Mathew Norden, president of Lux Research, will present the new study according to which - in 2007, nano-tech products worth 147 billion dollars were sold, and other figures, at the first international nanotechnology conference in Israel, which will be held this week in Jerusalem
The global nanotech field is moving from an emphasis on research and development to the commercialization of technologies and industry, according to a new report by the American research company Lux Research, which specializes in providing information to growing technology companies. According to the report, during 2007 a variety of nano products were sold in the world to the extent of 147 billion dollars - a figure that is explained by the change in strategies of both global companies and the startups of the industry.
"Awareness of the field is growing" says Mathieu Norden, president of Lux Research. "Our findings indicate that awareness of the field has doubled in global companies over the past two years. 94 percent of our respondents reported that the companies adopted a unique strategy to deal with innovation in the nano field. In one hundred percent of the companies, it was discovered that they have collaborations with external parties that complement their activities, such as universities and start-ups." Norden will present the new research and additional data, as part of a guest lecture he will give as part of the first international nanotechnology conference in Israel, which will be held in March 2009 in Jerusalem.
The research also reveals that the 'hot' areas in the nano industry are the areas of the environment, health and safety, mainly for the start-up companies but also for the giant companies. "It is clear to the companies that are currently developing nanomaterial applications that if they do not deal with the 'real' areas of life, they have no chance of profiting from it either. After several years of ambiguity, the picture is finally starting to become clear."
Lux Research's study was conducted among the managers of 31 global companies and entities active in the nanotech field and based on interviews conducted with over 1000 researchers and development managers from the field. The results, as well as the company's forecast regarding the development of the nano field until 2015, and profiles of the hottest developments in the industry, will be presented in detail in Norden's lecture, as part of "Nano-Israel 2009".
"Nano-Israel 2009" will be held at the "Anbal" hotel in Jerusalem, between March 30 and 31, 2009. The event was organized by the "Conference Exhibitions" company (which is also behind the "Biomed Israel" week) and in collaboration with INNI - the Israeli National Nanotechnology Initiative - and central The nanotechnology in the different universities.
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Luddites and tech freaks of sorts don't die: they just change.
It is in their hands that the "scientists", out of negligence or malice, will bring about the end of the human race by wielding a deadly invention.
This time it's nanotechnology, before that it was stem cells, computing, vaccines, particle accelerators and who knows what else.
The dangers of any new technology should not be ignored. It is an inherent part of the research, development and commercialization process of any technology. There is a very high interest, for every inventor and commercial company, to deal with side effects and dangers involved in the use of materials and technologies, and there is no need for sages in their own eyes to prophesy the destruction of the human race.
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It is written in the article:
"The research also reveals that the 'hot' areas in the nano industry are the areas of the environment, health and safety"
Are your contrarians also based on research?
In the same breath, I recommend the book prey by Michael Kearton
Nano applications
In my opinion, the dangers of using nanotechnology are not talked about and studied enough. There are dangers for humans if nanometer particles are near them because they can enter the human or animal's body through the skin since they are small and leak into streams, groundwater, air and food, etc. And I assume that organisms would not know how to deal well with all these particles that circulate inside the body.