by Nick Price | Nov 25, 2020 | 20 in 20
The first academic that took part in this conversation is Dr Billy Wu, a senior lecturer at Imperial College London in the Dyson School of Design Engineering, where he researches electrochemical devices and manufacturing. In 2016 at the TF2036 conference on materials,...
by Nick Price | Jul 23, 2020 | 20 in 20
We wanted to create a series were 20 academics speculated about the next 20 years, to help us unpick technology and exploring their potential futures from living electrodes to decentralised autonomous organisations. Understanding what might be hype, what might become...
by Nick Price | Jul 23, 2020 | 20 in 20, Academic Visions
Imperial Tech Foresight reached out to Dr Ying-Ying Hsieh, Assistant Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, to find out more. Her research explores coordination and governance mechanisms within blockchain-based, DAOs. In our conversation, we found out about the...
by Claudio Sanna | Jul 14, 2020 | 20 in 20, Academic Visions
Why is your research important? In simple terms, my lab develops materials – hardware and software systems – that interface the physical, chemical and biological world with machines. These new inventions will ultimately lead to improvements in our society,...
by Nick Price | Jul 14, 2020 | 20 in 20, Academic Visions
Imperial Tech Foresight met up with Professor Rafael Calvo, who is the Director for Research at Dyson School of Design Engineering and co-lead at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, to hear more about the ethical challenges raised by new technologies...
by Nick Price | Jul 14, 2020 | 20 in 20, Academic Visions
Firstly, what are the primary shifts in and around privacy? The main change is that large digital organisations are becoming pressurised from regulators. European Union, California and Singapore are particularly progressive. We are seeing these regulators taking a...