Jean-Claude Bolay

Alexandre Schmid

Gabriela Tejada

Eileen Hazboun

Technological innovation – combined with scientific research – has always constituted a driving force of transformation in our societies. At the same time, it is no longer simply possible to transfer technologies from the North to the South; it is also essential to consider technical innovations that are adapted to the social, environmental, cultural and economic conditions of receiving countries, and which can be appropriated by their potential users and as such prove to be real technologies for fostering development. The first International Scientific Conference on the topic organized by the UNESCO Chair Technologies for Development at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in 2010 focused on its four priority sectors: Technologies for Sustainable Development of Habitat and Cities, ICTs for the Environment, Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction, and Technologies for the Production of Sustainable Energy. This volume reflects the main outcomes of the conference and provides some significant orientation and success criteria for the effective implementation and use of innovative technologies, their aims, their particular applications in the context of developing countries, their accessibility for users, and their appropriation by producers and stakeholders in the field of development both in the North and South, thus ensuring their sustainability. This kind of scientific cooperation also highlights the added values for northern researchers in sharing their knowledge and know-how, leading to a real win-win partnership. The authors gathered within this book include representatives from academic and research institutions and other organizations from diverse countries and offer a significant synergy of competences, approaches and disciplines.

Scientific Cooperation for a Sustainable Future

Technologies and Innovations for Development

Morris (Ming-Dou) Ker

Takashi Tokuda

Professor Ker is on the Board of Amazingneuron. The Other Topic Editors Declare no Competing Interests With Regards to the Research Topic Theme.

Microelectronic Implants for Central and Peripheral Nervous System: Overview of Circuit and System Technology

Wei Wang

Sanjay Goel

Valeriu Beiu

Sandro Carrara

The LNICST series constitutes the publication platform for conferences, symposia and workshops sponsored by the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (ICST).

4th International ICST Conference, Nano-Net 2009, Lucerne, Switzerland, October 18-20, 2009, Proceedings

Nano-Net

Alexandre Schmid

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