by Andrew Maynard | Feb 14, 2013 | Emerging Technology
The World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies has just published its annual list of the top ten emerging technology trends. Based on expert assessment from council members and others, the list provides insight into technologies that have the...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 2, 2013 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Engagement, Environment, Geoengineering, Public Health, Risk, Sustainability, Synthetic Biology, Technology Innovation
Cross-posted from Risk Sense This week’s Risk Bites video takes a roller-coaster ride through some of the hottest topics in risk science. Admittedly this is a somewhat personal list, and rather constrained by being compressed into a two and a half minute video...
by Andrew Maynard | May 22, 2012 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Technology Innovation
A few weeks ago I was asked to give a “TED style talk” on nanotechnology for the University of Michigan Environmental Health Sciences department 125th anniversary. What they got was a short talk on “thinking small”: The other talks in the...
by Andrew Maynard | May 19, 2012 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Technology Innovation
TEM images of carbon particles from foods containing caramelized sugar. Click to see larger image. Source: Palashudding et al. Nanotechnology leads to novel materials, new exposures and potentially unique health and environmental risks – or so the argument...
by Andrew Maynard | Mar 4, 2012 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Technology Innovation
It’s been hard to avoid the buzz surrounding nano quadrotors this week, following the posting of Vijay Kumar’s jaw-dropping TED talk – and the associated viral video of the semi-autonomous machines playing the James Bond theme. The quadrotors are...
by Andrew Maynard | Feb 24, 2012 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Oversight, Regulation, Technology Innovation
A few weeks ago I spent some time chatting with Howard Lovy for an article for the Nanobusiness Commercialization Association. That interview was posted by Vincent Caprio on his blog a few days ago, and raised a few eyebrows – was I showing signs of becoming a...
