Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
A Non-specialist’s Bibliography
General Sources
National Science Foundation, Nanoscale Science and Engineering home page
http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/nano/start.htm
Foresight Institute (Formed by K. Eric Drexler) http://www.foresight.org
Nanotechnology Database: sponsored by NSF.
http://www.itri/loyola,edu/nanobase/
IEEE Nanotechnology Virtual Community
http://ieeenano.mindcruiser.com
Nanotechnology Institute (ASME clearing house)
http://www.nanotechnologyinstitutue.org
Journal of Nanoparticle Research (Kluwer)
http://www.wkap.nl/journals/nano
Nano Letters (American Chemical Society)
http://pubs.acs.org/journals/nalefd/anout.html
Nanomagazine (founded 2001, many interviews with leading figures)
http://www.nanomagazine.com
Nanotechnolopgy and Microengineering Progress
Nano Technology Magazine
http://nanozine.com
Scanning
http://www.scaning-fams.org
Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology (VJNST)
http://ojps.aip.org/journals/doc/VIRT01-home/about.html
Feynman, Richard Phillips, “The man who dared to think small. with excerpts from
address, December 29, 1959,” Science 254 (Nov. 29, 1991): 1300-1.
Abstract:
Part of a special section on nanotechnology. In an
address to the American Physical Society in 1959, Caltech physicist
Richard Feynman predicted many of the advances that have come to pass
in the field of nanotechnology. His visionary ideas included etching
lines a few atoms wide with beams of electrons, building circuits on
the scale of angstroms to make new kinds of computers, and manipulating
atoms to control the properties of matter. Excerpts from his lecture,
which was titled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom," are provided.
Drexler, K. Eric, Engines of Creation (Garden City, NY: Anchor Press, 1986).
Drexler, K. Eric., Peterson, Chris., and Pergamit, Gayle. Unbounding
the future : the nanotechnology revolution (New York : Morrow,
c1991).
Hapgood, Fred, “The Really Little Engines That Might. The advent of "nanotechnology,"
according to its leading enthusiast, "will bring the greatest turning point in the history of
life on earth." Nature itself offers extensive evidence that molecular-scale machines are
indeed possible. But researchers have barely begun learning how to operate in a domain
where friction, gravity, and inertia have little practical significance.” Technology Review.
96, no. 2, (February 1993): 30-37.
Ono, Naoji.; Onimaru, Mahito., and others, Nanospace a voyage into ultra-microscopic
worlds (Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1993). VIDEOTAPE.
Crawford, Robert ; Regis, Ed, “The Emerging Science of Nanotechnology,”
Technology review. 99, no. 4, (1996): 69-72.
Rogers, Adam.; Kaplan, David A., “Get ready for nanotechnology.” Newsweek 130
special issue (Winter '97-'98): 52-3
Abstract: Part of a special issue on the inventions and
developments of the 20th century. Nanotechnology, the study of the
minute, holds the promise of giving society of the future any material
it wants at practically no cost. Even today, this nascent science is
taking form with the existence of MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical
systems), tiny sensors, motors, and gears with the ability to recognize
light, sound, and motion. Operating in conjunction with microchips,
MEMS, which are already used in such devices as air bags,
blood-pressure kits, and carbon monoxide detectors, can "think" and
then take action. These very basic sensing devices are part of a $2
billion industry that some experts believe will be worth more than $100
billion by 2010.
Voss, David, “NANOTECHNOLOGY: THE HOPE AND THE HYPE - Moses of
the Nanoworld - To his followers, K Eric Drexler is the prophet of nanotechnology.
Will he be left behind by the rapidly developing reality of nanoscience?”
Technology Review. 102, no. 2, (1999): 60-63.
Voss, David, “NANOTECHNOLOGY: THE HOPE AND THE HYPE - Chips Go
Nano Shrinking computer chips have propelled the information revolution. But chip
makers are approaching unknown territory,” Technology Review. 102, no. 2, (1999):
55-59.
Rotman, David, “NANOTECHNOLOGY: THE HOPE AND THE HYPE - Will the
Real Nanotech please Stand Up? - Researchers are building devices one molecule at
a time. TR sorts the possible from the preposterous,” Technology Review. 102, no. 2,
(1999): 46-54.
Gross, Michael, Travels to the nanoworld : miniature machinery in nature and
technology (New York : Plenum Trade, c1999).
