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Big Hopes For Small Packages

By Larry Greenemeier
InformationWeek

It may be too small to see, but nanotechnology's visibility got yet another boost last week when President Bush included it, as well as supercomputing and alternative energy resources, as areas of research to which he wants the government to increase its commitment over the next decade.

So far, nanotech has produced a lot more studies and centers than commercial success. But that may be changing. In addition to the president's endorsement, Arizona State University last week opened the Center for Nanotechnology in Society to study the societal impacts of nanotechnology.

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Center for Nanotechnology in Society at ASU

The Control Of Light

by Scott Woolley, Forbes

Thomas Edison made a good start, but he really didn't get the whole picture with artificial light. He missed the nanotechnology angle.

Walking outside into the bright San Diego sunlight, Gregory Heinzinger flips open a pair of cell phones. The glare renders the screen of the first, a regular phone, unreadable. But the other phone's display, which uses the latest in nanotechnology, remains stunningly vibrant even in the sun, as bright and clear as a typical cell phone is in a dark room.

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Nanotech: Money Pit or Moneymaker?

By Kevin Kelleher
TheStreet.com Contributor
 
Can nanotechnology deliver on its promise, or is it just a black hole in which investors and governments have poured tens of billions of dollars with little in return?

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February 18 Event in Pasadena

Nanotechnology – the Revolution Continues
How Big an Industry for the Very Small?

At California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Saturday, February 18 beginning at 8AM

Nanotechnology embraces scientific research and technology development to control and manipulate matter at an atomic scale, an effort first suggested by the California Institute of Technology’s Richard Feynman.  It holds the promise of numerous avenues to improve our health, our industry, and society in general. 

More info: http://www.entforum.caltech.edu/

Nanosys

Nanosys is an industry leading nanotechnology company developing products based on a technology platform incorporating high performance inorganic nanostructures. Our technology is covered by over 400 patent and patent applications and is currently being applied to address opportunities in multiple industries including energy, defense, electronics, computing and life science. Some current application areas of our technology include flexible electronics, lightweight and conformal solar cells, memory, and novel nanostructured surface coatings

More info: http://www.nanosysinc.com/

January 31 Event in Rancho Mirage

Nanotech Investing Forum

Conference Date:
January  31 - February  1, 2006 

Conference Venue:
The Lodge at Rancho Mirage
68-900 Frank Sinatra Drive , Rancho Mirage , CA -92270
Phone:760-321-8285 

Nanotechnology has the potential for significant commercialization opportunities within the next five years.  This conference provides an inside look at the strategies and expectations of private equity investors.  Hear how they are working with emerging growth companies, labs and universities.

More info: http://www.ibfconferences.com/ibf/viewdetails.asp?lstconfname=158

2020: nanotech to rule by that year

WILLIAM E. HALAL

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SUNDAY, JANUARY 01, 2006

The “nanosphere” consists of objects measured in one billionth of a meter, and it is now undergoing a revolution as advances increasingly yield control over this tiny world. A few simple products are out now, but the prospect of creating more powerful computers, medical treatments, and virtually any type of item from scratch now has the entire world excited, with billions being poured into research that produces breakthroughs daily

Complete Article: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1354146.cms