Nanotech, just in time for the holidays at University of Nevada, Reno One-of-a-kind products designed and built by mechanical engineering students RENO, Nev. — What’s on your Christmas list? Solar powered music in your motorcycle helmet, an automated food dish for Fido or a high-performance ski built with nano-materials in the core and solar panels on the tops to power your electronic devices while skiing? While shoppers won’t find them in stores, yet, these are just a few of the inventions students in the senior design mechanical engineering class have designed and built for their class project. The class, Concept of Design, integrates new ideas and materials (including nano-materials) into the inventions. Other inventions include a robot delivery system built for Amazon’s shipping plant and an innovative dirtbike carrier for a pickup truck. The class is designed as part of a new Energy Efficient Systems and Dynamic Structures mechanical engineering curriculum made possible through a 0000 grant through the National Science Foundation’s Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education in Engineering program.
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On Nanotech Today (nanotech-today.tv) brought to you by InTimeTV (http Dr. Ogan Gurel interviews Dr. Dean Ho (Assistant Professor of Biomedical & Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University) discusses ” Emerging Technologies for Nano-Engineered Medicine ” In this first excerpt, Dr. Ho discusses some of the interesting challenges an opportunities involved in the intrinsically interdisciplinary work required for nanotechnology. This YouTube clip is an excerpt from the full video which you can find at: mms://68.251.204.75/video/intimetv/nan009.wmv Nanotech Today – communicating trends and advances in nanotechnology worldwide on InTimeTV (www.intimetv.com and broadcasting live on the web each Saturday at 11 am (ET) /10am (CT) /8am (PT).
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INL short presentation. Creating value at Nanoscale – Gathering Nanotechnology Momentum.
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The video is about the exponential progression of information technology (exemplified by eg Moores Law), and how that in combination with more advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and the reverse-engineering of the human brain in the future could lead to a technological singularity, as theorized by people such as Ray Kurzweil. It discusses the development of technology as an evolutionary process, and shows by examples that evolution is an exponential process. The video also mentions how more advanced technology in the future could enable us to cure aging, and how this can give us eternal life (or at least enable us to live indefinitely), as proposed by people such as Abrey de Grey. The video also mentions the potential of molecular nanotechnology, and technologies such as virtual reality. It argues that investing in science and innovation is the best way of solving our challenges of global warming, resource scarcity, global poverty, and lack of space and resources due to population growth. CHARITIES THAT I RECOMMEND 1. The Open Cog Foundation: opencog.org 2. The Foresight Institute: www.foresight.org 3. The X-prize foundation. Watch video here: www.youtube.com Donate here: www.xprize.org If you know of good charities promoting research and innovation that will bring about long-term technological progress, then leave a comment, and I´ll consider including them. A FEW FAQ 1. Won´t the robots turn against us like they do in Hollywood-movies? I don´t think so. First of all I …
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Science at the Theater, June 6th, 2011: Berkeley Lab scientists reveal how nanoscience will bring us cleaner energy, faster computers, and improved medicine. Alex Weber-Bargioni: How can we see things at the nanoscale? Alex is pioneering new methods that provide unprecedented insight into nanoscale materials and molecular interactions. The goal is to create rules for building nanoscale materials. Babak Sanii: Nature is an expert at making nanoscale devices such as proteins. Babak is developing ways to see these biological widgets, which could help scientists develop synthetic devices that mimic the best that nature has to offer. Ting Xu: How are we going to make nanoscale devices? A future in which materials and devices are able to assemble themselves may not be that far down the road. Ting is finding ways to induce a wide range of nanoscopic building blocks to assemble into complex structures. Delia Milliron: The dividends of nanoscience could reshape the way we live, from smart windows and solar cells to artificial photosynthesis and improved medical diagnosis. Delia is at the forefront of converting fundamental research into nanotechnology. Moderated by Jim DeYoreo, interim director of the Molecular Foundry, a facility located at Berkeley Lab where scientists from around the world address the myriad challenges in nanoscience. www.lbl.gov
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Produced in 2004, this video explores the exciting Nanotechnology work underway at NASA Ames and the potential that exists for commercial partnerships to be developed in collaboration with these efforts. For more information about partnering with NASA Ames, please visit: technology.arc.nasa.gov
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What if the time is now for new forms of energy, like solar power and wind power onshore and offshore Time for wave power and geothermal Time for electric cars, fast trains and low energy buildings. Time for nanotechnology and sharing ideas. Share your ideas at www.greenbizcafe.com.
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Nature’s Nano is the second part of the NANOYOU film, an introduction to the strange new world of Nanoscience, narrated by Stephen Fry.
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www.deckeryeadon.com Nanotechnology has been used by a New York design office to change a sheet of standard office paper into a flexible surface that can conduct electricity. The work was done by Decker Yeadon LLC, a firm that specializes in finding novel applications for advanced materials, such as smart materials and nanomaterials. They recently demonstrated the conductivity of the office paper by using it as a conduit to power an LED. Decker Yeadon first created a liquid solution that they’re referring to as a NanoINK. The ink that they made primarily consists of carbon nanotubes, deionized water, and a chemical surfactant that helps the nanotubes disperse in the water. The nanotubes they used are only 1.5 nm in diameter, which is smaller than a DNA molecule. Their NanoINK was used to impart the electrical properties of the nanotubes onto substrates that they coated with the ink, including cotton fabric and paper. The work opens up a number of possibilities for applications, in architecture and other design disciplines, that might take advantage of the printable, conductive ink.
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A discussion of “desktop manufacturing” that may eventually become possible with nanotechnology. Brian Wang, research director of the Lifeboat Foundation, and Wasiq Bokhari, managing partner of Cleantech Circle, are interviewed by Martin Wasserman.
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