Zachary, G Pascal, “Just as chip manufacturers reach the limits of silicon's abilities,
nanotechnology will save the day with self-assembling "molecular computers." Sound
too good to be true? It is,” Technology Review 103, no. 1, (2000): 39-41.
“ISSUES IN NANOTECHNOLOGY - Taking the Initiative,” Science. 290, no. 5496,
(2000): 1523.
“Nanotechnology extending materials science frontier - Goal is to create large structures
with new molecular organizations,” Aviation week & space technology. 153, no. 10,
2000): 89-90.
Forro, L., “PERSPECTIVES: NANOTECHNOLOGY - Beyond Gedanken
Experiments,” Science. 289, no. 5479, (2000): 560.
“Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology – Nanotechnology,” Journal of vacuum
science & technology. A, Vacuum, surfaces, and films 18, no. 4, (2000): 1321-25.
Nanotechnology - Small is beautiful: Charlotte Lemetais sums up ongoing research in the
growing science of nanotechnology,” Chemical engineer. no. 702, (2000): 18-21.
GOVERNMENT & POLICY NANOTECHNOLOGY: Science and engineering on the
nanometer scale will fundamentally restructure current technologies.” Chemical and
engineering news 78, no. 18, (2000): 41-48.
“Experience is new at the nanoscale, but turning discoveries into technology will still be
done the traditional way.” Mechanical engineering 123, no. 3, (2001): 46 (4 pages)
Fahey, Jonathan, “Nanotechnpology- The Science of Small - We don't quite have
microscopic robots yet, but nanotechnology is already here, in your sunblock and
antifungal foot powder.” Forbes. (February 5, 2001): 124-29.
“A Perspectives - The National Nanotechnology Initiative brings a welcome boost to the
physical sciences and engineering.” Scientific American. 285, no. 3, (2001): 8-9.
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“IS THE FUTURE NANO? - Even with our current rudimentary chemical
nanotechnology, it has been possible to fabricate a surprising range of simple
nanomachines. Although nanotechnology got off to an agonizingly slow start, it is now
blossoming as never before.” CEW, Chemical engineering world. 36, no. 3, (2001): 62-3.
INNOVATION - THINK SMALL - Asian companies pursue nanotechnology -- The
science of engineering molecules -- To make new products for the 21st century,” Far
Eastern economic review. 164, no. 2, (2001): 34-36.
“Trouble in nanoland,” The economist. 365, no. 8302, (2002): 107.
“The molecule as motor,” Popular science. 261, no. 2, (2002): 35
“Seeking to assure the prosperity of one of its key industries, Korea sees a future
measured in nanometers.” Mechanical engineering 124, no. 1, (2002): 56-58
“Innovation - Is nanotechnology providing so many opportunities, some are being
missed?” Professional engineering. 15, no. 19, (2002): 28 –29.
Leo, Alan, “THE STATE OF INNOVATION - We peek into the future from
technology's cutting edge - Nanotechnology - Coming soon: Nanoelectronics for infotech
and medicine.” Technology review 105, no. 5, (2002): 55.
Fritz, Sandy, Understanding nanotechnology: from the editors of Scientific American
(New York: Warner Books, 2002).
Small wonders, endless frontiers: a review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative
(Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 2002.
Feynman, Richard Phillips, Richard Feynman tiny machines (Mill Valley, CA : Sound
Photosynthesis, 1984 : VIEDOTAPE.
Nanoscience and nanotechnology in perspective. ([China?] : Tsinghua University Press,
2002).
Wolfe, Josh , Forbes/Wolfe nanotech report. ( New York: Forbes Inc. & Angstrom Pub.,
2002).
Luryi, Serge.; Xu, Jimmy. The nano millennium (New York : [Chichester] : Wiley,
2002).
National nanotechnology initiative: the initiative and its implementation plan.
(Washington, D.C. : National Science and Technology Council, Committee on
Technology, Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology, 2002).
Newton, David E., Recent advances and issues in molecular
nanotechnology (Westport, CT.: Greenwood Press, 2002).
Table of Contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy035/2002022444.html
Superb source: includes documents, bibliography, list of research organizations.
Roco, Mihail C.; Bainbridge, William , eds., Converging technologies for improving
human performance: nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and
cognitive science (Sims Publication: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic
Publishers, 2003).
Poole, Charles P.; Owens, Frank J., Introduction to nanotechnology (Hoboken, NJ : J.
Wiley, 2003).
