What if Europe championed new AI hardware?
Current state-of-the-art hardware is not optimised for machine learning, and both academic and private sector research is already leading to...
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Listen to a selection of podcasts reporting on the latest science and technology developments, looking into the impact they will have on our lives and capturing their policy implications.
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20 of 105 episodesWhat if we ran out of copper?
The copper market has recently been showing unusual instability. New EU legislation, though not always directly related, seems to be having...
What if electrification transformed the EU economy?
Electrification is gaining momentum across many sectors, including transport, buildings and industry, driven by the EU's climate ambition an...
What if focusing on the system, not just the symptoms, were key to health?
Exposure to 'forever chemicals', air pollution, stress and many other factors depends on where a person lives and their lifestyle choices. T...
What if the problem with cars was not their method of propulsion?
The European automotive industry is striving to adapt to market changes driven by the dual green and digital transition. Electrification has...
Analysis exploring risks and opportunities linked to the use of collaborative industrial robots in Europe
Robot applications, including 'collaborative robots' - cobots - designed to collaborate with humans, are in high demand, with sales and inst...
What if generative artificial intelligence became conscious?
Generative artificial intelligence applications, such as ChatGPT, are powered through complex learning processes by comprehensive datasets o...
What if the EU were energy independent?
The EU depends on imported fossil fuels (gas, oil and coal) for about 56 % of its energy needs (gross energy consumption), which in 2021 rep...
What if Europe ran out of water?
Droughts and water scarcity are no longer rare or extreme events in Europe. About 20 % of the European territory and 30 % of Europeans are a...
What if algorithms decided what we should eat by looking at our DNA?
Diets tailored to our individual characteristics could bring about health benefits but require data on our most personal features, such as o...
Splinternets': Addressing the renewed debate on internet fragmentation
Recent events have multiplied concerns about potential fragmentation of the internet into a multitude of non-interoperable and disconnected...
What if biosensors could help treat rare diseases?
Most rare diseases are incurable. Biosensors are a technology that, driven by continuous advances in artificial intelligence, can help disea...
What if we could make nuclear fusion work?
To reach the Paris Agreement objective of keeping the global temperature increase well below 2°C, the EU must consider every possible techno...
What if open strategic autonomy could break the cycle of recurring crises?
Open strategic autonomy ensures the capacity to cope alone if necessary but without ruling out cooperation whenever possible. It relies on f...
What if nature taught us to adapt to climate change?
Over the past 3.8 billion years, nature has been engineering itself to survive. It has also developed efficient and sustainable adaptation m...
What if increased energy storage could help fix climate change?
In this podcast we explore the potential ecological benefits of increasing our capacity to store energy, especially from renewable sources....
Towards a new EU pharmaceutical strategy
As the European Commission prepares to launch a much awaited revised EU pharmaceutical strategy, two recent studies by the European Parliame...
What if we grew plants vertically?
By 2050, an estimated two thirds of the world population will live in urban areas. Could vertical farming help feed this growing urban popul...
Using artificial intelligence in workplace management
As AI spreads into workplaces, workers and employers are increasingly confronted with applications and software that affect labour relations...
What if quantum technologies were to revolutionise healthcare?
Quantum technologies could be a game-changer in the digital transformation of health care. By enabling much faster and more complex data ana...