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	David Brin on nanotechnology ethics Over at the CRN website they have a guest post by author David Brin on nanotechnology ethics: What I find relentlessly tedious (and, alas, ubiquitous) is the tendency to assume that the objective is actually to see ahead. It is not. The objective is to do what Einstein called gedankenexperimentation: pondering the range of possibilities in order to pick our way ahead, knowing full well that we will only reduce — never eliminate — the number of snakepits that we’ll trip upon, along the way. While you’re at CRN, check out the posted Powerpoints from their recent Nanobio conference. Good stuff! —Christine This entry was posted on Tuesday, October
	Nanotechnology insulation to generate electricity [UPDATE: see the comments for some skepticism about this product.] Normally we only expect insulation to save energy, not generate it. Now a nanotechnology-based coating will move the state-of-the-art to the second category, as brought to our attention by Meridian: U.S. company Industrial Nanotech, Inc. is developing a thermal insulation material that can use the temperature differential created by insulation to generate electricity. Industrial Nanotech CEO Stuart Burchill said: “The benefit of a thin sheet of thermal insulation that could be used in the walls or attics of homes or in the walls of commercial buildings and, instead of just helping conserve energy could create energy, is incalculable. The fact that there is almost always, day or night and anywhere in the world, a difference between the temperature inside a building and outside a building gives us an almost constant source of energy generation to tap into.” Very cool. Near-term nano is starting to really deliver. Just wait until more advanced Productive Nanosystems arrive. To hear about those, join us next week at our conference in the DC area (PDF) on Oct. 9-10. —Christine   Nanotechnology innovator on NPR Posted by Christine Peterson on September 28th, 2007 When we give a nanotechnology prize here at Foresight, we like to track what happens to the winner as his/her career unfolds. We’ve been doing this with Dr. Anita Goel — now President, Scientific Director and CEO of Nanobiosym Labs/ Nanobiosym Diagnostics, Inc. — who won our Distinguish Student Award back in 1999. […] Posted in Bionanotechnology, Nanobiotechnology, Nanobusiness, Nanotechnology, Nanotech, Nano, Women in nanotechnology | 1 Comment » Nanotechnology to capture power plant emissions Posted by Christine Peterson on September 27th, 2007 An EU nanotechnology initiative aims to capture power plant emissions using nanotech. From the Nanoglowa website: About one third of the European CO2 emissions is coming from fossil fired power plants. Every year Europe blows more then 1 gigaton CO2 into the atmosphere, contributing to increasing temperatures around the globe. It is possible to store CO2 […] Posted in Biosphere, Environment, Health, and Safety, Nanotechnology, Nanotech, Nano, Nano for Environment | 2 Comments » Artist takes on nanotechnology and privacy
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