From: Nathanael Allison (jubungalord@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Feb 28 2003 - 00:48:46 MST
I get emails all the time from researchers who make progress almost on a
daily basis. This field is the future. AI and Nanotech are closely related
and will co-depend on each other. At least funding is increasing so I'll
probably be able to get a research job easily in this field. It's hard to
ignore the technology curve. Change occurs on an exponential basis. "The
future is out there always beyond our imagination." I just made that up,
good quote anyway. If you get some extra time look through some of these
links. I can forward you all kinds of things. Just tell me what your
interest are. thanks, Nate
>From: "Gina Miller" <nanogirl@halcyon.com>
>Reply-To: extropians@extropy.org
>To: <extropians@extropy.com>
>Subject: The Nanogirl News~
>Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 19:37:59 -0800
>
>The Nanogirl News
>February 27, 2003
>
>NNI Gets 9.5 Percent Increase in Proposed Budget. The budget for fiscal
>year
>2004 presented by President George W. Bush provides $847 million for the
>National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), a 9.5 percent increase over the
>2003 budget. View the chart of the proposed budget here: (Nanotech Planet
>2/5/03)
>http://www.nanoelectronicsplanet.com/nanochannels/funding/article/0,4028,104
>99_1579841,00.html
>Or view the PDF from the National Nanotechnology Initiative website:
>http://www.nano.gov/fy2004_budget_ostp03_0204.pdf
>
>Optical trap provides new insights into motor molecules - nature`s ultimate
>nanomachines. When it comes to nanotechnology, many researchers turn to
>nature for inspiration. Of particular interest to nanoengineers is the
>naturally occurring protein kinesin. If kinesin-like nanodevices are to
>become reality, researchers first need to solve a fundamental mystery about
>how kinesin moves. A new laser microscope designed at Stanford University
>is
>providing new clues. (Stanford University news 2/25/03)
>http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/03/tweezers226.html
>
>New crystals may shape better nanotech. Taking a cue from a starfishlike
>marine creature, scientists at Bell Labs have created what they say are
>high-quality crystals that may one day help improve communications networks
>and nano-devices. (zdnet/cnet 2/21/03)
>http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-985534.html
>Or see StockHouse USA:
>http://www.stockhouse.com/news/news.asp?tick=LU&newsid=1533911s
>
>Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of
>Sheffield report in the Feb. 21 issue of Science that they have created
>tree-like molecules that assemble themselves into precisely structured
>building blocks of a quarter-million atoms. Such building blocks may be
>precursors to designing nanostructures for molecular electronics or
>photonics materials, which "steer" light in the same way computer chips
>steer electrons. (Newswise/Scinews 2/21/03)
>http://www.newswise.com/articles/2003/2/PERCEC.NSF.html
>
>Researchers Develop 'Natural Bandages' That Mimic Body's Healing Process.
>With the same compound the body uses to clot blood, scientists at Virginia
>Commonwealth University have created a nano-fiber mat that could eventually
>become a "natural bandage." Spun from strands of fibrinogen 1,000 times
>thinner than a human hair, the fabric could be placed on a wound and never
>taken off - minimizing blood loss and encouraging the natural healing
>process. (ScienceDaily 2/11/03)
>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/02/030211072313.htm
>
>Nanotech circuits could bud from brain's bane. Rogue proteins blamed for
>mad
>cow disease could yet find a use - in tiny electrical wires, scientists
>revealed this week in Denver. The proteins, called prions, are also thought
>to cause the human brain disease variant Creutzfeld Jacob disease (vCJD)
>when they wad together into tough, messy clumps.
>(Nature Science Update 2/16/03)
>http://www.nature.com/nsu/030210/030210-21.html
>
>Tiny Battery May Power Next-Gen Gadgets. A radical new design that promises
>to revamp and rewire a decades-old staple of electronics -- the battery --
>may also be the elusive blueprint for powering so-called
>"micro-electromechanical systems," or MEMS, futuristic devices no wider
>than
>a human hair. No battery yet exists that will provide long-lasting power
>and
>still fit inside devices this small," said Bruce Dunn, a materials science
>professor from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied
>Science. "Our team of engineers and chemists are establishing the enabling
>science for a new battery that represents a real paradigm shift," he told
>NewsFactor. (Yahoo! News 2/21/03)
>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nf/20030221/tc_nf/20819
>
>Michigan Researchers Achieve Quantum Entanglement Of Three Electrons. The
>quantum entanglement of three electrons, using an ultrafast optical pulse
>and a quantum well of a magnetic semiconductor material, has been
>demonstrated in a laboratory at the University of Michigan, marking another
>step toward the realization of a practical quantum computer. While several
>experiments in recent years have succeeded in entangling pairs of
>particles,
>few researchers have managed to correlate three or more particles in a
>predictable fashion. (Science Daily 2/27/03)
>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/02/030227071834.htm
>
>Nanotechnology: The Shape of Tomorrow... Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
>Dave Geohegan, Alex Puretzky and Ilia Ivanov are using laser ablation and
>vapor deposition techniques to grow nanotubes up to millimeters long. They
>also are developing ways to align them in polymers for new generations of
>materials. The challenge now is to gain a better understanding of the
>tubes'
>chemistry and how they grow so scientists can optimize the process.
