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...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 7, 2009 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Engagement, Geoengineering, Nanotechnology
Following up on my last post – Geoengineering the planet with nanotechnology ice-cream? – here’s a short video Zoe Papadopoulou and colleagues put together on The Cloud Project from my visit in June: [flashvideo file=/movies/20090707/ice_cream.flv...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 5, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Engagement, Geoengineering, Nanotechnology
Scientists and engineers have their moments. But it they are hard pressed to beat art students when it comes to sheer audacious creativity. Earlier this year I received an email so intriguing I couldn’t help but follow up on it. The email was from Zoe...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 2, 2009 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology
Just a quick post (at least, as far as the text goes). Last week, I had the pleasure of appearing on Twit TV’s Dr. Kiki’s Science Hour with Kristen Sanford and Leo Laporte. The conversation covered nanotechnology from every conceivable angle. I should have...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 1, 2009 | Emerging Technology
A couple of days ago, @michael_nielsen posted a thoughtful article on his blog tackling rapid and disruptive changes in the scientific publishing business – especially the challenge of overcoming organizational immune systems that actively obstruct change and...
