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   NANOTECHNOLOGY
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Nanotechnology and the Developing World: The Regulatory Gap -- Brandon Keim  -- Worldchanging.org  -- August 16, 2006

A survey of recent studies and projects to bridge the nanotechnology regulatory gap in the developing world.

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Molecule-sized Switch Could Control DNA Machines -- Scott Fields  -- LiveScience.com  -- June 18, 2006

A molecule-sized switch just 50 nanometers wide may someday control microscopic machines and also could make DNA sequencing faster, less expensive, and more precise.

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The space elevator: going down? -- Jason Palmer  -- Nature  -- May 22, 2006

Is it possible to make a cable for a space elevator out of carbon nanotubes? Not anytime soon, if ever, says Nicola Pugno of the Polytechnic of Turin, Italy. Pugno's calculations show that inevitable defects in the nanotubes mean that such a cable simply wouldn't be strong enough.

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FDA urged to limit nanoparticle use in cosmetics and sunscreens -- Keay Davidson  -- San Francisco Chronicle  -- May 17, 2006

Two environmental activist groups have petitioned the U.S. government to pursue new regulations on numerous products such as sunscreens and cosmetics that contain potentially hazardous nanoparticles but lack adequate warning labels of their possible health effects.

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Empowering the Really Little Guys -- Glenn Harlan Reynolds  -- KurzweilAI.Net  -- April 10, 2006

"Individuals are getting more and more powerful," says author Glenn Reynolds in his insightful new book, An Army of Davids. "With the current rate of progress we're seeing in biotechnology, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, and other technologies, it seems likely that individuals will one day -- and one day relatively soon -- possess powers once thought available only to nation-states, superheroes, or gods.

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Nanotechnology Dangers and Defenses -- Ray Kurzweil  -- KurzweilAI.net  -- March 27, 2006

Ray Kurzweil proposes a strategy for dealing with the dangers from Genetic Engineering, Nanotechnology, and Artificial Intelligence. The strategy includes "a streamlined regulatory process, a global program of monitoring for unknown or evolving biological pathogens, temporary moratoriums, raising public awareness, international cooperation, software reconnaissance, and fostering values of liberty, tolerance, and respect for knowledge and diversity."

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I, Nanobot -- Alan H. Goldstein  -- Salon  -- March 09, 2006

Scientists are on the verge of breaking the carbon barrier -- creating artificial life and changing forever what it means to be human. And we're not ready.


Can Nanotechnology be Green? -- Joel Makower  -- Worldchanging.org  -- February 12, 2006

The author surveys an "upcoming series of academic conferences will attempt to explore whether and how nanotechnology can address the principles of green chemistry and green engineering."

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Revolution in a Box: The Center for Responsive Nanotechnology -- Jamais Cascio  -- Worldchanging.org  -- February 07, 2006

WorldChanging.org has a lengthy interview with Chris Phoenix and Mike Treder of the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology, a non-profit group helping to make sure molecular manufacturing is developed as safely as possible. In the article they talk about their policy task force (which includes folks like Ray Kurzweil, David Brin, and Jaron Lanier), the risks and benefits of nanofactories, and why open source is so important to the responsible development of nanotechnology.

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Nanotechnology Regulation Needed, Critics Say -- Rick Weiss  -- Washington Post  -- December 05, 2005

Amid growing evidence that some of the tiniest materials ever engineered pose potentially big environmental, health and safety risks, momentum is building in Congress, environmental circles and in the industry itself to beef up federal oversight of the new materials, which are already showing up in dozens of consumer products.

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