Nanotechnology Societal Implications

Author : Fritz Allhoff,Patrick Lin,James H. Moor,John Weckert
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780470084175

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Nanoethics by Fritz Allhoff,Patrick Lin,James H. Moor,John Weckert Pdf

Nanotechnology will eventually impact every area of our world Nanoethics seeks to examine the potential risks and rewards of applications of nanotechnology. This up-to-date anthology gives the reader an introduction to and basic foundation in nanotechnology and nanoethics, and then delves into near-, mid-, and far-term issues. Comprehensive and authoritative, it: Goes beyond the usual environmental, health, and safety (EHS) concerns to explore such topics as privacy, nanomedicine, human enhancement, global regulation, military, humanitarianism, education, artificial intelligence, space exploration, life extension, and more Features contributions from forty preeminent experts from academia and industry worldwide, reflecting diverse perspectives Includes seminal works that influence nanoethics today Encourages an informed, proactive approach to nanoethics and advocates addressing new and emerging controversies before they impede progress or impact our welfare This resource is designed to promote further investigations and a broad and balanced dialogue in nanoethics, dealing with critical issues that will affect the industry as well as society. While this will be a definitive reference for students, scientists in academia and industry, policymakers, and regulators, it's also a valuable resource for anyone who wants to understand the challenges, principles, and potential of nanotechnology.

Author : William S. Bainbridge
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007-07-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402054327

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Nanotechnology: Societal Implications by William S. Bainbridge Pdf

Advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology promise great technical breakthroughs in the coming decades. In this book, leading scientists, engineers, and social scientists review the possible uses of these impending technical developments in various industrial, medical, and national security applications. They also examine the corresponding ethical, legal, social, economic, and educational issues that these developments raise.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:799106738

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Nanotechnology by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ahmed S. Khan
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781439859537

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Nanotechnology by Ahmed S. Khan Pdf

Advances in nanotechnology are transforming the ways of creating materials and products, leading society to the threshold of a second industrial revolution. However, future opportunities will depend significantly on how nanotechnology stakeholders deal with the short-term and long-term benefits, limitations, uncertainties and risks of nanotechnology. They will be tasked with navigating a variety of new social and ethical challenges associated with areas such as privacy, the environment, energy, population, genetics, agriculture, food, and security. Unique in its depth, breadth, and variety of viewpoints, Nanotechnology: Ethical and Social Implications stimulates, inspires, and builds awareness of nanotechnology’s impact on society. Spanning the immense range of disciplines at work in nanotechnology, the book’s selection of chapters focuses on how advances in science, and the convergence of multiple technologies, will impact society at individual, community, national, and international levels. The book focuses on raising the awareness of nanotechnology stakeholders, which includes undergraduate and graduate students; educators in sciences, engineering, business, and public policy; engineers; business and finance professionals; and policymakers. It also addresses the demands on the future workforce to learn new skill sets. The book uses an interactive format—which includes case studies, scenarios, and Web exercises—to promote critical thinking and problem solving skills. Content includes numerous tables, statistics, and figures to supplement and enhance the topics covered in each chapter. The result is a must-read for anyone seeking either a technical or nontechnical understanding of the societal impact of nanotechnology.

Author : William S. Bainbridge
Publisher : Springer
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9048171652

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Nanotechnology: Societal Implications by William S. Bainbridge Pdf

Advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology promise great technical breakthroughs in the coming decades. In this book, leading scientists, engineers, and social scientists review the possible uses of these impending technical developments in various industrial, medical, and national security applications. They also examine the corresponding ethical, legal, social, economic, and educational issues that these developments raise.

