New health technologies raise complex economic, social, environmental and safety concerns. Just as greenwashing tarnished sustainability efforts, ‘responsibility washing’ threatens health innovation.
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Countries around the world are racing to develop quantum technologies for computing, sensing and communication. Australia is trying not to get left behind.
As fictional inventors make terrible choices on the big screen, real-world tech innovators can learn from their example how not to make the same kinds of ethical mistakes.
Companies developing autonomous vehicles are missing out on the local knowledge and values of the people who live where these cars are tested. And that lack of engagement sets up bigger problems.
Less-toxic hair dye would be a great invention. But discounting the risks that come with nanoparticles could undermine other efforts to protect human health and environmental from their effects.
How will neurotech evolve? An NAS workshop this week focuses on social and ethical opportunities and challenges we face both now and down the road.
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Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
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Associate Director for Research, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society and The Polytechnic School; Co-Director Center for Smart Cities and Regions, Arizona State University
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Academic Director, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Advisor, Center for Public Health Research, Université de Montréal
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Senior Research Analyst, Fieri Research Program on Responsible Innovation in Health, Université de Montréal
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Associate Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University
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Professor of Health Management, Evaluation and Policy, Université de Montréal