What is 3D printing?
3D printing is the buzzword in innovation and the creative industry. But what it is, exactly, remains unclear to the general public. Additive manufacturing, desktop producing, rapid prototyping, digital…
Introduction
Since the 1970s it has been recognised that the combination of information and communication technologies has the potential to enable the relocation of work. In the 1980s, attention focussed on ‘teleworking’, involving…
Introduction
The use of drugs for non-medical reasons as cognitive enhancers is starting to spread and become normalised among students and certain groups of workers. In the context of increasingly competitive society and working…
Introduction
Machines have been a part of human reality for a long time, however the Industrial Revolution marked a major breakthrough in the use of machinery and machines. At that time, their significance and importance was…
Definition and taxonomy
The digital transition has been producing significant transformations in the European economic system. One of the most relevant is the emergence of digital labour platforms as new market players. Originally…
Introduction
Dwindling fossil fuel resources and continued climate change have encouraged the development of new propulsion technologies, mainly in the automobile sector. The electrification of vehicles reduces CO2 emissions and is…
Introduction
The foresight produces a set of scenarios to 2025 to consider the potential impacts that developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) and changes in work location (including the development of the EU…
Introduction
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) has been applying foresight approaches as part of its mission to contribute to the improvement of safe and healthy working conditions in the EU for several…
Introduction
Work in the information society is characterized by a high level of penetration by information and communication technologies (ICT). The corresponding technical artefacts take the form of smartphones, laptops, etc. At…
Introduction
This article, based on recent literature, will identify, define and discuss new and emerging OSH-risks together with the driving forces behind these risks. Emerging risks will be described as being related to [1]…
