nbo basics
Journalist and writer
Topics:
Nanotechnology, synthetic biology (more on my page: nano.bitfaction.com);
climate change, cleantech; AI, robotics, IT; personal Ffabrication/rapid prototyping;
philosophy of technology; privacy, surveillance; urbanism.
Media I'm working for (selection):
Zeit Wissen, Technology Review, Der Freitag, Stern, Die Zeit, taz, Le Monde Diplomatique
Book publications (selection):
"Nanotechnology Risks and Safety Issues", in: J. Lambauer, U. Fahl, A. Voß (Ed.), "Nanotechnology and Energy: Science, Promises and its Limits", Pan Stanford Publishing 2012
about technology from an anarchist viewpoint: "Rip, Mix & Fabricate", in: Ilija Trojanow (Ed.), "Anarchistische Welten", Edition Nautilus 2012 (in German)
about the need for an open nanotechnology: "Die Notwendigkeit einer offenen Nanotechnik", in A. Nordmann, J. Schummer, A. Schwarz (Ed.), "Nanotechnologien im Kontext. Philosophische, ethische und gesellschaftliche Perspektiven", Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Berlin, June 2006 (in German)
a general introduction to nanotechnology: "Alles Nano?! Die Technik des 21. Jahrhunderts", Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Hamburg, February 2006 (in German)
Lectures sSelection):
about Personal Fabrication, Open Hardware, Fab Labs and new forms of production
(u.a. for DASA, International Summer Academy Salzburg, Z-Punkt)
about Nanotechnology, nanotech risks and the public nanotech debate
(u.a. for the German NanoKommission, DASA, Hessen Agentur)
about the philosophy of technology
(u.a. for Ev. Akademie Villigst, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung)
Fachlicher Hintergrund:
Physicist, graduated at TU Berlin (Dipl.-Phys.; focus subjects: astrophysics and science theory).
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