[lbo-talk] Weekly Nanotech Update

[Gregory Lipman]

For those who expressed in nanotech a little while back, I saw this
article about Wall Street interest in nanotech. A new IPO feeding frenzy?
And
someone already warning about a potential 'bubble':
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040713/ap_on_hi_te/nanotec
hnology_hype
Prince Charles is leading the charge against it. What would the
Larouchites make of that!
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=570&ncid=570&e=3&u=/nm/2
0040711/sc_nm/science_charles_dc_1
This commentary discusses, very briefly, nano's intersection with other
new technologies and some scary "possibilities":
Mental health underpins the communication, creativity and employee
productivity. Individuals who utilize neuroceuticals (say to forecast
emotions) will become more productive and will attain neurocompetitive
advantage. While some countries may choose to ban them,
performance-enabling neuroceuticals will emerge as significant
productivity tools.
http://www.smalltimes.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=7522

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Some actual recent advances, a nano-diode:
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996126

I don't remember if anyone mentioned it before but a good place to
start is the Feynman essay on Nanotech, written in, yep, 1959:
http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/feynman.html

Cheers,
Greg