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==== acedemic/institutions ====

  * CWI National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science in the Netherlands. http://www.cwi.nl/
  * GMD der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft und der GMDñForschungszentrum http://www.gmd.de/
  * Ivrea Interaction Design Institute Ivrea http://www.interaction-ivrea.it/
  * Interactive Institute ska utveckla nya former fˆr m‰nsklig och social interaktion genom innovativ anv‰ndning av digitala medier. http://www.interactiveinstitute.se/
  * TUDelft Technical University of Delft http://www.tudelft.nl/
  * KMILabs Knowledge Media Institute of the Open University http://kmi.open.ac.uk/
  * Foresight (Preparing for nanotechnology) http://www.foresight.org/
  * TRLabs, canada http://www.trlabs.ca/
  * IMEC (Interuniversity MicroElectronics Center) "is Europe's leading independent research center in the field of microelectronics, nanotechnology, enabling design methods and technologies for ICT systems." http://www.imec.be/

==== departments / crossintitutional ====

  * The Center for Lifelong Learning and Design http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~l3d/
  * SARG SymbioticA Research Group http://www.fishandchips.uwa.edu.au/sarg/sarg.html


==== cusps ====

  * FoAM is an independent, distributed laboratory based on multidisciplinary models of cultural expression, operating on the cusp of research, production, presentation and reflection of creative practices. http://f0.am
  * TimesUp Laboratory for the construction of experimental Situations http://www.timesup.org/
  * Makrolab Makrolab is an autonomous communications, research and living unit and space, capable of sustaining concentrated work of 4 people in isolation/insulation conditions for up to 120 days. http://makrolab.ljudmila.org/
  * Glowlab a multidisciplinary arts collaborative engaged in navigating + mapping cognitive / terrestrial / digital space. http://www.glowlab.com/
  * SMARTlab Site Specific Media Arts Research and Tools Development in Performing and Digital Arts. http://www.smartlabcentre.com/
  * meso is a design bureau /meso is a lab / meso is a service company / meso is an artists base / http://www.meso.net/
  * Makerlab incubates "group ownership, avoiding silo pathologies, focusing on aggregating value-driven content, encouraging point source emitters, and fostering a supportive ecosystem" http://makerlab.com/

==== writing ====

Richard Hammings presented a motivational talk about 'you and [[Your Research]]'. discussing what distinguishes "ordinary run-of-the-mill research", from important, first rate scientifc work on "those kinds of things which we perceive are significant".

==== notes/ f u r t h er / etc+ ====

http://www.travellab.net/ - "is a mobile lab for shared resource development in selforganizing networking areas. Functioning as transmitter/transponder, it establishes a transcultural knowledge base on key technologies and standard exchange for communication and incorporation of new informational modes."