Let the Nanotech Wars Begin!

David B. Hughes writes "The debate over whether molecular manufacturing and nanoassemblers are feasible has turned into a PR war. With billions of dollars of research funding and industrial profits at stake, both sides are taking their ideological clash to the public. So far, Eric Drexler and the Foresight Institute own the moral and scientific high ground. But his critics at the National Nanotechnology Initiative hold the purse strings. And they don't play by the same rules."

Upcoming speaking engagements by nanotechnologist Ralph Merkle

Ralph Merkle, Foresight Vice President for Technology Assessment and Principal Fellow at Zyvex Corporation, will be speaking at the following upcoming events:

NSF

Comments and presentations made at a recent nanotechnology symposium sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation (ìSmall Wonders: Exploring the Vast Potential of Nanoscienceî), held 19 March 2002 in Washington, D.C., generated considerable media attention:

There are also some photographic images of the event, taken by Peter West of the National Science Foundation, available online at the NSF website.

Streaming Coverage of NSF Nanotech Symposium

eru writes "A press release issued on March 13th on the NSF website announced that selected portions of the "Small Wonders: Exploring the Vast Potential of Nanoscience" symposium will be webcast live on Tuesday, March 19. Further details, including scheduling, can be found here."

Coverage of Nanoventures 2002

A pair of articles provides early coverage of the Nanoventures 2002 conference held in Dallas, Texas, 6-8 March 2002.

Jurvetson on Nanoelectronics

Kevin Keck writes "Steve Jurvetson, Senior Associate and well-known VC, will be speaking and leading a panel entitled "Nanoelectronics: The Quantum Leap from Theory to Practice" at Stanford Business School on Tuesday, February 19, sponsored by the MIT/Stanford Venture Laboratory. On the panel are Stan Williams, Director of Quantum Science Research at HP; Randy Levine, CEO of ZettaCore; Scott Mize, CEO of AngstroVision; and Kyepongjae (KJ) Cho, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University."

EC-NSF Workshop will examine nanotech impacts

A major workshop to examine "Nanotechnology: Revolutionary Opportunities and Societal Implications" will be held on 31 January and 1 February 2002 in Lecce, Italy. The workshop is being jointly sponsored by the European Community and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), and is the first event in a program of joint nanotechnology activities announced in December 2001.

The workshop will examine a broad array of potential socioecomomic impacts of nanotechnology. It follows and will build on the results of a similar workshop held in the U.S. in September 2000. A detailed description of the workshop program and schedule can be found on the NSF website.

CNSI offers short course on creating commercial products

from the how-to dept.
The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Extension program and the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) will present a three-day short course on "Integrating BioMEMS and Nanotechnology into a Commercial Product" on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, from 15 to 17 April 2002. The course will present state-of-the-art research and technology in microelectromechanical systems (MEMs) and nanotechnology, with specific emphasis and applications in the biomedical field, and look at research into the construction of a hybrid organic/inorganic nanoscale systems, the basic mechanics of motor protein motion, and the technological foundation for functionally integrating manufactured devices. Four CNSI professors, James Gimzewski, James Heath, Carlo Montemagno, and Chih-Ming Ho, will participate and lecture on the various technologies. The course will address the commercialization of bio-MEMs and nanotechnology and the involvement of small and large companies within this emerging field.

The course fee is $1395. For more information on the course and registration, go to the course web page.

NanoSpace 2002 conference: Call for abstracts

The Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Rice University, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston Technology Center, and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute will host the fifth annual conference devoted to the emerging nanoscale and micro technologies for space, medical and commercial applications, NanoSpace 2002: Future Technology Frontiers, to be held from 24 to 28 June 2002, at the Moody Gardens Hotel in Galveston, Texas.

All interested parties from NASA, the medical and scientific community, industry and commercial interests, other government agencies, academia, and the national laboratories are invited to submit abstracts of possible conference presentations. Abstracts on relevant nano/micro/bio technology research and development should be text only and no more than 250 words in length. Please identify whether you are submitting an abstract for presentation or poster session. Abstracts should be sent in electronic form (MS Word or ASCII file) to [email protected].

The deadline for receipt of abstracts is March 1, 2002. For more information, please contact:

Greater Washington Nanotech Group holds open house events

Some presentations on nanotechnology and materials science from an open house held at the University of Maryland Department of Physics held on 25 October 2001 are available on the UMD website. The open house was part of a series of events being sponsored by the Greater Washington (D.C.) Nanotech Group, a loose coalition of Greater Washington-area universities and government laboratories, to highlight area facilities and research programs in nanoscience and promote innovation in research by encouraging collaborative interactions among scientists engaged in complimentary research activities.

Other upcoming NanoScience Open House events are also listed on the UMD website.

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