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Author : Anonim
Publisher : víctor puntes
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Toby Shelley
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1842776878
Buckyballs. Quantum dots. Golden triangles. Organic light-emitting diodes. Welcome to the world of nanotechnology - the engineering of new materials and new products, the use of new manufacturing techniques, all exploiting properties possessed at the infinitesimally small, or nano, scale. Virtually every large corporation now has a nanotechnology R & D operation. The US government is putting in serious investment. Huge promises are held out in the fields of medicine, energy, computing. And, more ominously, the Pentagon is exploring nano applications in a new generation of hi-tech weaponry. But as this book makes clear: * There is little public debate, even among consumer groups or trade unions, about the ways in which nanotechnologies are creeping into our lives as consumers and workers. * Regulatory agencies take no account of scale when assessing the safety of new products and there is no regulatory framework for nanotechnology even in industrialized countries. * Little research is going on into the health and environmental consequences, and safety, of nano-materials. This book explains the fast moving world of the new technology and who controls it. It explores the potential consequences - the upsides as well as the downsides - for individuals, the environment, and relations between the powers. Nanotechnology could bridge or widen the gap between developing and industrialised countries - that is a political decision that civil society must address.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : víctor puntes
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Nanostructured materials
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Shrikaant Kulkarni,Iuliana Stoica,A. K. Haghi
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000565218
Carbon Nanotubes for a Green Environment: Balancing the Risks and Rewards describes the synthesis, characterization, and unique applications of undoped and doped carbon nanotubes as well as hybrids of them with grapheme or nanocomposites, focusing on green aspects of carbon nanotube applications. The volume shows new approaches used for tapping the potential and promise of key materials in isolation or combined with other materials. The research-oriented chapters highlight a spectrum of applications of carbon nanotubes as novel materials for energy storage as well as for environmental remediation, wastewater treatment, green health care products, and more. Chapters explore the use of carbon nanotubes for remediation methods for wastewater treatment such as by using graphene oxide-carbon nanotube composites and by applying undoped and doped carbon nanotubes for removing contaminates. The book also looks at the application of carbon nanotubes for enhanced oil recovery and for heavy metal separation. Other chapters look at the rheological behavior of carbon nanotubes-based materials and their role in processing for various products, the thermal and electrical transport in carbon nanotubes composites, carbon nanotubes-based composite materials for electromagnetic shielding applications. The biomedical applications of carbon nanotube-based nanomaterials also explored, such as FTIR spectroscopy.
Author : Joachim de Posada,Bob Andelman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781101622407
The follow-up to the international bestsellers Don’t Gobble the Marshmallow…Ever! and Don’t Eat the Marshmallow…Yet! After facing many hardships and challenges, former chauffeur Arthur has come out on top, happily married and at the pinnacle of his career. But Arthur has always had a dream of starting his own business. In the face of a difficult economy and his own fears of success, Arthur begins to flounder in his new endeavor and forgets all of the principles his former boss, billionaire Jonathan Patient, taught him. Instead of delaying gratification, Arthur begins to eat his marshmallows again. Based on the landmark Stanford University study, the marshmallow theory details the results of an experiment where children were left alone with a marshmallow and told that if they didn’t eat it they would receive an additional marshmallow in fifteen minutes. Years later, researchers discovered that the children who had chosen to wait grew up to become more successful adults than the children who had eaten their marshmallows immediately. In Don’t Eat the Marshmallow…Yet! and Don’t Gobble the Marshmallow…Ever!, Joachim de Posada revealed to readers that the secret to success is not merely superior intelligence or hard work, but rather the ability to delay gratification. Now, in Keep Your Eye on the Marshmallow, Posada uses the parable of Arthur’s struggles after reaching the top to teach us that adhering to the marshmallow principle is especially important in uncertain economic times. True success is more than just financial gain or recognition; it’s the ability to balance every aspect of life outside of work—including hobbies, family, and love—in order to enjoy your success, maintain long-term goals, and savor the marshmallows of life.
Author : Fritz Allhoff,Patrick Lin,Daniel Moore
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1444318004
Ongoing research in nanotechnology promises both innovations andrisks, potentially and profoundly changing the world. This bookhelps to promote a balanced understanding of this importantemerging technology, offering an informed and impartial look at thetechnology, its science, and its social impact and ethics. Nanotechnology is crucial for the next generation ofindustries, financial markets, research labs, and our everydaylives; this book provides an informed and balanced look atnanotechnology and its social impact Offers a comprehensive background discussion on nanotechnologyitself, including its history, its science, and its tools, creatinga clear understanding of the technology needed to evaluate ethicsand social issues Authored by a nanoscientist and philosophers, offers anaccurate and accessible look at the science while providing anideal text for ethics and philosophy courses Explores the most immediate and urgent areas of social impactof nanotechnology
Author : H. N. Cheng
Publisher : ACS Symposium
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 0841231311
Uses of nanotechnology in various fields, and cautions or safety measures regarding some of those applications.
