Author Archives: Jonny Hankins

About Jonny

Jonny Hankins has written 80 article(s) for Technology Bloggers. Jonny is author of the 2012 ebook "A Handbook for Responsible Innovation"(99c from Amazon). He works for the Bassetti Foundation in Milan publishing articles on innovation and responsibility on their website and also blogging about his interests. He currently finds himself in Boston, USA.

Mining the Seabed

Posted on the 23rd May 2013 by Jonny Hankins

Licenses issued to seabed mining prospectors.

Posted in Environment, News, Science | Tagged deep sea, environment, hydrothermal vents, metals, mining, pollution, sustainability | 2 Comments

Taxing the Smartphone

Posted on the 16th May 2013 by Jonny Hankins

Will the French government tax smartphones?

Posted in Business, Computers, Internet, News, Smartphones | Tagged culture, data storage, entertainment, film, France, internet, report, smartphone, tax | 2 Comments

Taxes on Internet shopping

Posted on the 9th May 2013 by Jonny Hankins

Taxes levied on online retail.

Posted in Business, Internet, News | Tagged online, retail, state, tax, United States | 6 Comments

Augmented Reality Art

Posted on the 2nd May 2013 by Jonny Hankins

Augmented reality artworks as an educational tool.

Posted in Apps, Fun, Media | Tagged app, ararat, art, augmented reality, education, Layar, New York | 3 Comments

Boston Bombs and the Billboard Problem

Posted on the 25th April 2013 by Jonny Hankins

The digital billboard debate also involves the FBI.

Posted in Media, News | Tagged billboard, bombing, Boston, Cambridge, fbi, law enforcement, pollution, shodan | 5 Comments

What is Shodan?

Posted on the 18th April 2013 by Jonny Hankins

Is Shodan a real security threat?

Posted in Computers, Internet, News, Search Engines, Software, Technology | Tagged Bassetti Foundation, British Gas, online, responsibility, risk, search engines, security, shodan | 18 Comments

Robotic Warfare

Posted on the 11th April 2013 by Jonny Hankins

A look at autonomous military robots.

Posted in Media, Technology | Tagged arkin, artificial intelligence, CNN, military, responsibility, robots, sharkey, war | 5 Comments

Turning Human Waste into Plastic

Posted on the 4th April 2013 by Jonny Hankins

Making plastic from Human Sewage.

Posted in Environment, News, Science | Tagged BBC, biodegradable, carbon, environment, Micromidas, plastic, poo | 2 Comments

Using White Space for Internet Coverage

Posted on the 28th March 2013 by Jonny Hankins

Will we soon see great improvements in wireless coverage?

Posted in Computers, Internet, News | Tagged coverage, Google, internet, South Africa, US, white space, wireless | Leave a comment

Governments using Spyare, but for What?

Posted on the 21st March 2013 by Jonny Hankins

Why are the authorities watching us?

Posted in Computers, Internet, News, Software, Technology | Tagged government, Libboo, responsibility, spying, spyware | 2 Comments