by Andrew Maynard | Jan 24, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Policy
It’s that time of year again – 2000+ of the worlds top movers and shakers are beginning to descend on the Swiss ski town of Davos for this year’s Annual World Economic Forum meeting. Political heavyweights like Clinton, Annan, Sarkozy and Cameron...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 24, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology
Over at the Risk Science Center blog, I have posted a request for help on web-based nanotechnology resources. Given that 2020 Science has such a nano-savvy readership, I thought I would cross-post the request here. If you have any suggestions on useful websites...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 19, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Future, Policy, Technology Innovation
“Technology doesn’t just happen” – people must be sick of hearing me say this. Yet as chair of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies, it’s something I seem to end up saying rather a lot as we strive to...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 18, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Oversight, Regulation
Cross posted from the Risk Science Center Blog: There’s a lot to like in President Obama’s perspective on 21st century regulation. Writing in today’s Wall Street Journal, Obama outlines his thinking behind his new executive order to review and revise...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 15, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology
Next week sees the debut of the PBS science program NOVA’s new series Making Stuff – a four part special “exploring the materials that will shape our future”, hosted by NY Times technology columnist David Pogue. You may recall that I expressed...
