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More about nanotechnology

Other writings by Richard Jones

The future of nanotechnology: article in Physics World based on the final chapter of Soft Machines.

The Social and Economic Challenges of Nanotechnology: A report written for the Economic and Social Research Council in 2003 by Stephen Wood, Alison Geldart and Richard Jones. Download the PDF (63 pages, 1.3 MB).

More weighty reports

Nanoscience and nanotechnologies: opportunities and uncertainties. Government commissioned report by the UK's Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering on nanotechnology.

Useful websites

Institute of Nanotechnology. UK based advocacy group.

National Nanotechnology Initiative. US Government umbrella organisation for nanotechnology research funding.

Cordis Nanotechnology Site. European Commission nanotechnology site, with news and information about European nanotechnology research and funding.

Nanoforum. An EU sponsored website providing nanotechnology information for the business, the scientific and social communities.

Foresight Nanotech Institute. US based advocacy organisation promoting Drexler's views on molecular nanotechnology (MNT).

Some entertaining (and contrasting) weblogs

Howard Lovy's Nanobot. Roundup of nanotechnology in the news, by the USA's leading nanotechnology journalist.

Centre for Responsible Nanotechnology. Taking a strongly Drexlerian line. I disagree with almost all of it, but still can't resist reading it.

TNT log. The businessman's take on nanotechnology, from Europe's leading nanotechnology consultancy organisation.

Nanodot. "The original nanotechnology weblog" from the Foresight Nanotech Institute.

Complexity, Nanotechnology and Bio-computing. A new blog from Martyn Amos, a computer scientist interested in the intersection between computer science and biology, with interests including molecular and cellular computing, artificial life and complex systems.

Nanotechnology Implications and Interactions. A blog concentrating on nanotechnology policy and its social and economic implications, by David Berube, associate director of NanoScience and Technology Studies at the University of South Carolina. Entertainingly acerbic on occasion.