by Andrew Maynard | May 16, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Technology Innovation
A few weeks ago, the US National Nanotechnology Initiative website – www.nano.gov – underwent a much-needed facelift. The NNI’s web portal was creaky when I was part of the Initiative several years ago now. And it’s somewhat ironic that the...
by Andrew Maynard | May 8, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Optogenetics, Technology Innovation
Tomorrow, I will be speaking at the Marshal M. Weinberg Seminar on Optogenetic Manipulation of the Brain at the University of Michigan – not a subject I must admit that I am that familiar with. Fortunately, there are other speakers who will be doing much of the...
by Andrew Maynard | Apr 1, 2011 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Recommended, Technology Innovation
I’ve occasionally been accused of thinking big when it comes to Risk Science. So I was rather chuffed to hear former Executive Director of Google.org Larry Brilliant out-big me on every point as he delivered the 10th Peter M. Wege lecture here at the University...
by Andrew Maynard | Mar 10, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Oversight, Policy, Technology Innovation
As anyone who has followed my work over the past few years will know, I have a deep interest in the potential benefits and risks associated with emerging technologies, and in particular whether we can swing the balance towards benefits by thinking more innovatively...
by Andrew Maynard | Mar 4, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Technology Innovation
Back in December 2009, I rode the Acela Express up to New York from Washington DC for the day to record one of a series of nanotechnology podcasts for the ASME – the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The podcast was to be part of a new educational...
by Andrew Maynard | Feb 26, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Technology Innovation
The recently published International Handbook on Regulating Nanotechnologies has a rather unconventional cover image. But it’s one that I must confess I am rather pleased with. The image is a photo of a piece of Murano glass that I picked up several years ago...
