by Andrew Maynard | Dec 23, 2014 | Technology Innovation
How do you creatively explore the challenges and opportunities of developing new technologies responsibly? This past summer, the University of Michigan Risk Science Center partnered with the V2_ Institute for Unstable Media in Rotterdam to just this. And the result?...
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 | Nov 2, 2014 | Technology Innovation
How do we chart a path forward toward the effective and responsible development and use of new technologies? For the next two years, the World Economic Forum Meta-Council on Emerging Technologies will be tackling this and other questions as it develops ways of...
by Andrew Maynard | Aug 26, 2014 | Technology Innovation
As a member of the selection committee for the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers, it’s always exciting to see which companies made the bar each year. This year’s Technology Pioneers have just been announced. They represent 24 of the...
by Andrew Maynard | Aug 26, 2014 | Technology Innovation
I’ve just had my attention drawn to this inspiring 2 minute video on engineering from University of Michigan PhD student Barry Belmont: The video’s part of the National Academy of Engineering Engineering for You Video Contest. What I like about it...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 25, 2014 | Technology Innovation
Chemistry World posted a good article yesterday on nanotech regulation in Europe (Europe mulls best way to handle nanotech by Andrew Williams). I have a couple of quotes in the piece, along with Risk Science Center colleague Diana Bowman). These are taken from a...
