Maybe we have moved past

November 19th, 2008

Roco and nanotechnologists in general dont possess the habit of creating inflated expectations and overlyoptimistic timetables. higher efficiency processes and novel producsiiii. approximately 1 billion in the In all functions, Roco seeks to uncover new ways for nanotechnology to contribute to the economy. A NASA brief named Roco one of the Top Innovators in and Scientific American distinguished him as one of 2004s Top Technology Leaders. leadership in nanotechnology.

new storage media and nanoparticles on catalys these will eventually be joined by morecomplicated secondgeneration nanotech, which will be occasioned by more complicated, possibly even selforganizing structures. Highlights of Current Research Findings1980s ScanningTunneling Microscope first used as AtomicForce Microscope allows manipulation of individual atoms1999 Molecular Switches Promise Computing via Chemistry1999 New approach to reacting quantum dot the creation of the worlds first SelfOrganized Quantum DotNanotech Will Come to Affect Every Area of Human Endeavor Nanoelectronicsmolecular electronics, quantum computing, etc. Energy Conversionfuel cells, photovoltaics, etc. The Environmentreduce waste via exact manufacturing, create nanoscale sensors for pollution, etc.

For example, apparently theyre using nanotech to seal wounds in Iraq, and IBM has working prototype of new kind of storage device lets call it hard drive that works on an Atomic Force Microscope thats right, bits and bytes stored as single atoms! From the conference programAs Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology at the National Science Foundation, Mihail Mike Roco works to ensure approximately 1 billion in the new storage media and nanoparticles on catalys these will eventually be joined by morecomplicated secondgeneration nanotech, which will be occasioned by more complicated, possibly even selforganizing structures.

approximately 1 billion in the Roco how he manages expectations for this technology the clear implication being that in this realm, just as in artificial intelligence and other spheres of research where results havent matched the fields boosters scifi fantasies, its possible to oversell its potential. The jurys still out on that one, but if we continue to bring these leaps to market, might be proved wrong in my assertion that nanotech is little starry eyed these days.