Evidence · Decisions · Responsibility
Case studies, ideas, and practical guides for responsible technology decisions
Case study China · BCI
Approval is a milestone. A dependable service is another decision. Explore what a hospital still needs to resolve about evidence, access, neural data, and long-term support
Read the case study
A source-based worked example, using a hypothetical hospital decision—not a completed institutional assessment or clinical recommendation
Essays
When should a promising technology move forward? Who gets a say, and who carries the risk? These essays explore the choices that shape a technology’s future
Deciding under uncertainty
Evidence is incomplete, but the decision cannot always wait. What makes a next step defensible—and which conditions must travel with it?
Comparing possible pathways
The same technology can lead to very different futures. Research, clinical, consumer, and workplace settings change both the promise and the obligations
Following responsibility
A project keeps its name as its evidence, records, and institutional duties change. A fictional BCI project makes those transitions visible
Making participation consequential
People need a say before a prototype fixes the terms of the conversation. Participation should be able to change the application—not just improve its usability
Connecting separate reviews
Several legitimate reviews can still leave an institution with an unanswered question. The challenge is connecting decisions while respecting each reviewer’s authority
Bringing the argument together
What must a useful system connect? Five principles bring uncertainty, pathways, evidence, participation, and responsibility into one coherent design brief
Between promise and practical use
An improvement can change what using a BCI demands. Three rehabilitation studies help examine the intended gain alongside the support, effort and commitment that make it worthwhile
Connecting patient needs and decisions
Patients, caregivers and researchers need different ways to explore possibilities and examine proposals. A practical example shows how their work can connect without merging their responsibilities
Assessing research, funding and publication
A speech-BCI example shows how scientists, funders and publishers can examine the conditions of benefit, turn concerns into actionable work and keep distinct decisions connected
Monitoring in the public interest
A workplace fatigue example shows how norm-setters, lawmakers and diplomats can follow changing uses, examine safeguards and recognise when to act
Building decision infrastructure
Explore, Assess and Monitor connect people’s needs, scientific evidence and public decisions. A home-rehabilitation example shows what people gain from that connection
