by Andrew Maynard | Oct 20, 2010 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Technology Innovation
New technologies depend on uncommon materials, and society depends on new technologies. Which means that economies that develop the former and control the latter have something of an upper hand in today’s interconnected and technology-dependent world. This has...
by Andrew Maynard | Oct 13, 2010 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology
Sometime in the past couple of weeks – I’m not entirely sure when as accounts are conflicting – the World Technology Evaluation Center (WTEC) posted a draft of a new report examining the long-term impacts and research directions of nanotechnology. ...
by Nanocomp | Sep 28, 2010 | Emerging Technology, Guest Post, Nanotechnology
A guest blog by John Dorr, Vice President of Business Development Nanocomp Technologies Inc. Despite all the fuss over nanotechnology, it’s surprisingly difficult to get a clear sense of how the technology is contributing to new products. So when the company Nanocomp...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 18, 2010 | Emerging Technology, Engagement, Nanotechnology
A few weeks ago, I set Friends of the Earth a challenge – What is your worst case estimate of the human health risk from titanium dioxide and/or zinc oxide nanoparticles in sunscreens? The challenge came out of an article from FoE on nanomaterials and...
by Andrew Maynard | Jun 8, 2010 | Engagement, Nanotechnology
Following up from my previous post, here’s an open question to Friends of the Earth: What is your worst case estimate of the human health risk from titanium dioxide and/or zinc oxide nanoparticles in sunscreens? What I am interested in is a number – a...
