by Andrew Maynard | Nov 30, 2009 | Nanotechnology
How do you describe nanotechnology in 24 seconds, or even in 7 words? Tough challenge, but Professor Wade Adams, Director of the Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology at Rice University rose to it with aplomb at this year’s Ig...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 29, 2009 | Communication
Update July 2015 -Andréia’s original blog post isn’t accessible anymore sadly (I’m still looking for a link to an archived version). Andréia Azevedo Soares has just posted an excellent blog on how to interview scientists over at YS Journal –...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 22, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Policy
As this weekend’s Summit on the Global Agenda came to a close this morning, I was left with an abiding impression of a looming yet largely hidden potential crisis in global security and prosperity: A failure to develop and use technology innovation effectively...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 21, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Policy
Good brainstorms are oft anticipated and rarely encountered. So I tend to get a little excited when I find myself in one that stimulates rather than stultifies. Today at the World Economic Forum Summit on the Global Agenda had more than it’s fair share of...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 20, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Engagement
It’s the end of day one at the World Economic Forum Summit on the Global Agenda, and I’m sitting in my rather comfortable hotel room overlooking Palm Island, trying to pull my thoughts together. It was a day for meeting old friends, making new...