>(Oak Ridge National Laboratory Feb.. 2003)
>http://www.ornl.gov/news/cco/storytip.htm
>
>NanoMuscle eyes a giant market. What do cars and toys have in common? Very
>little, except for a device the size of a paper clip that is wedging its
>way
>into both markets. The device comes from Antioch-based NanoMuscle Inc. - a
>little company that is making a big name for itself. This week at the
>American International Toy Fair in New York City, the first consumer
>product
>using NanoMuscle's technology hit the market. Hong Kong-based Playmates
>Toys
>unveiled Baby Bright Eyes, a doll with eyes powered by NanoMuscle's tiny
>actuator that open and close and move slowly, as if gazing around her
>environs..."What they don't realize is this Christmas, their children will
>be playing with it, and in 2005, cars will be driving with nanotechnology,"
>MacGregor said. (East Bay bizjournals 2/21/03)
>http://www.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2003/02/24/story6.html
>
>Connecticut is poised to become the nanotechnology capital of the world,
>maker of novel materials, wonder drugs, super fuel cells and many more
>miracles of the 21st century. So believe the invitation-only members of a
>new organization called the Connecticut Nanotechnology Initiative, which
>met
>for the first time over the weekend at Yale University. The provost of Yale
>and the chancellor of the University of Connecticut gathered with Lt. Gov.
>M. Jodi Rell, entrepreneurs, policy makers and some of the top
>nanotechnology scientists in the world. (New Haven Register.com 2/24/03)
>http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7158067&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=3Æ
>1007&rfi=6
>
>Nanotech to pave way for micro-machines. Disposable satellite transmitters,
>inexpensive medical testing equipment and sensors for automatically
>tracking
>inventory or traffic patterns will become possible over the next 10 years
>through developments in nanotechnology, speakers at the Nanotech 2003
>conference said Monday. (ZDnet 2/25/03)
>http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-985770.html
>
>Nanowires approach the quantum realm. Scientists at the City University of
>Hong Kong have fabricated the smallest silicon nanowires ever. Shuit-Tong
>Lee and colleagues believe that such wires - which have diameters
>approaching 1 nanometre - could be used to make UV light-emitting diodes,
>transistors and lasers (D D Ma et al. 2003 Sciencexpress to be published)
>(PhysicsWeb 2/20/03)
>http://physicsweb.org/article/news/7/2/9
>
>The so-called 'nanoforum' consortium supported by the European Union has
>launched a pan-European Internet portal for nanotechnology research at
>http://www.nanoforum.org . By providing an exhaustive source of
>information,
>the site aims to help European nanotechnology experts work together and
>make
>faster progress. It is also designed to give less developed countries in
>Europe better access to cutting edge innovations in the field and encourage
>young scientists to publish their results. (Newsfox 2/25/03)
>http://www.pressetext.com/pte.mc?pte=030225028
>
>Diatomists shell out on nanotechnology. It's unlikely that many
>nanotechnologists are familiar with diatoms - a group of single-celled
>shelled algae - but that could change following a world-first conference on
>diatom nanotechnology that's set to take place in the US in October. Liz
>Kalaugher spoke to conference organizer Richard Gordon of the University of
>Manitoba, Canada, to find out more. (nanotechweb.org 2/03)
>http://nanotechweb.org/articles/feature/2/2/2/1
>
>Pacific Nanotechnology Brings 'Developer's Corner' Resource to Customers.
>AFM Users Can Stay Abreast of Application Options Available and Submit
>Their
>Own Ideas and Requests Regarding AFM Imaging Problems or Solutions. Pacific
>Nanotechnology, Inc. (PNI), the global leader in high-performance,
>easy-to-use, and affordable atomic force microscopes (AFMs), has added a
>Pacific Nanotechnology "Developer's Corner" feature to its Web site at
>http://www.pacificnanotech.com. The Developer's Corner is a resource for
>Pacific Nanotechnology customers that have modified or would like to
>customize a PNI product for a specific application. (Prn newswire 2/24/03)
>http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-24
>-2003/0001896450&EDATE=
>
>Carbon nanotubes may be magical molecular wands. Thousands of times thinner
>than a human hair but hundreds of times stronger than steel, carbon
>nanotubes could play an important role in the next wave of technological
>innovation...That's where Jun Jiao comes in. Jiao, co-director of Portland
>State University's Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, leads a team
>that is devising ways to build custom-designed nanotubes. "We're trying to
>create new procedures to synthesize carbon nanotubes in controlled ways, to
>produce carbon nanotubes with controlled properties," said Jiao, whose 1997
>Ph.D. thesis at the University of Arizona compared different ways of making
>nanotubes. (Oregon Live 2/26/03)
>http://www.oregonlive.com/science/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/science/10461784
>8494540.xml
>
>DNA strings along metal atoms. Researchers from the University of Tokyo and
>the Institute for Molecular Science in Japan have used DNA to assemble
>strings of up to five copper ions. The technique could have applications in
>producing molecular magnets and wires. "One of the most important goals in
>the field of inorganic chemistry is to control metal arrays spatially and
>dynamically," Mitsuhiko Shionoya of the University of Tokyo told
>nanotechweb.org. "DNA shows promise as the provider of a structural basis
>for the bottom-up fabrication of inorganic and bio-organic molecular
>devices." (nanotechweb.org 2/21/03)
>http://nanotechweb.org/articles/news/2/2/10/1
>
>Tiny Computing Machine Fueled By DNA; Device Awarded In Guinness World
>Record For "Smallest Biological Computing Device". Fifty years after the
>discovery of the structure of DNA, a new use has been found for this
>celebrated molecule: fuel for molecular computation systems. The research,
>conducted by scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, will appear
>in
>this week's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
>(PNAS). Whether plugged in or battery powered, computers need energy.