Author : Jo Anne Shatkin
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781439881767
Should you adopt nanotechnology? If you have already adopted it, what do you need to know? What are the risks? Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies are revolutionizing the ways we treat disease, produce energy, manufacture products, and attend to our daily wants and needs. To continue to capture the promise of these transformative products, however, we need to ask critical questions about the broader impacts of nanotechnology on society and the environment. Exploring these questions, the second edition of Nanotechnology: Health and Environmental Risks gives you the latest tools to understand the risks of nanotechnology and make better decisions about using it. Examining the state of the science, the book discusses what is known, and what still needs to be understood, about nanotechnology risk. It looks at the uses of nanotechnology for energy, industry, medicine, technology, and consumer applications and explains how to determine whether there is risk—even when there is little reliable evidence—and how to manage it. Contributors cover a wide range of topics, including: Current concerns, among them perceived risks and the challenges of evaluating emerging technology A historical perspective on product safety and chemicals policy The importance of being proactive about identifying and managing health and environmental risks during product development How the concepts of sustainability and life cycle assessment can guide nanotechnology product development Methods for evaluating nanotechnology risks, including screening approaches and research How to manage risk when working with nanoscale materials at the research stage and in occupational environments What international organizations are doing to address risk issues How risk assessment can inform environmental decision making Written in easy-to-understand language, without sacrificing complexity or scientific accuracy, this book offers a wide-angle view of nanotechnology and risk. Supplying cutting-edge approaches and insight, it explains what types of risks could exist and what you can do to address them. What’s New in This Edition Updates throughout, reflecting advances in the field, new literature, and policy developments A new chapter on nanotechnology risk communication, including insights into risk perceptions and the mental models people use to evaluate technological risks An emphasis on developing nanotechnology products that are sustainable in the long term Advances in the understanding of nanomaterials toxicity Cutting-edge research on occupational exposure to nanoparticles Changes in the international landscape of organizations working on the environmental, health, and safety aspects of nanotechnologies
Author : Deb Bennett-Woods
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781420053531
From manufacturing to medicine, nanotechnology implies revolutionary change. However, the sweeping changes wrought by a technological advance of this magnitude are likely to come at a price that includes unforeseen environmental impact, disruptions in industry, displacement of workers, and deeply controversial applications of the technology and its offspring. Nanotechnology: Ethics and Society provides a conceptually clear and straightforward ethical framework, in which pragmatic questions can be raised regarding the impact of nano-related technologies. The book focuses on general issues related to nanotechnology in nanomaterials and manufacturing as well as impacts on the marketplace and workforce. After an overview of the nanotechnology revolution, the text illustrates key concepts in the assessment model and then applies this model to a case study related to human enhancement technologies. It also offers an ethical agenda for addressing the challenges of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology promises to be the next great technological revolution. This important volume provides a framework for deciding how best to take advantage of nanotechnology opportunities while also minimizing the harm of negative effects.
Author : David H. Guston
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 1025 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452266176
Labeled either as the "next industrial revolution" or as just "hype," nanoscience and nanotechnologies are controversial, touted by some as the likely engines of spectacular transformation of human societies and even human bodies, and by others as conceptually flawed. These challenges make an encyclopedia of nanoscience and society an absolute necessity. Providing a guide to what these understandings and challenges are about, the Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society offers accessible descriptions of some of the key technical achievements of nanoscience along with its history and prospects. Rather than a technical primer, this encyclopedia instead focuses on the efforts of governments around the world to fund nanoscience research and to tap its potential for economic development as well as to assess how best to regulate a new technology for the environmental, occupational, and consumer health and safety issues related to the field. Contributions examine and analyze the cultural significance of nanoscience and nanotechnologies and describe some of the organizations, and their products, that promise to make nanotechnologies a critical part of the global economy. Written by noted scholars and practitioners from around the globe, these two volumes offer nearly 500 entries describing the societal aspects of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Key Themes - Art, Design, and Materials - Bionanotechnology Centers - Context - Economics and Business - Engagement and the Public - Environment and Risk - Ethics and Values - Geographies and Distribution - History and Philosophy - Integration and Interdisciplinarity - Nanotechnology Companies - Nanotechnology Organizations
Author : Mark Slevin
Publisher : Bentham Science Publishers
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781608051311
Nanotechnology promises new medical therapies, more rapid and sensitive diagnostic and investigative tools for normal and diseased tissues, and new materials for tissue engineering. This e-book highlights the major current uses, new technologies and future perspectives of nanotechnology in relation to medical applications. Sections in this e-book include nanobiological approaches to imaging, diagnosis and treatment of disease using targeted monoclonal antibodies and siRNA, the medical use of nanomaterials, to nanoelectronic biosensors, and possible future applications of molecular nanotechnolo.
