[candidate-development] Green Nanotechnology.

[Jamie O'Keefe]

I am not sure why this is on the CDLC list and not the platform list
where this conversation first started, but concerns about the possible
use and misuse of nanotechnology and a wish to proactively think about
the implications of such technology before the choices are made for us
by researchers and business folk is not the same as dismissing new
technology.

Jamie "No longer waiting for his flying car" O'Keefe

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:12 AM, John Walsh <john.walsh at umassmed.edu> wrote:
> Here are reports from the recent Science magazine on the Nanotechnology
> Conference in Boston.  Note the final item deals with nanotech as a way to
> make solar cells allowing conversion of heat to electricity.
> So I suggest that we not in the future be too reflexive (as in patellar
> reflex) in dismissing new technology.
> Best,
> jw
> NANO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE NANOTECH 2008: Membrane Makes Plastic
> Precursor Deliver More Bang for the Buck
>     Robert F. Service
>     Science 20 June 2008: 1584.
>     Researchers at the Nano Science and Technology Institute Nanotech 2008
> meeting, held in Boston from 1 to 5 June, announced the development of a
> novel metal-ceramic membrane that enables them to produce ethylene, the
> starting material for polyethylene, more cheaply than current methods. Full
> Text »|   PDF »|
> NANO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE NANOTECH 2008: Don't Sweat the Small
> Stuff
>     Robert F. Service
>     Science 20 June 2008: 1584-1585.
>     At the Nano Science and Technology Institute Nanotech 2008 meeting, held
> in Boston from 1 to 5 June, chemists reported an easy-to-use general
> technique for making dozens of different types of metal oxide nanoparticles
> that could have a major impact on everything from catalysts to electronics.
> Full Text »|   PDF »|
> NANO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE NANOTECH 2008: Solar Cells Gear Up to
> Go Somewhere Under the Rainbow
>     Robert F. Service
>     Science 20 June 2008: 1585.
>     At the Nano Science and Technology Institute Nanotech 2008 meeting, held
> in Boston from 1 to 5 June, researchers reported harvesting infrared photons
> with arrays of antennas akin to those on televisions and in cell phones, a
> first step toward solar cells that convert heat to electricity. Full Text »|
>   PDF »|
>
> John V. Walsh, MD
> Professor of Physiology
> University of Massachusetts Medical School
> 508-856-3360 (Office)
> 508-868-1653 (Cell)
> john.walsh at umassmed.edu
>
>
>



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peace,

Jamie
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