This lunchtime I attended this event with author and journalist Nicole Kobie (@njkobie) on Will we ever get flying cars? Rethinking the future, hosted by Nesta as part of its Future Signals event series, chaired by William Woodward. Kobie is author of The Long History of the Future: Why tomorrow’s technology still isn’t here (Bloomsbury …
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On 13–14 July in Cambridge, England, I am co-curating a summit for Civic Future on the theme of Progress, entitled The Great Stagnation Summit
I am interested to learn about Britain Remade, a coalition for economic growth in Britain, of which they say, ‘It just needs a voice.’ In the Sun newspaper on Saturday they talk of how ‘We can shape the world with our science and engineering again’, and it reports on a survey Britain Remade commissioned which reveals …
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A funding opportunity for companies developing innovations to help people as they age
A good documentary series on medical innovation and progress, and my notes on it.
