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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
