Innovation for a well-fed world – what role for technology?

by Guest | Dec 15, 2009 | Guest Post, Technology innovation in the 21st century

By Geoff Tansey A guest blog in the Alternative Perspectives on Technology Innovation series Andrew posed the question, “How should technology innovation contribute to life in the 21st century?” For me, working on creating a well-fed world, the short answer is: in a...

Beyond safety: some bigger questions about new technologies

by Guest | Dec 15, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Guest Post, Nanotechnology, Technology innovation in the 21st century

By Georgia Miller, Friends of the Earth Australia A guest blog in the Alternative Perspectives on Technology Innovation series The promise that a given new technology will deliver environmentally benign electricity too cheap to meter, end hunger and poverty, or cure...

Innovation for whom? Innovation for what? The Impact of Ableism

by Guest | Dec 14, 2009 | Guest Post, Technology innovation in the 21st century

By Gregor Wolbring A guest blog in the Alternative Perspectives on Technology Innovation series First let me thank Andrew for inviting me to write a piece for his blog. Andrew states that his blog is about “how technology innovation should contribute to living in the...

Biopolitics for the 21st Century

by Guest | Dec 14, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Guest Post, Technology innovation in the 21st century

By Marcy Darnovsky, PhD, Associate Executive Director of the Center for Genetics and Society A guest blog in the Alternative Perspectives on Technology Innovation series Much appreciation is due to Andrew for his courage in soliciting “alternative perspectives” on...

Hooked on tech – ten alternative perspectives on technology innovation

by Andrew Maynard | Dec 10, 2009 | Civic Science, Recommended, Technology innovation in the 21st century

2020 Science is something of a labor of love – it’s a website where I explore my thoughts and ideas surrounding the interface between science, technology and society beyond the constraints of my “day job” (currently Chief Science Advisor to the Project on Emerging...

Completing the circle: Coupling science & technology outputs to inputs

by Andrew Maynard | Dec 7, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Technology innovation in the 21st century

Part 9 of a series on rethinking science and technology for the 21st century Writing about completing the circle of science and technology policy at the start of the Copenhagen climate summit seems particularly fitting.  Although the climate change context was far...