1 INTRODUCTION 17 1.1 PROCESS 18 1.2 RELEVANCE CRITERIA 18 1.3 BASIC SOURCES FOR THIS REPORT VERSION 19 2 CURRENT SOCIO-TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS 24 SMART IMPLANTS 25 NON-MILITARY DRONE DEFENCE 31 HUMANOID ROBOTS 36 AI AGENTS 42 SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF HYBRID WORK 47 PLASTIC AND HUMAN HEALTH 53 BRAIN ORGANOIDS (UPDATED) 59 BATTERY SYSTEMS OF THE FUTURE (UPDATED) 65 PROTEIN TRANSITION - MAKING WIDESPREAD USE OF ALTERNATIVE PROTEIN SOURCES (UPDATED) 71 FOREST: FIRES AND RESTORATION (UPDATED) 77 HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF DIGITALISATION (UPDATED) 83 COLLABORATIVE INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS (UPDATED) 89 INTELLIGENT SOCIAL AGENTS TO COMBAT LONELINESS? 94 PHAGES FOR THERAPY AND BIOCONTROL 100 SELF-DRIVING LABS 106 TEXTILE RECYCLING 111 GREEN CONCRETE 117 DIGITAL PATIENT TWINS 123 ARTIFICIAL WOMB AND SYNTHETIC EMBRYOS (UPDATED) 129 MEDICATION AGAINST OBESITY (UPDATED) 134 GENERATIVE AI AND DEMOCRACY (UPDATED) 140 LARGE HEAT PUMPS (UPDATED) 146 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF SPACE TRAVEL (UPDATED) 151 DROUGHT RESILIENCE (UPDATED) 156 RESILIENT FERTILIZER SUPPLY 162 EMOTION RECOGNITION AS A FIELD OF PROMISE FOR AI? 168 SOLAR STORMS AND SPACE WEATHER 174 BIOCOMPUTERS 179 NEGATIVE EMISSION TECHNOLOGIES 184 A NON-ENGLISH AI LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL 190 8 CURRENT EPTA STUDIES 195