The Medical Futurist

Caring for someone with intellectual disabilities presents unique challenges, primarily because caregivers often face uncertainty about the well-being of those they care for. It can be difficult to ascertain if they are experiencing pain, discomfort, or needs they can’t communicate. Existing digital health solutions can play new, unusual roles to help us protect our loved one...

Science fiction has for long fantasized about ways to augment fragile humans’ power and endurance through mechanical means. In Edge of Tomorrow, Tom Cruise’s abilities are enhanced via

Our new Nature Comment introduces “translational foresight”: a framework for bringing futures methods into the everyday machinery of science

Every research programme is, in one way or another, a bet on the future. When a university builds a n...

Lately, there has been a tendency in the tech world to adopt “new” realities in their midst. Meta has a branch dedicated to developing virtual reality (VR) hardware and software; earlier this year

Digital front door solutions are a growing phenomenon in healthcare. The topic caught my attention a while ago when I stumbled upon a study discussing how a new concept – the digital front door – could address the challenges the primary care system faces in the UK. With my cu...