Author : Mihail C. Roco,William Sims Bainbridge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:874678156

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Nanotechnology by Mihail C. Roco,William Sims Bainbridge Pdf

Author : Evan S. Michelson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317302230

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Assessing the Societal Implications of Emerging Technologies by Evan S. Michelson Pdf

A growing problem of interest in the field of science and technology policy is that the next generation of innovations is arriving at an accelerating rate, and the governance system is struggling to catch up. Current approaches and institutions for effective technology assessment are ill suited and poorly designed to proactively address the multidimensional, interconnected societal impacts of science and technology advancements that are already taking place and expected to continue over the course of the 21st century. This book offers tangible insights into the strategies deployed by well-known, high-profile organizations involved in anticipating the various societal and policy implications of nanotechnology and synthetic biology. It focuses predominantly on an examination of the practices adopted by the often-cited and uniquely positioned Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies in the United States, as well as being informed by comparisons with a range of institutions also interested in embedding forward-looking perspectives in their respective area of innovation. The book lays out one of the first actionable roadmaps that other interested stakeholders can follow when working toward institutionalizing anticipatory governance practices throughout the policymaking process.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : PSU:000051617530

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The Societal Implications of Nanotechnology by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science Pdf

Author : Joachim Schummer,Davis Baird
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789812567291

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Nanotechnology Challenges by Joachim Schummer,Davis Baird Pdf

This book introduces the latest methods for the controlled growth of nanomaterial systems. The coverage includes simple and complex nanomaterial systems, ordered nanostructures and complex nanostructure arrays, and the essential conditions for the controlled growth of nanostructures with different morphologies, sizes, compositions, and microstructures. The book also discusses the dynamics of controlled growth and thermodynamic characteristics of two-dimensional nanorestricted systems. The authors introduce various novel synthesis methods for nanomaterials and nanostructures, such as hierarchical growth, heterostructures growth, doping growth and some developing template synthesis methods. In addition to discussing applications, the book reviews developing trends in nanomaterials and nanostructures.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nanotechnology
ISBN : OCLC:62882542

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Nanotechnology by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gerhard Banse
Publisher : edition sigma
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biotechnology
ISBN : 9783894049416

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Assessing Societal Implications of Converging Technological Development by Gerhard Banse Pdf

Author : William S. Bainbridge
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9048157684

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Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology by William S. Bainbridge Pdf

A revolution is occurring in science and technology, based on the recently developed ability to measure, manipulate and organize matter on the nanoscale - 1 to 100 billionths of a meter. At the nanoscale, physics, chemistry, biology, materials science, and engineering converge toward the same principles and tools. As a result, progress in nanoscience will have very far-reaching impact. The nanoscale is not just another step toward miniaturization, but a qualitatively new scale. The new behavior is dominated by quantum mechanics, material confinement in small structures, large interfacial volume fraction, and other unique properties, phenomena and processes. Many current theories of matter at the microscale have critical lengths of nanometer dimensions. These theories will be inadequate to describe the new phenomena at the nanoscale. As knowledge in nanoscience increases worldwide, there will likely be fundamental scientific advances. In tum, this will lead to dramatic changes in the ways materials, devices, and systems are understood and created. Innovative nanoscale properties and functions will be achieved through the control of matter at its building blocks: atom-by-atom, molecule-by molecule, and nanostructure-by-nanostructure. Nanotechnology will include the integration of these nanoscale structures into larger material components, systems, and architectures. However, within these larger scale systems the control and construction will remain at the nanoscale.

Author : Mihail C. Roco,William Sims Bainbridge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Nanotechnology
ISBN : OCLC:935918960

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Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology by Mihail C. Roco,William Sims Bainbridge Pdf

Author : Deb Bennett-Woods
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781420053531

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Nanotechnology by Deb Bennett-Woods Pdf

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 : Joachim Schummer,Davis Baird
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789812773975

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Nanotechnology Challenges by Joachim Schummer,Davis Baird Pdf

This book introduces the latest methods for the controlled growth of nanomaterial systems. The coverage includes simple and complex nanomaterial systems, ordered nanostructures and complex nanostructure arrays, and the essential conditions for the controlled growth of nanostructures with different morphologies, sizes, compositions, and microstructures. The book also discusses the dynamics of controlled growth and thermodynamic characteristics of two-dimensional nanorestricted systems. The authors introduce various novel synthesis methods for nanomaterials and nanostructures, such as hierarchical growth, heterostructures growth, doping growth and some developing template synthesis methods. In addition to discussing applications, the book reviews developing trends in nanomaterials and nanostructures.