by Andrew Maynard | Jul 7, 2009 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Engagement, Geoengineering, Nanotechnology
Following up on my last post – Geoengineering the planet with nanotechnology ice-cream? – here’s a short video Zoe Papadopoulou and colleagues put together on The Cloud Project from my visit in June: [flashvideo file=/movies/20090707/ice_cream.flv...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 5, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Engagement, Geoengineering, Nanotechnology
Scientists and engineers have their moments. But it they are hard pressed to beat art students when it comes to sheer audacious creativity. Earlier this year I received an email so intriguing I couldn’t help but follow up on it. The email was from Zoe...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 3, 2009 | Nanotechnology
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) – a US-based non-profit organization committed to using public information to protect public health and the environment – has just released what is probably the most comprehensive evaluation to date of the safety and...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 2, 2009 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology
Just a quick post (at least, as far as the text goes). Last week, I had the pleasure of appearing on Twit TV’s Dr. Kiki’s Science Hour with Kristen Sanford and Leo Laporte. The conversation covered nanotechnology from every conceivable angle. I should have...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 1, 2009 | Emerging Technology
A couple of days ago, @michael_nielsen posted a thoughtful article on his blog tackling rapid and disruptive changes in the scientific publishing business – especially the challenge of overcoming organizational immune systems that actively obstruct change and...