From Britain’s role in the space race and the future of warfare, to 3D-printed burgers and robots delivering pretzels, Big Ideas Live examined how science and technology is affecting our world.
Image: Spot the Dog from the UK Atomic Energy Authority on stage
Image: Understanding the food of the future from Redefine Meat
Image: Security and defence editor Deborah Haynes with Sally Walker (former GCHQ), Nigel Inkster (former SIS), and Sarah Armstrong-Smith (Microsoft)
Image: Guests enjoy exhibits from Maria Nava (Royal College of Art), Echelon Fitness and Stratasys in the Big Ideas Live Innovation Zone
Image: Lord Martin Rees: “The practical need for sending humans to space is eliminated because robots can do the exploring”
Image: Redefine Meat cooks up a (3D-printed plant-based) storm
Image: Business correspondent Gurpreet Narwan with Eben Upton, CEO, Raspberry Pi
Image: AR and metaverse art from Tim Fowler and Tiffany Anna Art
Image: 3D printed innovation from Stratasys
Image: Meeting the Correspondents: business correspondent Gurpreet Narwan with security and defence editor Deborah Haynes and data & forensics correspondent Tom Cheshire
Image: Science and technology editor Tom Clarke with Daniel Korski (Public), former Government Chief Science Adviser Mark Walport and Zoe McDougall (Oxford Nanopore)