Author: Daniel Hastings

Daniel Hastings is CEO and Director, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology; and MIT Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The Cecil and Ida Green Education Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems first joined the MIT faculty in 1985 and became a full professor in 1993. He has taught seminars and courses in plasma physics, rocket propulsion, aerospace polic and space-systems engineering. From 1997 to 1999, Hastings served as the U.S. Air Force's chief scientist, leading influential studies of Air Force investments in space and of preparations for a 21st-century science and technology workforce; from 2002 to 2008, he was a member of the National Science Board.

Singapore 2065: Gazing into its technology crystal ball and what the Smart Nation vision will result in

Singapore 2065: Gazing into its technology crystal ball and what the Smart Nation vision will result in

Having celebrated its 50-year milestone last year, Singapore looks set to fast-forward into the future with its headlong push into all things tech. So, what would Singapore look like in another 50 years from now? Daniel Hastings, CEO of Singapore-MIT Alliance of Research and Technology (SMART), gives you a glimpse of what to expect as he recounts past predictions and leverages that to forecast the future.