by Andrew Maynard | May 3, 2012 | Nanotechnology, Technology Innovation
Robin Erb has a good piece on cosmetics and safe ingredients in the Detroit Free Press this week – it tackles the very limited regulation over what goes into cosmetics, but balances this with a useful perspective on consumer choice and how this in turn can drive...
by Andrew Maynard | Dec 25, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Recommended, Synthetic Biology
Ten years ago at the close of the 20th century, people the world over were obsessing about the millennium bug – an unanticipated glitch arising from an earlier technology. I wonder how clear it was then that, despite this storm in what turned out to be a...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 6, 2008 | Nanotechnology, Oversight
UK Consumer Organization Which? Releases New Report Who needs an emerging technologies blog when you have The Daily Mail? For those of you that missed it, Wednesday’s on-line issue of the British tabloid newspaper highlighted “The beauty creams with nanoparticles...
by Andrew Maynard | Apr 25, 2008 | Engagement, Nanotechnology, Public Perception
If you want proof that nano is mainstream, just pick up the U.S. May edition of fashion magazine “Elle.” Sharing cover-space with Madonna is the latest article on nanotech and the beauty business. Elle might not be your first choice of reading for cutting edge...