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Gaming the Future: The Book!

Calif NanoSystems Institute annual research report now out

Check out CNSI’s 2005 Annual Research Report (PDF format) for summaries of the latest nanotech work out of this cutting-edge effort funded by the state of California. Projects that caught my eye: Powered Artificial Nano-Machines: Molecular Valves and Impellers Synthesis, Control, and Assembly of Molecular Machines Linear Artificial Muscles for Mechanical Nanoactuation Operational Nanovalves Powering… Continue reading Calif NanoSystems Institute annual research report now out

Public comments open on EPA nanotech white paper

Now is the time to get your comments in on the U.S. EPA’s draft white paper on nanotech. An excerpt: “We are currently nearing the end of basic research and development on the first generation of materials resulting from nanotechnologies that include coatings, polymers, more reactive catalysts, etc. (Figure 2). The second generation, which we… Continue reading Public comments open on EPA nanotech white paper

Nanofilm president on nano for the environment

Scott Rickert, chief executive of Nanofilm and a Foresight Participating Member, writes in Industry Week on his work to advance both nanotech and nanosafety: “I saw the process in action this autumn when I joined a session of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Nanotechnology Work Group. This newly formed committee, which consists of stakeholders from science,… Continue reading Nanofilm president on nano for the environment

Watch Israel in nanotech

Nano-watchers will definitely want to keep an eye on Israel. Explore the Israel NNI website for details; here are some of their assertions on why Israel is and will continue to be a player: “Israel’s small size and limited financial resources are serious challenges, but Israel’s academic, business and government leaders recognize nanotech as a… Continue reading Watch Israel in nanotech

Polyyne said to be 40 times harder than diamond

Work in Israel reported in the Jerusalem Post: “Scientists from Bar-Ilan University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology say that using nanotechnology, they have discovered a material 40 times harder. Professors Eli Altus, Harold Basch and Shmaryahu Hoz, with doctoral student Lior Itzhaki have published their findings in the Internet edition of the world’s most… Continue reading Polyyne said to be 40 times harder than diamond

Nanotechnology for Biology and Medicine at Johns Hopkins

From Dennis O’Brien of the Baltimore Sun: “The Johns Hopkins University is starting a graduate program aimed at training a new breed of scientist and engineer – the nanotechnologist. The school has won a $1 million grant to design a program and begin training doctoral students in nanomedicine, an emerging field that treats diseases on… Continue reading Nanotechnology for Biology and Medicine at Johns Hopkins

First nanoproduct endorsement

Nanodot and Foresight do not normally do product endorsements, but here’s a first from Foresight director Glenn Reynolds, the Instapundit, regarding his Thanksgiving experiment with near-term nano: “I never bought the nano-pants, but I cooked (and ate) all day yesterday in this “Nano-Tex” stain-resistant shirt and, well, it works — it looked just as fresh… Continue reading First nanoproduct endorsement

New nanodesign work from Princeton

From the AAAS website EurekAlert: “It has been 20 years since the futurist Eric Drexler daringly predicted a new world where miniaturized robots would build things one molecule at a time. The world of nanotechnology that Drexler envisioned is beginning to come to pass, with scientists conjuring new applications daily. “Now Salvatore Torquato, a Princeton… Continue reading New nanodesign work from Princeton

Ground zero for nano controversy: Berkeley, of course

From Michael Toffel in the Berkeley Daily Planet: “…I asked the City of Berkeley’s Community Environmental Advisory Commission (CEAC), of which I am a member, to consider a draft motion calling for the City Council to ask a similar set of questions. This motion simply asks LBL to: 1. Publicly disclose how they are identifying… Continue reading Ground zero for nano controversy: Berkeley, of course

Medical privacy: lack thereof

Prof. Alan Goldstein, who debated Ron Bailey on nanoethics at the Foresight Vision Weekend, writes on the effect of nanomedicine on medical privacy in Salon: “And by the way, the proliferation of unique molecular identifiers will make medical privacy an impossibility because, ultimately, these types of data cannot be encrypted. The medium is the message.… Continue reading Medical privacy: lack thereof

Gaming the Future: The Book!

Author: Foresight Editor

Calif NanoSystems Institute annual research report now out

Public comments open on EPA nanotech white paper

Nanofilm president on nano for the environment

Watch Israel in nanotech

Polyyne said to be 40 times harder than diamond

Nanotechnology for Biology and Medicine at Johns Hopkins

First nanoproduct endorsement

New nanodesign work from Princeton

Ground zero for nano controversy: Berkeley, of course

Medical privacy: lack thereof

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