“On the big picture side, I hope for some game-changing sustainable technologies. We need to shift the focus towards solutions that are kind to the planted – tackling climate change head-on and cutting down our environmental footprint.”
“I hope hearing aids become even more intelligent in the way they adapt to sounds in the environment. Hearing aids that can work together with the human brain and the unconscious mind and thereby be automatically controlled by the intent of the hearing aid user.”
“I hope that existing inequalities and biases in science will be further reduced in the future. This includes more open access to knowledge and a fair representation of everyone in the data we base our interpretation of the world on.”
“On a bigger scale, I hope technology will eventually allow all people to listen and communicate with much less effort. We focus on people with hearing loss, but also for instance people suffering from a concussion or from concentration difficulties could benefit from such technology.”
“I hope that the general perception of the human body changes from focusing on and repairing individual functionalities, to a more holistic understanding of how everything is tied together. I also hope that we continue to focus on developing green and sustainable solutions, store energy effectively, produce enough food for everyone without exhausting and destroying nature, that we can reuse all the plastic in the seas for new purposes, and that we will be able to develop medicine for everyone to live a better life and maintain their quality of life for as long as possible. I could probably go on… ”
“I think I look at this from a very global perspective. I hope science can provide a better quality of life for all of us. I just hope that we can control it, with all this talk about artificial intelligence and machine learning. And I hope we can reach our goals in a way that is ethical and sustainable. I do not subscribe to an idea of a singular science, such as self-driving cars saving the world. It will have to be a mix of many different efforts in different industries.”
