There has been some inquiry about the Deep Games Workshops in connection with the Call for Initiatives to Hack Health and Social Care.   For some clarity to everyone, just a brief status update to where we are in the planning. Due to official reasons, the Deep Games workshops scheduled to take place in Geneva at CERN, and in Milan are in the process of being rescheduled for the early part of 2017. The dates, time and venues will be advised shortly. We continue our promise of bridging the gap between mainstream health care and community health care by embracing a collective approach. Just a reminder, if you have a story about receiving or giving care and you think it can be replicated elsewhere, or you have a maker approach in designing DIY health instruments and devices, we want to hear from you. We're always interested in new initiatives.  For other inquiries about the Call or the workshops, reach us at opencare@scimpulse.org For updates on The Call  ...

Art or Science?  They seem like opposites, one driven by data and the other by emotion. Have we bridged art and science? Both are inquisitive with a fearless approach to the unknown.   Susanna Wong, External Collaborator at CERN, SIAE Composer and Art Director of POP Science Poetry Production says , “ Opera needs to be reinvented, because if it does not change, it slowly disappears”.   An opera performance is an extraordinary production using sight, hearing, imagination and sensibility of the audience where all human passions are at work.  This art form needs a fresh perspective joining all the components and blending their expressiveness in a effort to understand, or should I say understand better, the world and how it works.   The multicultural journey Susanna was born in Ecuador, of Chinese origin, a naturalized Italian citizen, living in Geneva. Susanna’s multi-cultural background and natural passion for communication, music,...