by Andrew Maynard | May 9, 2018 | Communication, Science Communication
A few weeks ago, I was asked to give a keynote on Knowledge Mobilization for the annual Graduate College Impact Awards at Arizona State University (the video’s at the end of this post). The talk was to be science communication. But on reflection, I took the...
by Andrew Maynard | Mar 21, 2018 | Responsible Innovation, Self driving cars
Andrew Maynard, Arizona State University; Jameson Wetmore, Arizona State University, and Thaddeus R. Miller, Arizona State University On Sunday evening, March 18, an Uber SUV hit and killed a pedestrian in the Arizona city of Tempe. In a place where vehicle-related...
by Andrew Maynard | Mar 20, 2018 | Nanotechnology, Risk
Graphene is something of a celebrity in the world of nanoscale materials. Isolated in 2004 by Nobel Prize winners Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, these ultrathin sheets of carbon atoms are already finding novel uses in areas like electronics, high-efficiency...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 25, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technology, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Future, Nanotechnology, Responsible Innovation, Technology Innovation, YouTube
We have a new video up on the YouTube Risk Bites channel that asks what the fourth industrial revolution is, and looks at the technological trends underpinning it. If you’ve ever wondered what the fourth industrial revolution is, why it’s so important,...
by Andrew Maynard | Oct 20, 2017 | Future, Geoengineering
Jane A. Flegal, University of California, Berkeley and Andrew Maynard, Arizona State University Hollywood’s latest disaster flick, “Geostorm,” is premised on the idea that humans have figured out how to control the Earth’s climate. A powerful satellite-based...
