by Minter Dial | Sep 24, 2017 | Futureproof, New Tech
While press and overall hype on energy storage has increased notably – hardly an article on renewable energy is written without the mention of energy storage – energy storage is not an intrinsically new or novel concept. Pumped storage hydro (PSH) stations –...
by Minter Dial | Sep 21, 2017 | Futureproof, Genomics, Health, New Tech
A decade ago, sequencing the over 3 billion bases of the human genome, which gave birth to the field of modern “Genomics”, was a disruptive force in science and technology that changed the way we think about disease forever. The development of this technology has led...
by Minter Dial | Sep 17, 2017 | Futureproof, Responsibility
Let’s start with a definition of Climate Change: for me, I describe it as the reduction of resources used by a company in order to create a sustainable business. As such, I think that Climate Change is not a disruptive force, at least not as a standalone item. It...
by Minter Dial | Sep 14, 2017 | Leadership
I was 30 minutes late for meeting the other day and when I got there, my rendez-vous was visibly annoyed. To my great relief, after fumbling through a few poor communication-related excuses, he seemed to get over it and we sat down promptly. He then launched into a...
by Minter Dial | Sep 13, 2017 | Futureproof, Internet of Things, New Tech
The low hum was faint at first, slowly getting louder the more you concentrated on the sound, until eventually the black object broke over the horizon at first looking like a Blackhawk helicopter from a Hollywood blockbuster movie, then as it moved in a regimented...
