Cybernetica PCP

Context of Principia CyberneticaPCP as a collaborative attempt to integrate and found existing knowledge has predecessors in general intellectual history (Talmud, Adler), as well as in the history of systems science and cybernetics. In particular different similar attempts to build compendia or "encyclopedia-like" works can be mentioned, such as Krippendorf's Dictionary of Cybernetics, Singh's Systems and Control Encyclopedia, Charles François' Dictionary of Systems and Cybernetics, the work of Troncale and Snow in the context of the International Society for Systems Science, and the Glossary on Cybernetics and Systems Theory developed for the American Society for Cybernetics.

http://pcp.vub.ac.be/CONTEXT.html

Making the most of social networking

41.7 million Europeans are regular users of social networking sites. They will be 107.4 million by the end of 2012. Europeans are using them to share personal and professional experiences, keep in contact with family and friends, and organise their social lives.

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/social_networking/index_en.htm

Nuevas tecnologias en España

New Technologies in Spain is a multi-part series highlighting Spanish innovation and is produced by Technology Review’s custom-publishing division in partnership with the Trade Commission of Spain. Spain represents more than 2.1% of the world’s total GDP and has enjoyed a remarkable 14-year streak of economic growth above the 3% mark. Spain is fast becoming a leader in innovation and generating advanced solutions in the industries of aerospace, renewable energies, water treatment, rail, biotechnology, industrial machinery and civil engineering.

http://www.technologyreview.com/microsites/spain/index.aspx