“SEEING IS BELIEVING - In 1989, scientists managed to arrange a sequence of
individual atoms to spell out 'IBM'. How did they, and what's happened since then?” The
ecologist. 33, no. 4, (2003): 28-31.
Ratner, Mark, and Daniel Ratner, Nanotechnology: A Gentle
Introduction to the Next Big Idea (Upper sAddle River, NJ:
Prentice Hall, 2003).
Science
Journal of Nanobiotechnology
http://www.jnanobiotechnology.com/
Tendler, Saul, “Scanning probe microscopy and nanotechnology. Armed with
technology that can produce images of materials showing how the atoms themselves are
arranged, science is well on the road to nanotechnology, as Saul Tendler at Nottingham
University describes.” Chemistry and industry. no. 18, (September 20, 1993): 707.
Koruga, Djuro, Fullerene C60: history, physics, nanobiology, nanotechnology
(Amsterdam; New York: North-Holland, 1993).
“NANOTECHNOLOGY: Harnessing Brownian Motion,” MIT's technology review. 100,
no. 7, (1997): 20-21.
Rhodin, T., “Scanning probe microscopies, nanoscience and nanotechnology,” Applied
physics. A, Materials science & processing. 72, no. 1, (2001): S141
Service, Robert F., “Biology Offers Nanotech A Helping Hand.” Science v298 (Dec. 20
2002): 2322-3
Abstract:
The Fall meeting of the Materials Research Society,
Boston, Massachusetts, held on December 2-6, 2002, showed that
nanotechnologists are increasingly looking toward biology for
inspiration and practical help. In laboratories around the world,
researchers are currently working to marry nanotechnology and biology
to fuse useful biomolecules to chemically synthesized nanoclusters in
arrangements that can perform a range of functions that include
emitting light to storing tiny bits of magnetic data. This strategy
results in a merger that attempts to blend biology's ability to
assemble complex structures with nanoscientists' capacity to build
useful devices. Some of the research in these areas that is currently
underway is outlined.
Imry, Yoseph, Introduction to mesoscopic physics (Oxford ; New York : Oxford
University Press, 2002).
Nanoscience: underlying physical concepts and phenomena. Sackler Colloquium on
Nanoscience: Underlying Physical Concepts and Phenomena, 2001, National Academy
of Sciences (Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Sciences, 2002).
Applications
Rhea, John., “Nanotechnology. Space Development Conference,” Space World X-6-282
(June 1987): 8-9.
Abstract:
Nanotechnology offers new possibilities in artificial
intelligence and robotics that could be applied to space development,
according to a panel of experts at the Sixth Space Development
Conference, sponsored by the Pittsburgh L5 Society on March 27-29. This
emerging field of science, which embraces advanced electronics and
biotechnology, anticipates creating structures the size of individual
atoms. K. Eric Drexler of Stanford University envisions computers that
would be a hundred times faster than today's advanced computers and
that would also require a millionth of the energy and a trillionth of
the volume. According to artificial intelligence expert Marvin Minsky
of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, such computers would have
functional densities greater than that of the human brain. Robotic
devices built with nanotechnology could assemble a space station using
commands radioed from Earth.
Drexler, Eric L., Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery,
Manufacturing, and Computation (New YORL John Wiley &
sons, 1992).
Aldridge, Jack, On the cutting edge of technology. (Carmel, IN: Sams Pub., 1993).
Service, Robert F., “World's tiniest magnets. one-domain magnets; work of Andrew
Kent,” Science 264 (Apr. 8 '94): 200
Abstract:
New research suggests a way for magnetism researchers
to make and study one-domain magnets. Researchers have known for a long
time that up and down are two possible orientations of electron spins.
In the past, studies have suggested that when electron spins in a
domain alter directions, they flip simultaneously. However, at the
annual March meeting of the American Physical Society, IBM physicist
Andrew Kent described early results from a technique he developed for
making one-domain magnets--results that suggest that the electron spins
in these particles do not always flip in unison. According to Kent, the
upshot of this discovery is that it could take considerably less energy
to flip these magnets' orientation. Kent's experiment to test his
hypothesis and the practical applications of this research on magnetic
data storage devices are briefly described.
Regis, Edward, Nano: the emerging science of nanotechnology: Remaking the
world-molecule by molecule (Boston: Little, Brown, 1995).
Toth-Fejel, Tihamer. ; McKendree, Tom., “Space and molecular nanotechnology.” Ad
Astra 7 (Sept./Oct. 1995): 37-41.
