by Andrew Maynard | Aug 3, 2018 | Emerging Technology, Ethics, Films from the Future, Future, Moviegoer's Guide to the Future, Responsible Innovation, Society, Technology Innovation
After a hectic summer of writing and editing, I’m pleased (if a little frazzled) to report that the book formerly known as “The Moviegoer’s Guide to the Future” is on schedule to be published mid-November of this year. Just to whet your...
by Andrew Maynard | Jun 11, 2018 | Emerging Technology, Future, Human Enhancement, Moviegoer's Guide to the Future, Responsible Innovation
Excerpted from a early draft of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies (out November 2018); inspired by the movie Limitless. In 2004, the academic and medical doctor Anjan Chatterjee wrote a review of what he termed “Cosmetic...
by Andrew Maynard | Jun 5, 2018 | Emerging Technology, Films from the Future, Future, Moviegoer's Guide to the Future, Responsible Innovation
Excerpted from a early draft of The Moviegoer’s Guide to the Future; inspired by the movie Minority Report. In March 2017, the British newspaper The Guardian ran a web-story with the headline “Brain scans can spot criminals, scientists say”.[1] Unlike in...
by Andrew Maynard | May 25, 2018 | Emerging Technology, Films from the Future, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Future, Moviegoer's Guide to the Future, Responsible Innovation
The big news is that I’ve just signed a book deal with the publisher Mango! The working title for the book is The Moviegoer’s Guide to the Future (Update: the final title is Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies), and...
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 | 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,...
