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Category: Nanodot

Diamond mechanosynthesis project site launched

The highly prolific Robert Freitas and colleagues have gathered their work on diamond mechanosynthesis onto one website titled the Nanofactory Collaboration. Enjoy! Includes an introduction to the topic, participant list, publications list, and a description of the technical challenges. Most impressive to me is the publications list. How does he do it? Does he not… Continue reading Diamond mechanosynthesis project site launched

Hotmail founder to build Nano City in India

Edward Iwata of USA Today reports that Hotmail founder Sabeer Bhatia has ambitious plans for India: The most ambitious project may be “Nano City,” a $10 billion, environmentally sustainable development unveiled in April by entrepreneur Bhatia and the Haryana state government in northern India. Modeled after Silicon Valley, Nano City will feature R&D and educational… Continue reading Hotmail founder to build Nano City in India

UNESCO on nanotechnology ethics & politics

UNESCO’s Division of Ethics of Science and Technology has taken a shot at writing about The Ethics and Politics of Nanotechnology. Nanotechnology Now has a brief critique. David Berube has a longer one. To do a thorough critique here of these kinds of documents would take too long—I’d be blogging all day, every day. Instead… Continue reading UNESCO on nanotechnology ethics & politics

Towards frictionless nanomachines

John Faith brings our attention to an item at PhysicsWeb on how to overcome friction in nanosized mechanical devices: Friction is a big problem in nanosized devices because they have huge surface-to-volume ratios, which means that their surfaces quickly wear out and seize up. Traditional lubricants are useless in such machines because they become thick… Continue reading Towards frictionless nanomachines

Annual Nano 50 awards announced by Nanotech Briefs

Nanotech Briefs has announced its annual Nano 50 Awards: the top 50 products, technologies, and innovators. (Disclosure: I was on the judging committee — but only one of many judges, so if you disagree with the list, it’s not my fault!). One concern you may have, with which I would have to agree, is that… Continue reading Annual Nano 50 awards announced by Nanotech Briefs

Carnegie Mellon pursues top-down path to nanorobots

John Brandon at PC Magazine does a close-up on the NanoRobotics Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon: Tiny robots will someday crawl up your spine—literally. These microscopic critters, currently in a development phase at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, are biomimetic (that is, based on biological principles), have bacteria motors attached to their near-invisible bodies, and can… Continue reading Carnegie Mellon pursues top-down path to nanorobots

DNA-directed self-assembly of nanowires

The term “bottom-up” was originally used to refer to molecule-by-molecule assembly of atomically-precise products. But more recently we’ve seen the term used to describe processes that produce products which are not atomically precise. The following Azonano item is an example of this usage. However, it seems likely that this kind of research — which does… Continue reading DNA-directed self-assembly of nanowires

And the winner is…California, for highest nanotech venture funding in U.S.

The July/August 2006 issue of Small Times is now available (also as a 6 MB pdf), and includes statistics on nanotech venture capital in the various states of the U.S. The top ten (on page 38): 1. California 100.0 2. Massachusetts 29.1 3. Texas 8.1 4. Missouri 7.5 5. Michigan 6.6 6. North Carolina 6.4… Continue reading And the winner is…California, for highest nanotech venture funding in U.S.

Google Trends on nanotechnology

A new service from Google, named Google Trends, graphs the number and source of searches on whatever term you wish. The results for nanotechnology: Top ten countries 1. India 2. Iran 3. Singapore 4. Malaysia 5. South Korea 6. Thailand 7. United States 8. Australia 9. Canada 10. Taiwan Top ten cities 1. Hyderabad, India… Continue reading Google Trends on nanotechnology

Single-atom sharpest tip made in Canada

From Azonano.com, news from Canada: Forget the phrase, “sharp as a tack.” Now, thanks to new University of Alberta research the popular expression might become, “sharp as a single atom tip formed by chemically assisted spatially controlled field evaporation.” Maybe it doesn’t roll off the tongue as easily, but considering the researchers have created the… Continue reading Single-atom sharpest tip made in Canada

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