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Open source nanotech project launched

Open Source?? For a weaponizable commodity??We reeeally haven't already got enough troubles with "open source" knowledge in the nuke and biochem weapons arenas, we have to open up yet a new playbook for the terrorists?? No, I'm not a techie doomsayer, per se -- just that we don't even know...

Tags: open source, nanotechnology

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Open source nanotech project launched

The idea of doing biology through open source has been around for years, but the high cost of research, the fact that patent rights are clear in this area, and the huge pay-offs to corporate inventors have throttled it until now. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Nanotechnology, Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Carbon nanotubes: Great for agriculture, but for humans?

In what can eventually kick up a firestorm similar to the genetically modified food controversy, the emerging field of "nano-agriculture" is making headlines. It involves the use of nano-particles â€" wisps 1/50,000th the width of a human hair â€" in agriculture and could have beneficial affects for crops, say...

Tags: Food, Agriculture, Nanotube, Carbon Nanotube, Food & Beverage, Nanotechnology, Manufacturing, Emerging Technologies, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-10-25

Researchers give brain implants a nanotube coat to boost performance

Microelectrodes implanted in the brain are increasingly being used to treat neurological disorders, but robust and reliable chronic application of neural electrodes remains a challenge. Scientists at University of Michigan have created brain implants tested in rats that can more clearly record signals from surrounding neurons. by Chris Jablonski

Tags: Nanotube, Brain, Performance, Nanotechnology, Telecom & Utilities, Emerging Technologies, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-09-29

'NanoPen' to write a new chapter in nanotech manufacturing

Tiny Lasers An Improvement?This made me think of the article from NPR about the breakthrough kind of for tiny lasers:"They made a plasmon laser out of a bead of gold that's so small you can't even see it under a regular microscope ? it's just 44 nanometers across. "For comparison,...

Tags: manufacturing, nanotechnology, tiny laser, laser

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

'NanoPen' to write a new chapter in nanotech manufacturing

Among the top challenges facing the commercialization of nanotechnology, is to produce a high volume of nano-scale components cheaply and efficiently. To help meet the challenge, UC Berkeley researchers are reporting the development of a "NanoPen" that could provide a quick, convenient way of laying down patterns of nanoparticles...

Tags: Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-09-03

From Big Blue to Big Brown as IBM expands into sewage management and other green initiatives

IBM representatives were in San Francisco on Tuesday to announce a partnership with the city around several green initiatives and also to launch several broader initiatives that include the development of advanced battery technologies at its Almaden Research Center in San Jose. I met with Alan Ganek,...

Tags: Battery, IBM Corp., Engineering, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-06-23

Scientists envision inflatable alternative to tethered space elevator

An inflatable free standing tower could one day carry equipment and tourists 20 kilometers above Earth, and it could be completed much sooner than a cable-based space elevator, say researchers at York University in Toronto, Canada. They envision a giant tower assembled with a series of modules made up...

Tags: Elevator, Kilometer, Team Management, Cable, Nanotechnology, Network Technology, Management, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Emerging Technologies, Networking, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-06-17

Billion-year ultra-dense memory chip developed

There's always been an inverse relationship between density and durability when it comes to data storage. Today's silicon memory chips contain a lot of density, but with a lifespan of just a few decades, they lack durability.  Yet primitive forms of storage such as information carved in stone are highly...

Tags: Shuttle, Nanotube, Carbon Nanotube, Nanoparticle, Memory Chip, Chip, Memory Device, Shuttle Memory, Nanotechnology, Storage, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-06-04

Researchers develop printable rubber-like OLED displays

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have given new meaning to the term flexibility in the context of displays. They've developed of a stretchable display connected by organic light-emitting diodes OLEDs and organic transistors with a new highly-elastic conductor. [caption id="attachment_1542" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Credit: Takao Someya, the...

