http://2020science.org/2009/04/16/control-gaining-mastery-over-the-world-at-the-finest-level/ Providing a clear perspective on developing science and technology responsibly Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:52:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://2020science.org/2009/04/16/control-gaining-mastery-over-the-world-at-the-finest-level/comment-page-1/#comment-15944 Nanoscale control: Leveraging biology Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:35:40 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=1267#comment-15944 [...] The story so far: We are facing an unprecedented confluence of three factors that are forcing us to rethink how we develop and use science and technology to the benefit of society.  Coupling between our action’s and the Earth’s re-actions is more significant now than at any previous point in human history. Global Communications are dissolving previously rigid boundaries throughout society at a seemingly ever-increasing rate.  And then there’s the third “C” – Control… [...] [...] The story so far: We are facing an unprecedented confluence of three factors that are forcing us to rethink how we develop and use science and technology to the benefit of society.  Coupling between our action’s and the Earth’s re-actions is more significant now than at any previous point in human history. Global Communications are dissolving previously rigid boundaries throughout society at a seemingly ever-increasing rate.  And then there’s the third “C” – Control… [...]

]]> http://2020science.org/2009/04/16/control-gaining-mastery-over-the-world-at-the-finest-level/comment-page-1/#comment-6860 Control at the nanoscale: Smallness, strangeness and sophistication Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:14:26 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=1267#comment-6860 [...] Last time in this series of occasional blogs, I made the rather bold statement that while science and technology are going to have a highly visible impact on our lives over the next few decades, progress is going to be underpinned in most cases by our increasing control over materials at the invisible nanoscale. It isn’t exactly intuitive why this should be the case though—how on earth can engineering matter on a scale a billion time smaller than the average person be so important? [...] [...] Last time in this series of occasional blogs, I made the rather bold statement that while science and technology are going to have a highly visible impact on our lives over the next few decades, progress is going to be underpinned in most cases by our increasing control over materials at the invisible nanoscale. It isn’t exactly intuitive why this should be the case though—how on earth can engineering matter on a scale a billion time smaller than the average person be so important? [...]

]]> http://2020science.org/2009/04/16/control-gaining-mastery-over-the-world-at-the-finest-level/comment-page-1/#comment-4840 Communication: Science and technology in a connected world Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:39:36 +0000 http://2020science.org/?p=1267#comment-4840 [...] Next: Control: Gaining mastery over the world at the finest level [...] [...] Next: Control: Gaining mastery over the world at the finest level [...]

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