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/

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

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/ * Maekerlab 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.”