Nanotechnology lets us manipulate materials at the finest scale. ‘Nanotech’ products have become mainstream without us even noticing, and the future promise for the technology is forcing nothing less than a paradigm change in mindset and expectation.
Dr Andrew Maynard discusses nanotechnology (Photos: Fotolia, A.Maynard)
In this interview for radio, I ask Dr Andrew Maynard, Chief Science Advisor on the Project for Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson Center, for his view on current applications, far reach potential, and the risk management challenges associated with nanotechnology.
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*********(this is a slightly longer version of the interview first broadcast on ICRadio on 16th June 2009)
Andrew Maynard blogs at 2020Science
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