Book Of The Future

Tom talks to host of the Tech for Good podcast, and Reason Digital's Head of Strategy & Insight, Rebecca Rae-Evans about technology and society. Is tech a force for good? How will bots be applied in public service? And what's wrong with tech?

Following a series of conversations with local authorities and housing associations, Tom reflects on the future citizen and the need for participation - and education

Tom talks augmentation to an audience of marketing professionals at this year's Tug Life conference, and about the trend of 're-intermediation', the growing market for middle men and women to help us handle complex choices. Plus, hyperloop and how a futuristic project faces some very old challenges: physics and planning.

This week Tom speaks to principal lawyer at Slater and Gordon, and recognised expert on law, the internet and social media, Steve Kuncewicz, about calls to 'bring the internet to heel' in the wake of the terrorist attacks on Manchester and London.

Tom addresses the argument for accelerated change and explains the wave theory, separating speed from scale. And he introduces VUCA - Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity, and explains how you navigate through it.

With the NHS held to ransom by the WannaCry malware, Tom imagines how such infections might affect us as we become ever more reliant on technology - or even integrated with it.

With the news dominated by politics, Tom thinks about getting away...far, far away, with two stories about the future of space travel.

Tom explores the balancing act between health monitoring and invasion of privacy as Manchester hosts the Informatics for Health conference

This week Tom looks at the future of work - and what we do without it. How do we get the most out of our working day, and will the state support us when it's time to retrain with a Universal Basic Income?

What skills do we need to survive and thrive in tomorrow's world? Tom talks education with fellow BBC tech commentator and UTC MediaCity's business engagement lead, Dan Sodergren.

Inspired by the Science Museum's robots exhibition, and a debate with Google and the BBC on augmented reality, Tom explores tomorrow's mixed reality, populated by virtual beings both digital and physical.

This week Tom starts work on the '4G Kitchen' with famous designer Johnny Grey and the National Innovation Centre for Ageing at Newcastle University, and highlights the differences between 'smart cities' and 'living cities' at Pro Manchester's digital disruption conference.

Tom speaks to Andrew Beechener, founder of 'Republic of Things' about the strengths and weaknesses of smart cities, and Manchester's CityVerve programme.

Reviewing the newspapers for the BBC, Tom connects two stories about our faith in technology and the effects of that faith being undermined.

This week, Tom visits Sunday Brunch's Tim Lovejoy to talk about the rise of the robots

Tom reveals five trends for the future of energy from a new report produced with Nabarro, and debates the future of mobility at the University of Cambridge.

Tom visits the Superyacht Design Symposium in Austria to discuss how tomorrow's technologies will remove the design limitations from these already-extreme vehicles.