Nanotechnology Project

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Videos and Podcasts

  • events/archive February 28, 2007 Nanotechnology: A Progress Report on Understanding Occupational Safety and Health Issues The earliest and most extensive exposures to engineered nanoparticles are most likely to occur in the workplace. In fact, such exposures are already taking place. video
  • events/archive February 27, 2007 Using Nanotechnology to Improve Health in Developing Countries What if doctors in Kenya could equip cells of the retina with photoswitches that can be flipped on, essentially making blind nerve cells see and restoring light sensitivity in people with degenerative blindness? What if public health workers in Bangladesh could place contaminated water into transparent bottles, which when placed in direct sunlight could disinfect the water and help prevent water-borne diseases? video
  • events/archive February 6, 2007 Nanotechnology in China: Ambitions and Realities Is China poised to become the world’s nanotech superpower, or is this prediction hyperbole? What is China’s comparative advantage in the high-tech sector, and how is it exploiting this advantage in nanotechnology? Will China’s investment in nanotechnology pay off? And how will the United States respond to China’s growing nanotechnology capacity—with competition, cooperation, or both? video
  • events/archive December 13, 2006 Nanotechnology: The Story Behind the Headlines Little science is big news, or is it? Does the media tend to hype nanotechnology, or neglect it? Do newspaper headlines focus more on nanotechnology’s risks than its benefits? How do journalists write stories on a technology about which most Americans know next to nothing and that is invisible to the human eye? video
  • events/archive December 5, 2006 Dreaming of a Nanotech Christmas What Persuades the Public to Embrace and Buy Nanotechnology? video
  • events/archive November 16, 2006 Scientists Set Five Grand Challenges for Nanotechnology Risk Research Fourteen top international scientists in the field of nanotechnology have identified Five Grand Challenges for nanotechnology risk research that must be met if the technology is to reach its full potential. video
  • events/archive October 5, 2006 Regulating the Products of Nanotechnology Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Deputy Commissioner for Policy Michael R. Taylor analyzes FDA’s ability to properly protect the American public from the potential hazards associated with nanotechnology in a new report, Regulating the Products of Nanotechnology: Does FDA Have the Tools It Needs? video
  • events/archive September 19, 2006 Public Awareness of Nanotechnology: What do Americans know? Who do they trust? Major Poll Findings to be Released video
  • news/archive September 6, 2006 Nanotechnology Can Be Child’s Play “Hands-on” Learning Activity for Science Invisible to the Naked Eye video
  • events/archive June 29, 2006 Taking Nanotechnology to Market: One Company’s Strategy Many people see nanotechnology as a futurist dream. Tomorrow’s nano world promises pollution-free energy, potent cancer and Alzheimer’s treatments, and faster, smaller, cheaper computers. video
  • events/archive May 30, 2006 Nanotechnology Gives Lift to Space Elevator Is Clarke, who predicted the use of satellites, right again? Does nanotechnology potentially make a space elevator more than a science fiction dream? video
  • events/archive May 24, 2006 Green Nanotechnology IV—Policy Options For Greening New Technologies Are regulations necessary? Are there barriers to being green? What incentives might work? Who cares about green? video
  • events/archive April 26, 2006 Green Nanotechnology III—Engineering Green Nanotechnology How can environmentally benign manufacturing, Green Engineering and Design for the Environment be integrated into nanoproduct manufacturing? What tools would engineers need to manufacture nanomaterials and products “greenly?” video
  • news/archive April 25, 2006 NPR: Health, Safety and the Future of Nanotechnology On Tuesday April 25th, 2006 Project staff David Rejeski, Julia Moore and Evan Michelson were guests on NPR’s Tech Tuesday show. audio
  • events/archive April 19, 2006 Green Nanotechnology II—Industrial Perspectives How does industry perceive its role in preventing environmental harm from new technologies; how can nanotechnology industries take preventive measures? What are the economics of being green? Is green a competitive advantage? video