>Around
>a year ago, Prof. Ehud Shapiro of the Weizmann Institute made international
>headlines for devising a programmable molecular computing machine composed
>of enzymes and DNA molecules. Now his team has made the device uniquely
>frugal: the single DNA molecule that provides the computer with the input
>data also provides all the necessary fuel. (Science Daily 2/27/03)
>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/02/030227074409.htm
>
>U-M launches ambitious exploration of inner space. A path-breaking
>collaborative effort of University of Michigan researchers will attempt to
>capture never-before-seen views of the chemical activity inside living
>cells
>in real time and 3-D...The U-M team will be using synthetic nanoprobes
>small
>enough to fit inside a cell without interrupting its normal functions to
>measure the activity of crucial metal ions like zinc and copper as the cell
>works. Sophisticated statistical modeling programs will be used to
>interpret
>data that looks something like a swarm of fast-moving fruit flies zinging
>around a bowl of fruit.
>(University of Michigan 2/20/03)
>http://www.umich.edu/news/Releases/2003/Feb03/r022003a.html
>
>Pace-Setting Nanotubes May Power Micro-Devices. New measurements by an
>India
>n physicist and his team support the idea that nanotubes -- cylindrical
>carbon rolls no thicker than an atom -- may make good batteries for tiny
>devices or even power pacemakers, dispensing with cumbersome power packs.
>Submersed in a slow-flowing liquid, a dense bundle of nanotubes develops a
>voltage that ranges up to 10 millivolts and increases with flow speed,
>according to Ajay Sood and his colleagues at the Indian Institute of
>Science
>in Bangalore. (Yahoo! News 2/27/03)
>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nf/20030227/tc_nf/20867
>
>Nanotech Research Center to Start. Officials broke ground Friday on what
>was
>billed as the world's most advanced facility for atomic-level research. The
>California NanoSystems Institute at the University of California, Los
>Angeles will explore the power and potential of manipulating atoms to
>engineer new materials and devices. "Nanotech may be one of the world's
>smallest sciences, but it has the greatest potential," Gov. Gray Davis said
>at the ceremony. (Yahoo! News 2/14/03)
>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030214/ap_on_sc/nanotechÿÿÿ
>_research_1
>
>Photronics, MII devise first 'nano-imprint templates'. During the SPIE
>Microlithography conference here, Photronics Inc. and Molecular Imprints
>Inc. (MII) claimed to have demonstrated and built one of the world's first
>masks--or templates--for nano-imprint lithography applications. (EE Times
>2/26/03)
>http://eetimes.com/semi/news/OEG20030226S0031
>
>Canadian NanoBusiness Alliance News. The Canadian NanoBusiness Alliance and
>key partners have expanded their effort to build a National Nanotechnology
>Initiative (NNI) in Canada. As one of the world's only industrialized
>countries without an NNI, Canadian industry is increasingly vulnerable to
>miss out on the vast technological and economic opportunities developing
>from nanotechnology. Canada's Nanotech SWAT Team was created last year to
>prepare a position paper on the need for a Canada NNI by presenting the
>viewpoints of various stakeholders in Canada. Some of Canada's foremost
>nanotech business and regional leaders have been added to the SWAT team to
>gain critical mass and industry representation.
>(Nanotechnology Now 2/26/03)
>http://nanotech-now.com/CNA-release-02262003.htm
>
>Merkle resigns as Zyvex's nano theorist. Zyvex Corp. soon will be short a
>nanotechnology theorist, but interested applicants need not apply. Nanotech
>pioneer Ralph Merkle will step down from that post this week at Zyvex, a
>Texas-based maker of tools and technologies for molecularly precise
>manufacturing. He plans to pursue independent consulting and speaking about
>nanotech, two of his main tasks since he joined Zyvex in 1999. (Small
>Times
>2/25/03)
>http://www.smalltimes.com/document_brief.cfm#brief_4
>
>Gina "Nanogirl" Miller
>Nanotechnology Industries
>http://www.nanoindustries.com
>Personal: http://www.nanogirl.com
>Foresight Senior Associate http://www.foresight.org
>Extropy member http://www.extropy.org
>nanogirl@halcyon.com
>"Nanotechnology: Solutions for the future."
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