Monday, August 13, 2012

NANOTECHNOLOGY: VIEW

What nanotechnology can do!

In 2010, the National Nanotechnology Initiative of the US government gave a nanotechnology funding request in 13 federal departments and agencies for $1.64 billion. In 2001, this figure was $494 million. The UK government, during the middle of this decade, prepared a report berating their slow response in nanotechnology.

What cannot be denied is that although the field has huge promise, it also poses the danger of misuse (for example, to create untraceable weapons of mass destruction). The emergence of this technology field is inevitable. Imperative is the need for global regulations controlling research and funding, and intelligent use.



 
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