Today is the day! We will start our April contest and survey in the category "Technology" with the prize being an iHome iH5 Alarm Clock for apple ipods! All you have to do is to invest...
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by george elvin on March 30, 2006
Computerized smart clothes to monitor cardiac health, muffle smells or download podcasts are in development by Sony Corp., Bosch Group, Motorola and DuPont, according to a UPI report. The...
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by george elvin on March 30, 2006
Today I'm reporting from the University Club of Chicago, site of the 2006 Nano & Bio in Society conference put on by the Center on Nanotechnology and Society. The focus of the conference was...
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by george elvin on March 28, 2006
EETimes reports that the market for thin-film and organic photovoltaics (PV) is projected to be worth over $2.3 billion by 2011, according to NanoMarkets, an industry analyst firm. Honda Motor Co.,...
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A survey of micro and nano professionals finds the average salary in micro and nanotechnology in the US is $97,978, and 75 percent said they expect a raise in 2006. That will put the average over the...
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by george elvin on March 26, 2006
Innovations in MEMS (MicroElectroMechnical Systems), nanomaterials and other emerging technologies are making smart homes a reality for the masses. The January 2006 Bourne Report says that more...
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From the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) come the results of the 2005 NCMS Nanomanufacturing Industry Survey - the largest cross-industry survey to date of nanotechnology...
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The WomenInNano project allows high-level women scientists working in Nanoscience to act as Ambassadors for Women and Science in order to raise awareness of gender issues in science (more...
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by george elvin on March 21, 2006
The release of a report and database by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars listing 212 nanotech-based products available to consumers...
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by george elvin on March 19, 2006
From the world of biotechnology, Reuters reports that: "Students at Singapore Polytechnic say they have created a plant that can communicate with people -- by glowing when it needs water. The...
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by george elvin on March 12, 2006
Last week I was in Chicago for "The Next Little Thing: Nano, Business & Society in the 21st Century," a fascinating conference put on by the Chicago-Kent College of Law's Center on...
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Researchers at Cornell University and the University of California, Davis, have discovered a method that stitches together porous membranes and bacteria-killing polymer molecules called halamides....
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The technology may be small, but not the cost of hiring directors for its centers of excellence. That's the argument the University of Washington is making in asking the state legislature for $4.5...
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The 2005 Tour de France saw the first carbon nanotube frame bikes used in competition. Now the same technology is available to consumers with the new BMC SLC01 Pro Machine. The bike's frame weighs...
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by george elvin on March 04, 2006
As the nano sector booms on both sides of the border, issues related to nanotrade, nanoregulation and nanoethics come to the forefront. In response, the Global Law and Policy Initiative at...
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by george elvin on March 01, 2006
Students in my architecture studio have come up with some very innovative designs using nanotechnology in our NanoStudio. In this third year architecture studio at the College of Architecture and...
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