Abstract:
The National Space Society believes that the
development of molecular nanotechnology will further the exploration
and settlement of space. As an engineering discipline, molecular
nanotechnology has the potential to make revolutionary advances both in
manufactured products and the processes used to make them. Its
bottom-up approach has the potential to produce space hardware with
tremendous improvement in performance and reliability at substantially
lower cost. The potential benefits and risks of molecular
nanotechnology are examined, and further information on the topic is
provided.
Fujimasa, Iwao, Micromachines: a new era in mechanical engineering (Oxford; New
York: Oxford University Press, 1996).
Chow, Gan-Moog,; Gonsalves, Kenneth E., Nanotechnology: molecularly designed
materials (Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, 1996).
Luryi, Serge.; Xu, Jimmy., Future trends in microelectronics: reflections on the road to
nanotechnology (Dordrecht; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996).
Service, Robert F., “Throwing--or molding--a curve into nanofabrication. Work of
George Whitesides,” Science 273 (July 19, 1996): 312
Abstract:
In this issue of Science, George Whitesides and
colleagues report on the development of a new micromolding technique to
produce complex patterns known as gratings, just hundreds of nanometers
in width, on the surface of both flat and curved optical material. The
researchers from Harvard University demonstrate that flat gratings,
essential for laser steering devices, can be more easily produced by
casting plastics using a miniscule rubber mold than by traditional
techniques. As the mold is pliable, it is also possible to manufacture
curved gratings that can be used on lens surface and optical fibers to
focus and filter light for telecommunications and optical computing
applications. This report follows others published by the team in the
June 19 Journal of the American Chemical Society and the December 15,
1995, Science.
Service, Robert F., “Atomic landscapes beckon chip makers and chemists. Various
papers presented at the annual meeting of the American Vacuum Society and the Welch
Foundation 40th Conference on Chemical Research,” Science 274 (Nov. 1, 1996): 7234.
Abstract:
The effort to craft ever-smaller transistors has some
researchers trying to turn their most powerful microscopes into tools
that could build atom-scale electronic devices. To date, these
microscopes, which work by scanning an ultrasharp tip across a surface,
are too slow to be taken seriously by chip makers, but researchers are
working to build huge arrays of tips that could make the work go
faster. As demonstrated at the annual American Vacuum Society (AVS)
meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the Welch Foundation 40th
Conference on Chemical Research in Houston, Texas, that effort is
picking up speed. At the AVS meeting, a team of researchers led by
Cornell University electrical engineer Noel MacDonald reported that
they have constructed an array of 144 scanning probe tips, and at the
Welch Foundation Conference, a team from Stanford University reported
building an array of 50 probe tips. These and other research topics
that were presented at the conferences are discussed.
Service, Robert F. “Making devices smaller, brighter, and more bendy. Various papers
presented at the fall meeting of the Materials Research Society,” Science 282 no. 5397
(Dec. 18 1998): 2179-80.
Abstract:
The writer discusses topics presented at the fall
meeting of the Materials Research Society in Boston: porous
semiconductor films and plastic video displays.
Gross, Michael, Travels to the nanoworld: miniature machinery in nature and technology
(New York : Plenum Trade, 1999).
Voss, David, “Chips Go Nano,” Technology Review 102 (March/April 1999).
Service, Robert F., “Building the small world of the future. Papers presented at the
Materials Research Society meeting,” Science 286 no. 5449 (Dec. 24, 1999): 2442-4
Abstract:
A report from a Materials Research Society meeting,
which took place from November 29 to December 3 in Boston,
Massachusetts. Topics discussed included new strategies for wiring
molecular electronic devices and genetically engineered proteins that
assemble materials.
“Use of nanoscale devices is helping to revolutionize medical treatment and research.”
Mechanical Engineering 123, no. 12, (2001): 44 (4 pages)
“Advances in semiconductor manufacturing techniques are bringing medicine closer to
cures and treatments that have eluded researchers working on the macro scale.”
Mechanical engineering 123, no. 8, (2001): 54-59.
“Researchers are using nanoparticles to raise polymers to new capabilities.”
Mechanical Engineering 123, no. 4, (2001): 52 (4 pages)
“The aim of nanotechnology is to build the future, molecule by molecule.”
Mechanical engineering 123, no. 1, (2001): 52-55.
“Inching -- Er, nanometering – Toward mechanical devices of an atomic scale, two
researchers spell out practical considerations for MEs who will one day design them.”
