Regular readers of this blog will remember our pride at the publication of the European Commission’s SAFIRE project. SAMI’s participation included the development of 44 discrete scenarios – four global…
Author: Jonathan Blanchard Smith
Flying taxis crash into reality
In “The Fifth Element”, Korben Dallas is visited by a flying street food stall at his apartment window. Only one of any number of flying cars – including the one…
Flooding London, TRLs, and Need.
The Environment Agency has decided to improve London’s tidal defences by 2050 – 15 years earlier than anticipated. Sea levels are expected to rise by a metre by 2100. And…
The Information Commissioner and Cortical Stacks
Anyone who has read Richard Morgan’s “Altered Carbon” or seen the TV series based on it will be familiar with the idea of the “cortical stack”, an electronic implant which…
A New National Purpose: Innovation Can Power the Future of Britain
February saw the publication of a joint report by Tony Blair and William Hague, advocating nothing less than a “fundamental reshaping of the state”. “A New National Purpose” seeks to…
Introducing the Sustainability Innovation Pathway Framework
Those of you who get our monthly newsletter, “Foresight and Strategy” , will have seen our announcement of the launch of our Sustainability Innovation Pathway Framework. This week’s blog is…