by Andrew Maynard | Nov 4, 2010 | Emerging Technology, Engagement, Nanotechnology
This image from the first US National Science and Engineering Festival attracted my attention this morning: It’s a wordle constructed from responses to the question “What will be the greatest discoveries and advancements science and engineering will bring...
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 7, 2010 | Communication, Nanotechnology
ASME – the organization that used to be known as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers – has just launched a series of educational podcasts on nanotechnology that are well worth checking out. Between now and next February, the ASME Nanotechnology...
