Searching for new ways to reach out to people, the embassy here pitched the idea of a high-tech cultural center set in a shopping center — a logical choice in this mall-centric city.
Brown explained that the main challenge with food tech is cultural.
America still is the land of upside, thanks to our command of digital technology and our easy affinity with tech's cultural ramifications.
Tom Chatfield is a British author, tech and cultural commentator, game writer, and game theorist.
In an effort to create a kind of high-tech cross-cultural exchange, Mr. Nourse has also solicited work from a number of relatively well-known iPhone artists, including Susan Murtaugh, a classically trained portraitist who was recently commissioned to "paint" portraits of five members of a corporation's executive board.
There's a complex tech-and-cultural cocktail of reasons why including the availability of cheaper film and editing equipment, availability to get an audience through non-traditional Internet means, and the whole globalization movement creating real ties between the West and the rest.
There is enormous opportunity for a brand that combines tech credibility with cultural influence.
And Zaha Hadid has presented radical plans to redevelop the neglected Zorrozaurre peninsula and turn it into a high-tech residential and cultural island.
For someone who was dogged for decades by a reputation for vanity and back-room dealing, Mr. Peres ended his years in public office as a remarkably beloved figure, a founding pioneer who set an example for forward thinking by promoting the country's high-tech prowess and cultural reach.
"I sometimes do forget that I live in a socio-cultural tech bubble," she admits.
"Because of climate change, it's no secret that today Indonesia is... one of the most vulnerable countries on Earth," Kerry told an audience of students at a high-tech U.S.-funded cultural center at a Jakarta mall.