Mechanical Engineering 123, no. 2, (2001): 42-45.
Voss, David, “NEMS: Machines Get Tiny,” Technology Review 104 (April 2001).
Tseng, G Y ; Ellenbogen, J C., “Toward Nanocomputers,” Science. 294, no. 5545,
(2001): 1293.
“Tools for the Biomolecular Engineer,” Science. 297, no. 5578, (2002): 62.
Rotman, David., “The Nanotube Computer,” Technology Review 105 (March 2002: 3745.
Watkins, Catherine, “Nanotechnology and the fats and oils industry - Catherine Watkins
scrutinizes nanotechnology, and how advances in the science may affect the way we live.
“ International news on fats, oils, and related materials: INFORM / 14, no. 4, (2003):
168-71.
Teresko, John, “TRENDS: NANOTECHNOLOGY: The Next Material World – Get
ready to research, reengineer, reinvent and innovate new products and processes. The
National Science Foundation has predicted a (USD)1 trillion market by 2015 for nano
products.” Industry week. 252, no. 4, (2003): 41-46.
Havancsak, K., “Session I/2 - Materials and Technologies of the Millenary Nanotechnology at Present and its Promises for the Future,” Materials science forum.
414, (2003): 85-94.
“Biology Offers Nanotech a Helping Hand,” Science. 298, no. 5602, (2002): 2322-24.
“Nano Solar Cells,” and Nanoimprint Lithography,” Technology Review106 (February
2003): 39, 43-44.
Societal Implications
Center for Responsible Nanotechnology Newsletter
http://responsiblenontechnology.org/newletter.htm
Working Group For The Study Of The Philosophy And Ethics Of Complexity And
Scale (CPECS), University of South Carolina
http://www.cla.sc.edu/cpecs/index.html
See this group’s research proposal for an investigation of nanoscale science and
technology.
Minsky, Marvin, “Will Robots Inherit the Earth? Wll the machines that we have
invented to extend the power of the human mind outlive us to inherit the earth? Yes,
presuming that humankind decides to amplify its intellectual powers and replace filing
parts of its mental machinery with computer circuitry. Nanotechnology would make
such prostheses possible.” Scientific American. 271, no. 4, (October 1994): 108
Stix, Gary, “Waiting for Breakthroughs - Nanotechnology mavens predict that
machines the size of a virus will build anything we want, from rocket engines to new
body parts, one molecule at a time.” Scientific American. 274, no. 4, (1996): 94-99.
Vaughan, Paul, Nanotopia: Videotape: Films for the Humanities, 1998, 1995
Sten, Lin, Souls, slavery, and survival in the molenotech age: an alien's version (St.
Paul, Minn. : Paragon House, 1999).
“Voss, David, “Moses of the Nanoworld,” Technology Review 102 (March/April 1999).
Article on K. Eric Drexler and his views.
Stix, Gary, “Litle Big Science - Nanotechnology is all the rage. Will it
meet its ambitious goals? And what is it, anyway?” Scientific American.
285, no. 3, (2001): 32-37.
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Lovins, Amory B., “Where Descartes meets Darwin. Analysis of biotechnology's role
and views of W. Joy,” New Perspectives Quarterly 17 no.3 (Summer 2000): 10-12
Abstract:
In response to Bill Joy's warnings on the dangers of
technological innovation, the writer analyzes the roles of nuclear
fission, gene manipulation, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence
in modern society. Biotechnology has changed the goal of evolution from
evolutionary success to economic profit. This industrialization of life
is carried out by people skilled in gene-splicing technique and
biochemistry but generally inexperienced in the biological essentials
of ecology and evolutionary biology. Indications of unpleasant
developments already include the spread of transgenes beyond their
intended recipients at unforeseen speeds, herbicide-resistant
superweeds, gene-spliced insecticides that kill more than their
targets, ineffective protection strategies, unmet targets for crop
yields, and a backlash against the abuse of intellectual-property law.
Related Resource: http://www.RMI.ORG
Brand, Stewart., “Is technology moving too fast?” Time 155 no. 25 (June 19 2000): 1089.
Abstract:
Part of a special section forecasting technological
advances of the 21st century. Computers, biotechnology, and
nanotechnology are self-accelerating, meaning that the products of
their own processes let them develop ever more rapidly. Technologies
with this property, sometimes termed autocatalysis, create conditions
that are unstable, unpredictable, and unreliable. It is not easy for a
free society to halt technology, and even if one country decided to
forgo the next technological revolution, another country would
willingly take it up.
