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Gaming the Future: The Book!

Livermore lab uses carbon nanotubes for cheaper desalination

Unhappy about the coming water shortages? Us too — that’s why it’s our #2 Foresight Nanotech Challenge. John Faith brings our attention to a Technology Review story by Aditi Risbud on nanotech for water desalination: Cheap Drinking Water from the Ocean Carbon nanotube-based membranes will dramatically cut the cost of desalination A water desalination system… Continue reading Livermore lab uses carbon nanotubes for cheaper desalination

German philosophers take on nanotechnology

It had to happen: a book in which German philosophers direct their attention to nanotech. (Ethicists and social scientists too.) Excerpts from the English abstracts (pdf), with my commentary inserted: An account is provided of how the purpose of gaining knowledge is reoriented towards purposes of application. This helps clear up the relation of discovery… Continue reading German philosophers take on nanotechnology

Small investors get another nanotech option…sort of

It’s hard for small investors to participate in nanotechnology. Harris & Harris has been one of the few options available. Now there’s another: Nanoventure N.V. ( machine translation of home page) has made an initial public offering on the Frankfurt exchange: Eindhoven, June 13, 2006 – Nanoventure N.V. was successfully listed on the Open Market… Continue reading Small investors get another nanotech option…sort of

Purdue builds one-of-a-kind nanotech lab

Purdue University is extremely serious about being a leader in nanotech and they are putting serious money into that goal. They’ve just opened a new nanofabrication cleanroom that sounds unique: combining the usual semiconductor capabilities with nanobio work, in cleanrooms that connect to each other. This sounds very handy for cool cross-disciplinary R&D. From the… Continue reading Purdue builds one-of-a-kind nanotech lab

Nanofood: Science fiction or business opportunity?

The Innovation Society in Switzerland has a new report: Nano-Food Science-Fiction or Business Opportunity? Kellog’s decision to replace advertising, puzzles and product information on the back side of the cereal box with information on Nanotechnology demonstrates their desire to familiarize their customers with nano products. Perhaps in the future, customers will ask for healthy Nano… Continue reading Nanofood: Science fiction or business opportunity?

Georgia Tech makes nanogenerators

The question of how to power devices at the nanoscale is getting increasing attention. Georgia Tech’s Z.L. Wang has one answer: Researchers have developed a new technique for powering nanometer-scale devices without the need for bulky energy sources such as batteries. By converting mechanical energy from body movement, muscle stretching or water flow into electricity,… Continue reading Georgia Tech makes nanogenerators

MIT takes on nanotech & energy

Alan B. Shalleck of NanoClarity LLC writes of the potential of nanotechnology to address energy issues, Foresight Nanotech Challenge #1: Nanotechnology is fundamental over the next 50 years to providing sufficient energy for a growing world and to protecting the environment in which we live. There is an energy/environmental storm gathering and we must pay… Continue reading MIT takes on nanotech & energy

Center for Nanotechnology Excellence opens in Moscow

As you read this, I should be arriving in Moscow (badly jetlagged) to keynote Interop Moscow. But I will also try to find the brand new Center for Nanotechnology Excellence here, which a June 11 story reports “officially opened last weekend.” As I write this, the only web coverage of the Center is in form… Continue reading Center for Nanotechnology Excellence opens in Moscow

Watch Smallscapes webcast by July 1

Frequent reader Jonas Ørbæk Hansen brings to our attention an archived webcast of the June 1 nanotechnology conference Smallscapes sponsored by Denmark’s Innovation Lab and iNANO and held in English. Includes speakers from Denmark, US, and UK. Watch it soon, as the archived webcasts of the talks will only be available for one month, and… Continue reading Watch Smallscapes webcast by July 1

Productive Nanosystems Roadmap meeting at Brookhaven Nat'l Lab

The Foresight/Battelle-sponsored International Technology Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems working group will be meeting next week at Brookhaven National Lab in the U.S. The team is having good success so far, and new corporate or governmental sponsors can still join and participate. A conference is being planned for Spring 2007 to present the Executive Summary and… Continue reading Productive Nanosystems Roadmap meeting at Brookhaven Nat'l Lab

Gaming the Future: The Book!

Category: Nanoscale Bulk Technologies

Livermore lab uses carbon nanotubes for cheaper desalination

German philosophers take on nanotechnology

Small investors get another nanotech option…sort of

Purdue builds one-of-a-kind nanotech lab

Nanofood: Science fiction or business opportunity?

Georgia Tech makes nanogenerators

MIT takes on nanotech & energy

Center for Nanotechnology Excellence opens in Moscow

Watch Smallscapes webcast by July 1

Productive Nanosystems Roadmap meeting at Brookhaven Nat'l Lab

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