National Nanotechnology Initiative

Posted on September 29, 2011 by virtualted

Welcome to National Nanotechnology Initiative.

National Nanotechnology InitiativeThe National Nanotechnology Initiative is a United States federal nanoscale science, engineering, and technology research and development program. Initiative participants (cited below) state that its four goals are to:

  •     advance a world-class nanotechnology research and development (R&D) program;
  •     foster the transfer of new technologies into products for commercial and public benefit;
  •     develop and sustain educational resources, a skilled workforce, and the supporting infrastructure and tools to advance nanotechnology; and
  •     support responsible development of nanotechnology.
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Ray Kurzweil on the Future of Nanotechnology

Posted on July 3, 2011 by virtualted

The true promise of nanotechnology, says Ray Kurzweil, is that “we’ll be able to create just about anything we need in the physical world from information files with very inexpensive input materials.”
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