Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Anyone familiar with the novel Atlas Shrugged will recognize some similarities between the events of the novel and the current economic predicament. In the novel the devaluation of the ideas of innovators in comparison to the needs of the masses eventually leads to economic decline followed by government bailouts followed ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
The annual NSTI Nanotech Conference and Trade Show was held this week in Boston, Ma. Some of the highlights include:
A keynote speech by Congressman Jay Inslee, author of Apollo’s Fire: Igniting America’s Clean Energy Economy. Congressman Inslee made the comparison between the challenge of the moon landing confronting U.S. science ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
In Vol. 3, issue 4 of the Nanotechnology Law & Business journal I reviewed four alternative approaches to future nanoelectronics devices taken by D-Wave (quantum computing), Hewlett-Packard (molecular electronics), Nantero (carbon nanotube switches), and Nanosys (nanowire macroelectronics). Of the four companies Nanosys seems to be in the best position at ...
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