Tags: Nanotube, Transistor, Organic Light-emitting Diode, Printing, Nanotechnology, Document Management, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-05-11

Here comes some R and D: nanotech in carville

Some brave Angelenos will be working on nano-tech for combatting global warming. Yes, right there amid freeways and palpable smog and all the gas-burning cars in Los Angeles, some engineers will be using federal money to find nano-ways to more efficiently capture solar energy. Also, they're looking for...

Tags: Alternative Energy, Car, California, Nanotechnology, DOE, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-05

Why food may taste bad after your bypass

They emphasized that the side effects are worth the risk. Shoukas himself became interested after finding that chocolate tasted like charcoal for months following his bypass. He loves chocolate and is grateful for the bypass. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Food, Bypass, Chemical, Team Management, Nanotechnology, Healthcare, Management, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-05-04

Nanowires, nanoribbons and 'graphane' among materials that'll revolutionize computers

Architects of the next generation of computers are developing a variety of nanostructures to meet the demand for increasingly smaller features for semiconductors, microprocessors, and other components. These tiny building blocks are quite extraordinary-some even self-assemble. And they'll help overcome many of the limitations of today's microelectronics...

Tags: Nanotube, Carbon Nanotube, Computer, Chip, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-04-24

Nanorobot for Brain Aneurysm

The idea of nanorobots floating throughout our arteries to fight diseases and deliver drugs is migrating from science fiction to medical fact, at least in virtual 3D simulations. Nanorobotics pioneer Adriano Cavalcanti and his colleagues report progress with their nanorobot control design NCD software which helps them simulate the behavior...

Tags: Gradient, Vessel, Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Team Management, Emerging Technologies, Management, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-03-25

Solar gets green, I mean really green, like chlorophyll green

What are the best solar collectors in the world. Dandelions, Douglas-fir, agave, tulips--any number of plants youmight see in nature or a garden. Now some British scientists say they've found a way to build solar panels that mimic plants. Plants light harvest, and so do...

Tags: Solar Panel, Scientist, Nanoparticle, Plant, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-02

Nano-sized radio plays Eric Clapton’s "Layla"

Accurately more nano than the iPod Nano, a radio built out of a single carbon nanotube that detects and plays songs was singled out in the latest issue of Scientific American as one of the first truly functional nanoscale devices that has a "measurable effect on the larger, macroscale world."...

Tags: Nanotube, Radio, Nanotube Radio, Nanotechnology, Advertising & Promotion, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-02-17

New physics as applied to solar tech

Scientists at Los Alamos Lab in New Mexico have confirmed that it's possible for a single photon to create more than one electron. They have tracked the phenomenon in nanotech semiconductor crystals. This research can enable more efficient solar panels. The research shows a conventional solar cell...

Tags: Electron, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-10

Small matters bringing huge change?

H2O + CO2 with nanotubes= CH4 and O2. That's the basic formula of research done at Penn State. Scientists there make the hollow catalytic nanotubes from titania titanium dioxide. Each tube is 135 nanometres wide and a tenth of a millimetre long. The research at...

Tags: Nanotube, Penn State, Solar Energy, Febrication, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-10

Nanotechnology-based smart yarn for soldiers

Chinese and U.S. researchers have developed a carbon nanotube-coated smart yarn which can conduct electricity and be woven into textiles to detect blood or to monitor health. According to one of the lead researchers, today's smart textiles, which are made of metallic or optical fibers, are fragile and not comfortable....

Tags: Nanotube, Researcher, Carbon Nanotube, Textiles, Anti-albumin, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-12-16

Tic Tac Troll 1.0.0 (Mobile)

Don't get fooled by the name, Tic Tac Troll with it's TrollChallenge mode is the ultimate tic tac toe game. Try to win as many games you can before the time runs out against Troll the Almighty Tic Tac Troller. Winning gives you time, losing a game cuts it.Beat Troll...

Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, Nanotech Studios, Nanotechnology, Games, Digital Music, Digital Media, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-12-08