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Bell, Trudy E.; Dooling, David.; Fouke, Janie McLawhorn, Engineering tomorrow:
today's technology experts envision the next century (Piscataway, NJ : IEEE Press,
2000).
Drexler, K. Eric, “Machine-phase nanotechnology: The leading visionary in the field
forecasts how nanorobots will transform society.” Scientific American 285 no.3
(Sept. 2001): 74-5.
Abstract:
The ability of nanotechnology to fabricate tiny robot
systems will revolutionize manufacturing and transform society. A
general-purpose, atom-by-atom building system called an assembler
could, in principle, construct almost anything and be self-replicating.
This system would be composed of a new machine-phase matter that would
exhibit a molecular movement found today only in liquids and gases and
have a mechanical strength typically associated with solids. The
ability of such tiny robot systems to manufacture objects with
molecular precision will facilitate the considerable improvement of
materials properties and device performance. This technology would have
the potential to reduce pollution, increase the energy efficiency of
transportation, make space travel economical, and facilitate the
molecular repair of the human body. However, the potency of
nanotechnology means that efforts must now be undertaken to avoid
accidents and prevent its abuse.
Related Resource: http://www.foresight.org
http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/feynman.html
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Collins, Graham P., “Shamans of Small - Nanotechnology has become a favorite
topic of science-fiction writers.” Scientific American. 285, no. 3, (2001): 86-91.
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Miksanek, Tony, “Microscopic Doctors and Molecular Black Bags: Science Fiction's
Prescription for Nanotechnology and Medicine,” Literature and Medicine 20, no. 1
(2001): 55-70.
Roco, Mihail C.; Bainbridge, William, eds., Societal
implications of nanoscience and nanotechnology (Dordrecht ;
Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001).
Conference proceedings from NSF meeting; basic starting point for this topic.
Implications of emerging micro- and nanotechnologies (Washington, D.C.: National
Academies Press, 2002).
Kilner, John Frederic.; Hook, C. Christopher, Cutting-edge bioethics: a Christian
exploration of technologies and trends (Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 2002).
“Latest scientific revolution is under scrutiny amid concerns over its potential impacts.”
Chemical and engineering news 80, no. 49, (2002): 23-24.
Mulhall, Douglas., Our molecular future : how nanotechnology, robotics, genetics, and
artificial intelligence will transform our world (Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books,
2002).
Table of Contents: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy031/2002021992.html
“Point of Impact - Where technology collides with society, business, and personal
lives - Chemist Vicki Colvin on the safety of nanotechnology.” Technology Review
106, no. 3, (2003): 71-74.
Atkinson, William Illsey, Nanocosm: nanotechnology and the big changes coming from
the inconceivably small (New York : AMACOM/American Management Association,
2003).
Uldrich, Jack, The next big thing is really small: how nanotechnology will change the
future of your business (New York : Crown Business, 2003).
“Commentary - Nanotechnology is this week's topic of controversy. PE comments on
ethics in engineering,” Professional engineering. 16, no. 8, (2003): 3.
“Comment: If the ethics of nanotechnology are not considered, the science may slow
down,” Chemistry in Britain. 39, Part 5 (2003): 3-6
Mnyusiwalla, A. ; Daar, A. S. ; Singer, P. A., “`Mind the gap': science and ethics in
nanotechnology,” Nanotechnology. 14, Part 3 (2003): R9-R13.
McKibben, Bill, “MORE THAN ENOUGH - Forget about controlling nanotech, do we
want it at all? Bill McKibben believes a nanotechnology future leaves no room for
humanity.” The ecologist. 33, no. 4, (2003): 42-43.
Wakeford, Tom, “WHO'S IN CONTROL OF NANOTECH? Given the risks associated
with nanotechnology, should we let the path its development takes be decided Mulhall,
Douglas exclusively by scientists and corporations. Tom Wakeford thinks not.” The
ecologist. 33, no. 4, (2003): 40-41.
“PROMISES & THREATS - No more disability. Brain implants to boost intelligence.
Ageing counteracted. Nanotechnologists promise us all the above and much much more.
But at what risk?” The ecologist. 33, no. 4, (2003): 36-39.
Thomas, Jim, “FUTURE PERFECT? Jim Thomas uncovers the main nanotech players,
what drives them, and in whose interests they are working.” The ecologist. 33, no. 4,
(2003): 32-35.
