; past visions of life-like cities; the importance of gender equality and demographic diversity in city design and planning; the benefits of bringing science and science fiction / scientists and artists together (STEAM); her research journey and the approach, process and ambitions for her Bionic City® project. Other subjects explored at Write the Future included building living interstellar spacecraft; emergent digital media for publishing and film; best practice in science and science fiction writing; humanity's relationship with the living and non-living world about us; the realities of climate change; current and likely future impacts of climate change on ecological systems; whether common themes in science fiction, including teleportation and time travel may ever be viable; the role of science fiction in imagining and building the future. Melissa will be producing a follow-up piece to her Bionic City keynote, in the form a of short science fiction story about the city, which is scheduled for publication summer 2013.

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Joyce Gioia and Melissa Sterry talk Futurism, April 2013

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In August 2012, US futurist Joyce Gioia joined UK futurist Melissa Sterry, Earth 2 Hub’s Head of Technology, to become the latest Mensa members in conversation for the series. Their conversation explored several areas of Melissa’s research, including Biomimetics; the Bionic City® and transferring knowledge embedded in flora and fauna species and ecosystems to applications for the built environment; medical bionics, including neurological prosthetics, and their profound implications for human health and wellbeing - including reframing ageing and perceptions thereof; Resilience Theory and its role in protecting society from natural hazards; smart cities and how emergent ICT is re-inventing both urban and rural dwelling; disruptive innovation as a catalyst for social, cultural and economic change; 3D printing and its potential impacts on individual and community lifestyle choices, business organisation and population distribution; perceptions of place and the merger of the real and the virtual world...

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Write The Future, Royal Society, May 2013

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Write The Future is a micro-conference organised and curated by the Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction literature and the Royal Society, London. For a discount ticket of £35.00 use the code: whatthefuture

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Fast, forward-facing and fantastically futuristic, Write The Future condenses the best bits of a typical two-day conference into a single afternoon of compelling content, inspired by the life and work of science fiction author, inventor and futurist Sir Arthur C. Clarke.

 

Programme

 

Wrangling Shamans, Snake Oil and Science Fiction: Arc Magazine editor Simon Ings and New Scientist's Sumit Paul Choudhury. Panel event with Jane Rogers, Joanna Kavenna and Paul Graham Raven.

 

Kinking Reality and Imagining the Future: award-winning novelist and writer for comics and screenplays Lauren Beukes.

 

Don't Feed the Lizard Brain. Surviving the Social Media Comedown: writer, journalist and features editor Molly Flatt.

 

Free Your Words and Your Mind Will Follow. Language as Technology and Ludwig’s Talking Lion: Creative Director at Harper Collins Publishers, Ben North.

 

The Bionic City of the Future: Futurist and Design Scientist Melissa Sterry, Director/Head of Technology at Earth 2 Hub™. 

 

Botworld. A Printer That Prints Its Own Face, and How The Web Won't Stay Trapped Behind Glass: CEO and Principal at BERG, Matt Webb.

 

Future Now: A beginners guide to the cutting edge of scientific research: Presentations by Fellows of the Royal Society, London.

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How will domestic tech change homes in the next decade?, Wired UK, February 2013

How will domestic tech change homes in the next decade?, Wired UK, February 2013 | Bionic City® | Scoop.it
Wired asks a selection of academics and business types for their thoughts on this month's big question: "How will domestic technology change our homes in the next decade?"
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Strange Science Stories, Write The Future, February 2013

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Strange Science Stories: Write the Future, inspired by science fiction author, inventor and futurist Arthur C. Clarke is coming to the Royal Society, London. Featuring contributors including design scientist futurist Melissa Sterry and film director Frank Da Silva. Save the Date: May 1st 2013.

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The Big Question, Wired magazine (UK), February 2013

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Wired (UK Edition), February 2013.

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Wired's February 2013 issue asks "How will domestic technology change our homes in the next decade?" Several design experts answer, including Brian Jones - Director of Home Research at Georgia Tech University, Kerstin Dautenhahn - Professor of AI at University of Hertfordshire, Melissa Sterry - Design Scientist and Futurist at Earth 2 Hub, Daniel H Wilson - Roboticist and author of Robopocalypse and Amped, Jodi Forlizzi - Assistant Professor of Design at Carnegie Mellon University.

 

"Systems will control heat, humidity and light as they respond to feedback from sensors. We'll see smart structures that enable us to shift walls, so we can sculpt our space as required. 3D printers will bring a new dimension to DIY: we won't buy good online, we'll buy designs that we download. Many goods will be 'made at home'." Melissa Sterry

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BionicCity.co.uk Launching Soon, January 2013

BionicCity.co.uk Launching Soon, January 2013 | Bionic City® | Scoop.it
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The world over, Life in all its various shapes and forms, has found novel ways to build resilience to extreme meteorological and geological events. Positing the potential of the city as a complex biomimetic adaptive system, Bionic City™ explores these resilience strategies and how we may mimic them using leading-edge science and technology. In development since January 2010, its hypothesis challenges some of the most fundamental assumptions in contemporary planning and design and ultimately attempts to answer the question "how would Nature design a city?"

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Top 9 Inhabitat Editors’ Favorite Stories of 2012, December 2012

Top 9 Inhabitat Editors’ Favorite Stories of 2012, December 2012 | Bionic City® | Scoop.it
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Interview with futurist Melissa Sterry about Earth 2.0 and the Bionic City makes Inhabitat Editors Top 9 Favourite Stories of 2012.

 

Inhabitat writes...

 

'We’re quickly making our way towards 2013, and as as we countdown these last few days of 2012, we here at Inhabitat are looking back at all the best green design and news stories from the past year. We saw a number of great strides achieved over 2012, proving that there are millions of people out there working tirelessly to make the world we live in a better, more sustainable place. From educating people on the little things they can do to help combat climate change to the mainstream adoption of 3D printing to a feel good story about a man who single-handedly planted an entire forest, check out the stories that really shined in the eyes of our editors this year.'

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Startalk Live at Ignition: The Future of Digital, November 2012

On November 27th, 2012, StarTalk Live brought a little science to the world of dollars and cents at the Business Insider IGNITION conference. Now you're invi...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Ponders Future Cities with Melissa Sterry, November 2012

Can over-planning the development of cities lead to an apocalyptic future? Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, host of StarTalk Radio and director of the Ha...
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Astrophycist Neil deGrasse Tyson and futurist Melissa Sterry ponder future cities backstage at Ignition: The Future of Digital at the Time Warner Centre, New York, November 27th 2012.

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2020: A Brand Odyssey, Aegis Media Autumn Sessions, October 2012

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06.11.2012 Выступление футуролога Мелиссы Стерри на Aegis Media Autumn Sessions 2012 Sostav продолжает публикацию видео-материалов по итогам 8-й ежегодной конференции коммуникационной ... Futurist Melissa Sterry presents 2020: A Brand Odyssey at the Aegis Media Russia Autumn Session on 23rd October 2012 at The Ritz Carlton, Moscow. Her talk explored the possible impacts to brands and businesses of smart cities and wider developments in ICT, 3D printing, bionics and more.

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