Poll ranks nanotechnology second most influential technology
Filed in archive Research on January 18, 2006
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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SciGuy
Via nanotechbuzz I stumbled across an interesting, if older Zogby survey from 2005 that asked participants about the technologies they thought would most significantly change their daily lives. Specifically, the survey asked: Which of the following techno...
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