Nanotechnology or Apocalypse Wow!
The founder of eBay recently put up an absurd amount of money to sponsor a series of white paper competitions at Berkeley. White papers are things people in the Bay Area like to talk about. Other things that people like to talk about are VC's (venture capitalists) and the innovation economy. But, back to the competitions.
A couple of weekends ago the deadline for the Science Technology & Engineering Policy competition was fast approaching. I managed to fight off the lure of sun and ice cream (well kind of) long enough to be coerced into co-writing a paper on the lack of knowledge and regulation dealing with nanoscale (really tiny) materials. The most notable feature of the paper is probably the following cartoon:
If this cartoon intrigues you and/or you are extremely bored and you would like to read the whole paper, you can find it here.
Warning: Author cannot be held responsible for any irrational fears or panics caused by this paper. For a more fair and balanced look at the world of nanotechnology please see Nano by John Robert Marlow.
A couple of weekends ago the deadline for the Science Technology & Engineering Policy competition was fast approaching. I managed to fight off the lure of sun and ice cream (well kind of) long enough to be coerced into co-writing a paper on the lack of knowledge and regulation dealing with nanoscale (really tiny) materials. The most notable feature of the paper is probably the following cartoon:
If this cartoon intrigues you and/or you are extremely bored and you would like to read the whole paper, you can find it here.
Warning: Author cannot be held responsible for any irrational fears or panics caused by this paper. For a more fair and balanced look at the world of nanotechnology please see Nano by John Robert Marlow.
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