by Andrew Maynard | Dec 11, 2014 | Future, Technology Innovation
Could we one day 3D print Arnold Schwarzenegger’s brain? Before you ask, yes, this is a post about risk. And no, I’m not talking about the dangers of immortalizing the star of Terminator Genisys’ real-life biological brain. But to begin somewhere...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 19, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Future, Policy, Technology Innovation
“Technology doesn’t just happen” – people must be sick of hearing me say this. Yet as chair of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies, it’s something I seem to end up saying rather a lot as we strive to...
by Andrew Maynard | May 26, 2010 | Emerging Technology, Future, Policy, Risk, Synthetic Biology, Technology Innovation
Last week’s announcement from the J. Craig Venter Institute that scientists had created the first-ever synthetic cell was a profoundly significant point in human history, and marked a turning point in our quest to control the natural world. But the ability to...
by Andrew Maynard | Dec 9, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Future, Rethinking Science & Technology
The final part of a series on rethinking science and technology for the 21st century Nine months ago, I embarked on an ambitious project to flesh out the ideas presented in a seminar given at the James Martin 21st Century School at the University of Oxford. The...
by Andrew Maynard | Aug 20, 2009 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Engagement, Future
I’ve just posted a series of five attention-grabbing talks on future technologies from TED (the Technology, Entertainment, Design conferences) over at Mashable, where I contribute the occasional guest blog. If you are more interested in the transformative power...
