by Andrew Maynard | Nov 2, 2010 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Public Perception
Last week while at the NISE Net network-wide meeting, I was fortunate enough to see a preview of part of NOVA’s forthcoming series Making Stuff. The series focuses on the wonders of modern materials science. But rather than coming away enthralled by the...
by Andrew Maynard | Oct 27, 2010 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Engagement, Society
Complete the following: Setting: A well known and sometimes off-beat technology commentator explores new breakthroughs on a popular TV science and tech show. Story: Spiders’ silk is incredibly strong, but in short supply (ever tried harvesting silk from a...
by Andrew Maynard | Oct 25, 2010 | Emerging Technology, Public Health, Risk, Technology Innovation
The immediate lessons from the Deepwater Horizon disaster are pretty obvious – we (or at least somebody) messed up! But what about the less-obvious lessons – especially those concerning technology innovation and how it’s handled? The Fall 2010...
by Andrew Maynard | Oct 20, 2010 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Technology Innovation
New technologies depend on uncommon materials, and society depends on new technologies. Which means that economies that develop the former and control the latter have something of an upper hand in today’s interconnected and technology-dependent world. This has...
by Andrew Maynard | Oct 14, 2010 | Emerging Technology
Now that I’ve had some time to get to grips with my new position as Director of the University of Michigan Risk Science Center, I thought it was high time I started letting people know something about where the Center will be heading over the next few years. ...
by Andrew Maynard | Oct 13, 2010 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology
Sometime in the past couple of weeks – I’m not entirely sure when as accounts are conflicting – the World Technology Evaluation Center (WTEC) posted a draft of a new report examining the long-term impacts and research directions of nanotechnology. ...
