[candidate-development] Green Nanotechnology.

[John Walsh]

I am not sure what you mean by "proactively"?  Do you simply mean  
"before," which appears later in the sentence?
Either I do not understand - or this belongs in the department of  
redundancy department.
jw

On Jun 20, 2008, at 10:54 AM, Jamie O'Keefe wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> peace,
>
> Jamie
> --
> James O'Keefe
> www.jamesokeefe.org
>

John V. Walsh, MD
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