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Enabling a better working world

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Technology and aspirations“Recreation and good physical health appear to be the

only ambivalent benefits of the technological revolution.”

Walker Percy, Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book

“Technology seeks new solutions and often creates new challenges”

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Workplaces of yesterday

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Workplaces of the future

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The changing workplace

24%4.4%

% US workforce remote working

2.3%

1980 2012

The number of US workers remote working daily

The number of US workers remote

working some time each week

2.1 million2001

2.8 million2011

Number of UK workers remote working some time each week

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Next steps: transport

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Next steps: electronics

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Next steps: power generation

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Next steps: waste and energy

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Next steps: chemicals vs biologicals

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Aging and disease susceptibility

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Concerns about new technology

Past knowledge Horizon scanningCurrent awareness

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Which lane should we take?

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3D additive printing

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Additive printing in practice

http://www.vogue.com/vogue-daily/

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Nanomaterials

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Nanomaterials

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Surface area and toxicology

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Economics and technology growth

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UK Nanosafety guidance

http://www.safenano.org/uknanosafetypartnership.aspx1,000 nm 10-20 nm

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Smart coatings

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Mists & acute respiratory distress

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Technology challengesExperience Knowledge

SharingExisting solutions

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Conclusions

The information overload – data mining

Horizon scanning vs todays contextTechnology design and implementationObserving and listeningIs it the technology or is it the process?What do we already know?

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Acknowledgements

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Annex

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Advice on safe work with nanomaterials

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Predicted trends in nanotechnology1st generation: nanoparticles, nanostructures, polymers, ceramics2000

2nd generation: 3D transistors, adaptive structures2005

3rd generation: guided assembly, 3D networks, robotics2010

4th generation: molecular complex nano machines2015-2020

5th generation: nano bio & cognitive systems>2020