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Poll ranks nanotechnology second most influential technology

Filed in archive Research on January 18, 2006

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Asked which technology they believe will have the greatest impact on their everyday life ten years from now, respondents to a recent poll ranked nanotechnology number two. No surprise that genetic engineering checked in at number one. The poll, given to a group of more than 2000 people, was conducted by Zogby International, an opinion research firm, on December 15-16, 2005. Find it at Future Brief.

The question: Which of the following technologies do you believe will have the greatest impact on your every-day life ten years from now?

Genetic engineering - Manipulating genetic material: 31%

Nanotechnology - The control of extremely small, sub-atomic matter: 22%

Solar power - Gathering and storing energy from the light of the sun: 15%

Not sure/other: 14%

It will be a technology that has not yet been invented: 12%

Fusion Power - Energy generated from nuclear fusion reactions: 7%

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