“Safety Remains Unclear,” Materials Today (June 2003): 10.
Gibbs, Mike, “Afraid of the Nano-world?” Materials Today (July/August2003): 64.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
“Silicon Valley pins hopes on nanotechnology boom / U.S. ready to spend billions on
revolutionary science,” San Francisco Chronicle (May 8, 2003):A.1
Feder, Barnaby J., “Prince's Technology Qualms Create a Stir in Britain” New York
Times (May 19, 2003):C.3
Feder, Barnaby J., “Research Shows Hazards in Tiny Particles,” New York Times (Apr
14, 2003):C.8
Feder, Barnaby J., “Frontier of Military Technology Is the Size of a Molecule,”
Source: New York Times (Apr 8, 2003):C.2
Feder, Barnaby J., “Scientists of Very Small Draw Disciplines Together,” New York
Times (Feb 10, 2003):C.4.
“Many Layers To Building A Super Soldier; MIT Project Seeks to Outfit Fighter With
Nanotechnology,” Washington Post (Jan 20, 2003):A.21.
Feder, Barnaby J., “From Nanotechnology's Sidelines, One More Warning,” New York
Times (Feb 3, 2003):C.1.
Feder, Barnaby J ., “In the World of the Very Small, Companies Make Big Plans,” New
York Times (Dec 16, 2002):19.
“AMBITION CAN COMBAT THE PURITY OF PHYSICS,” Boston Globe (Sep 28,
2002):A.3.
Feder, Barnaby J ., “Nanotechnology has arrived; a serious opposition is forming.”
New York Times (Aug 19, 2002):3.
“Humpty Dumpty Restored: When Disorder Lurches Into Order,” New York Times (Jul
30, 2002):3.
Chang, Kenneth, “It Slices! It Dices! Nanotube Struts Its Stuff,” New York Times (Jul
16, 2002):1.
“They've Seen the Future and Intend to Live It,” New York Times (Jul 16, 2002):4.
“Putting Mortality on Ice,” New York Times (Jul 14, 2002):3.
“BOOM TOWN: Beware of Valley's New Fad: Nanotechnology,” Wall Street Journal
(May 6, 2002):B.1.
“Big Potential From Small Things,” Washington Post (Mar 21, 2002):E.01.
“Scientists Build Tiny Computer Using DNA Molecules,” New York Times (Nov 27,
2001):F.3.
“Nanotech expands its small world ; Researchers who build things atom by atom are
finding growing support and investment from universities, corporations and the public.”
Chicago Tribune (Oct 22, 2001):4.1.
“Big on nanotechnology / Rice startup, engineering firm join to make tiny raw material,”
Houston Chronicle (Sep 28, 2001):C.1.
“Freezing time,” New York Times Magazine (Apr 22, 2001):6.30.
I.B.M. Computer Researchers Push Tiny to a New Extreme,” New York Times (Apr 27,
2001):A.1.
“Prizewinning inventor has big dreams for nanotechnology,” Christian Science Monitor
(Feb 20, 2001):12.
“ROBOTS IN YOUR BLOODSTREAM,” St. Louis Post - Dispatch (Aug 21, 2000):E.1.
“The doctor that floats in your bloodstream,” New York Times Magazine (Jun 11,
2000):6.101.
“Molecules Engineered With an Inkjet Printer,” New York Times (May 25, 2000):G.15.
“Are Humans Doomed? Killer robots, doomsday microbes, computers beyond our
control. A former apostle of the technological revolution says we better back up, before
it's too late.” Washington Post (Apr 16, 2000):F.1.
“Nanotechnology's descent into matter's minuteness,” Christian Science Monitor (Apr 13,
2000):20.
“Dr. Frankenstein, Please Call Your Office,” New York Times (Mar 19, 2000):4.1.
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22, 2000):2.
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tame,” San Francisco Chronicle (Jul 19, 1999):A, 8:1.
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future of the fantastic,” San Francisco Chronicle (Jul 19, 1999):A, 1:1.
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(Oct 17, 1998):A, 32:1.
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See also the Foresight Institute’s FAQ page, questions 4-6, which discuss
implications issues.
1. How will nanotechnology improve our lives?
2. What are the risks of developing nanotechnology?
3. What precautions can we take to ensure safe development?
http://www.foresight.org/NanoRev/FIFAQ1.html#FAQ10