Nanotechnology news search made easier

from the metanews dept.
Jonathan Desp writes "At Atomasoft we developed a Nanotechnology News Search web page…It's several search engines that search within 300+ news magazines in science and technology. Enjoy the service!" CP: See also Nanospot, covered previously.

String Theory co-founder online on nanotech

from the mark-your-calendars dept.
"The Next Twenty Years", a series of high-tech showcases being held around the US, will be in NYC on August 3 including thoughts on nanotechnology by Michio Kaku, co-founder of string theory. I saw him give a similar talk in SF a while back, and it was pretty conservative, but he's an interesting guy. In case you don't want to go to NYC, it will be broadcast online.

Moletronics will change everything

from the I'll-have-a-mole-of-moletronics-please dept.
CPhillips reports on story from the July issue of Wired magazine: "It describes the research and potential impact of molecular electronics. Jim Tour (Rice) and Mark Reed (Yale) are the main focus of the article. The article also makes brief mention of the National Nanotechnology Initiative and the research being done at Hewlett-Packard. It's very interesting reading for lay-people like myself. This is almost enough for me to forgive Wired for Bill Joy's story!"

Applied Memetic Engineering: the IdeaVirus

from the now-it's-a-business-tool dept.
Senior Associate Jack Hughes writes: "this is the new e-book by Seth Godin on how to unleash the IdeaVirus. I think you'll find it interesting — he's giving it away for free now, but publishing it for money in hardcover come September." Warning: the download can be tricky.

Light traveling faster than c?

from the maybe-maybe-not-but-still-interesting dept.
RajayKumar writes "CNN has an article regarding light traveling faster than c. This article goes into more detail than the previous article mentioned on Nanodot. CP: The piece explains that it is not clear that the light coming out is the same light that went in, so it may not be correct to say the light exceeded c.

Gastrobot and slugbot: "flesh-eating robots"

from the is-this-really-a-good-idea dept.
Senior Associate member davesag writes "Just opened page 7 of the UK issue of this week's New Scientist and there's an article about Chew Chew the 12 wheeled flesh eating robot that uses e-coli to recharge its batteries. Is building robots that digest meat another one of those 'oh boy, wait till they get smarter and smaller' issues we need to be worried about?" Note also the slug-eating robot.

Help with IF Claims on Protein Synthesis

from the would-you-know-it-if-you-saw-it? dept.
Two Idea Future claims on the Foresight server were created that concerned developments in building computational elements using "protein synthesis techniques". Please help us clarify the claims and ensure that they mean what was intended. Read More for details.

VC John Doerr names "next big thing": atoms

from the yup-here-comes-the-money-for-sure dept.
Senior Associate Luke Nosek, VP Strategy at X.com, points out this item from The Standard on venture capitalist John Doerr at the Internet Summit: Still, in a sign that the revolution is changing, Doerr, an investor credited with being one of the early Internet visionaries, admits that his interests are shifting. When asked what the next big thing is, Doerr didn't answer by describing some new Internet technology. "I'm getting interested in making things again — atoms," he says. The largest global markets to come, he added, will be in providing clean water, clean power and transportation.

UCLA wants $300 million for Calif. Nanosystems Institute

from the sooner-or-later-it-will-happen dept.
Three Univ. of Calif. Institutes for Science and Innovation will be selected from proposals made by UC campuses, according to a report in the San Jose Mercury News: "California Nanosystems Institute would focus on the science, engineering and manufacturing of molecular-based structures. Lead campus is UCLA." It's unclear from the article whether this proposal is one of six semi-finalists for the $300 million each new institute will get from combined state and industry matching funds–but if not this time, then soon, somewhere.

Vastmind: Distributed Computing

from the but-how-do-I-know-what's-going-on-in-there dept.
Senior Associate Eliezer Yudkowsky forwards from Transdot: Aaron Davidson writes: "About 8 months or so ago, David Gobel & I formed a new company called Vastmind, as a result of discussions on the Extropians list and on Eliezer's Singularitarians list. It is our pleasure to debut the early beta version of Vastmind. What is Vastmind? It is a general purpose distributed computing service. With our system, people will be able to sell or donate spare computing resources to those that need it for large projects. If you are unfamiliar with the concept, read Egan's 'Permutation City', which discusses the potential of a planetary computing market."

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