Exploring a future with in-home robot caretakers

Allison Okamura, a science fellow from Hoover’s Technology Policy Accelerator, is working on a new generation of robots that can help care for people in their homes as they get older. She answers seven questions about what life with ‘soft robots’ could look…

Biotechnology: Reshaping Nature And Life Itself

Vastly promising technologies need funding and focus to come to fruition.

The Care and Feeding of Transformative Tech

Stanford and Hoover scholars see promises and growing pains in our scientific future.

Artificial Intelligence: Supercharging Science

Scientists, policy makers, and ordinary people prepare for profound change amid countless unknowns.

Inviting “Soft Robots” into Our Homes

Seven questions for Allison Okamura, Hoover science fellow, from Hoover’s Technology Policy Accelerator.

The Future of Artificial Intelligence

The Future of Space Technology

The Space Race ignited a technological revolution that has fundamentally reshaped the daily lives of nearly every individual on the planet. From global positioning system satellites and the smartphones in our pockets to water purification systems, portable…

The Future Of Synthetic Biology

Stanford Emerging Technology Review Highlights Promise and Risk of Frontier Tech to Washington, DC Policymakers

Contributors to the 2025 edition of the Stanford Emerging Technology Review brought its findings to America’s capital on February 25, with the challenge and promise presented by frontier technologies now clearer than ever before.

Stanford Emerging Technology Review Offers Policymakers New Insights

The 2025 edition of the Stanford Emerging Technology Review (SETR) report is now available, offering American policymakers a comprehensive overview of how ten frontier technologies, from artificial intelligence to robotics, are transforming the world.