Author : Jaber, Wassim
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9798369303702
In the world of academia, scholars and researchers are confronted with a rapidly expanding knowledge base in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and nanotechnology. The integration of these two groundbreaking fields presents an intricate web of concepts, innovations, and interdisciplinary applications that can overwhelm even the most astute academic minds. Staying up to date with the latest developments and effectively navigating this complex terrain has become a pressing challenge for those striving to contribute meaningfully to these fields. Artificial Intelligence in the Age of Nanotechnology is a transformative solution meticulously crafted to address the academic community's knowledge gaps and challenges. This comprehensive book serves as the guiding light for scholars, researchers, and students grappling with the dynamic synergy between AI and Nanotechnology. It offers a structured and authoritative exploration of the core principles and transformative applications of these domains across diverse fields. By providing clarity and depth, it empowers academics to stay at the forefront of innovation and make informed contributions.
Author : Susanna Hornig Priest
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781351833769
From nuclear power to gene therapy to the automobile, history shows that it is useful to encourage and facilitate public discussion about new technologies and their potential dangers. Part of the series Perspectives in Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology and the Public: Risk Perception and Risk Communication assesses results from focus groups, interviews, and other resources to provide a more nuanced understanding of how non-experts perceive nanotechnology and what they expect from it. Includes a series of special essays by social scientists and humanities scholars who have studied nanotechnology and society from different perspectives Assessing how "ordinary" people form opinions about new technologies and their adoption, this book addresses the role of media messages and pre-existing values in this process, as well as how risks can become either amplified or weakened along the way as a result of social mechanisms. Using solid theory and research to back presented concepts on risk perception and communication, the author discusses the potential for using informed consent, labels, and other types of consumer warnings that have proved to be effective in areas other than nano. An in-depth investigation into the concept of mass communication practices, this book explores the paradox of why, despite its appeal and promise, public engagement has had only limited success in the dialogue on nanotechnology. Aimed at finding solutions, the book’s resulting conclusions are considered in the context of broader issues. These include how society makes up its collective mind about technology adoption and all the profound questions this raises, in terms of democratic theory.
Author : John Robert Marlow
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466845879
Nanotechnology promises all things: immortality, invincibility, wealth beyond imagination---and the utter destruction of mankind. One man has it, and no one knows who. . . . Mitchell Swain is the richest man in the world, until he announces the "ultimate technological breakthrough." The world stops for the press conference---and sees him assassinated. No one knows what he was going to say. Almost no one. Jennifer Rayne intends to find out. A leading journalist covering high-tech, she was scheduled to interview Swain after the press conference. Instead, she investigates his murder. What she finds is a scientist to whom Swain has funneled billions . . . a desperate U.S. government following the same clues . . . and a bizarre technology that promises invincibility, immortality, and the ability to destroy any enemy---or the earth itself. Mankind has entered the final arms race. It will last two days. As this breathlessly fast-paced nanothriller unfolds, readers are taken on a stunning tour de force of nanotechnology's promises and perils---until the fate of the earth itself hangs in the balance. . . . At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.
Author : The Head of State´s Newsletter, The Balance of Power©
Publisher : The Head of State´s Newsletter, The Balance of Power©
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The miracle of honey, and other businesses of the future today From the use of beehive and honey extracts for new treatments for skin recovery and rejuvenation to the most daring anti-cancer proposals, the truth is that honey is not only sweet and appetizing in all its forms and derivatives. First of all, we are talking about the only natural product that does not expire, wear out or oxidize with the passage of time or contact with the elements in the atmosphere or in the air, something very important to take into account in new areas of research and development, as in the case of space travel. Honey does not need refrigeration, never spoils, and can also be stored unopened at room temperature in a dry place. And except for allergy sufferers, everyone likes honey, and it is a business sector that is being encouraged by many countries motivated to develop their production in this interesting sector within the agri-food industry. (Read more)
