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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2><STRONG><EM>The Nanogirl
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>July 27, 2004</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Indian technology fund gets $400,000 World Bank
grant. A private Indian equity company that invests in high technology ventures
said Thursday it has received a grant of $400,000 from the World Bank to support
up-and-coming companies in developing nations...Most of the companies will be in
India, but some will be in other developing countries. "This is the first time
the World Bank has invested in a private firm in India," Narasimhan
said...Indiaco has raised $7 million to provide initial funding for
entrepreneurs in information technology, biotechnology, nanotechnology and
energy sectors.<BR>(HindustanTimes.com 7/15/04) <A
href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5983_888612,00430001.htm">http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5983_888612,00430001.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>IBM claims nano-scale imaging breakthrough. IBM has
claimed a breakthrough in nano-scale magnetic resonance imaging by directly
detecting for the first time a faint magnetic signal from single electrons
buried inside solid samples. The company said that the development represents a
major milestone in the creation of a microscope that can make three-dimensional
images of molecules with atomic resolution. (Whatpc 7/16/04) <A
href="http://www.whatpc.co.uk/News/1156683">http://www.whatpc.co.uk/News/1156683</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Scientists support Prince on nanotech. Tough new
rules must be brought in to guard against dangers to health and the environment
from nanotechnology, Britain's top scientific and engineering bodies will
conclude this week. A weighty new joint report by the Royal Society and the
Royal Academy of Engineering will also urge ministers and scientists to adopt a
much more open approach to the public over the technology than it has over GM.
The report, to be published on Thursday, marks an abrupt change of attitude by
the Royal Society, which has been one of the principal cheerleaders for
genetically modified crops and foods, and demonstrates how severely the
scientific establishment has been shaken by successful public resistance to
them. It also largely vindicates Prince Charles who, in an exclusive article for
The Independent on Sunday two weeks ago, warned of the risks of the
technology...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(Independent 7/25/04) <A
href="http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=544416">http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=544416</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The promise and perils of the nanotech revolution.
Possibilities range from disaster to advances in medicine, space...But there
have also been warnings of nano-machines that might race out of control,
mass-replicating like bacteria and reducing Earth's surface into what a few
nanotechnologists call a "gray goo." Few experts take that scenario seriously,
but in recent months, the less frightening potential health and environmental
impacts of nano-gadgets have drawn increasing attention. The possibility that
one type of nanotech -- large carbon molecules called fullerenes -- damages fish
brains is described in this month's issue of Environmental Health Perspectives.
(San Francisco Chronicle 7/26/04) <A
href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/07/26/MNG767SUKB1.DTL">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/07/26/MNG767SUKB1.DTL</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Betting big on nanotech. Nanosys IPO priced at a
sales ratio not seen since dot-com era. Nanosys Inc., an early-stage
nanotechnology company, is going public at a price that suggests investors are
willing to bet heavily on the relatively unproven field. In a filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Nanosys said it will price its 6.25 million
IPO shares between $15 and $17 each. At that price range, the offering could
raise as much as $106 million and, because Nanosys will have nearly 22 million
shares outstanding after the IPO, give the Palo Alto company a total market
value as high as $371 million. (SFGate 7/16/04)<BR><A
href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/07/16/BUGOJ7MAI11.DTL">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/07/16/BUGOJ7MAI11.DTL</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's a small world. A hushed office in Building 8
at MIT stands at the cutting edge of small things. Newly minted PhD Tim Hanlon,
27, points to a device called the nano-indenter, and remarks, "Experiment after
experiment, it never fails to amaze me . . . and I've been working here for 4
years." A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter. For most of history, such
minute distances, the scale where atoms lurk, have been invisible to humans,
even though all activity in the physical world really begins there. The
nano-indenter contains a tiny diamond tip that can detect the resistance and
friction between atoms at the nano-level. Hanlon and his boss, MIT professor
Subra Suresh, often prod the tip into various materials -- copper and steels,
for example -- to determine how they might be engineered at the nano-level to
become stronger and more resilient. (The Boston Globe 7/26/04)<BR><A
href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/07/26/its_a_small_world/">http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/07/26/its_a_small_world/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(Book Review) Nanotech Goes Hollywood. A
blockbuster in book form, Nano is both entertaining and annoyingly
implausible...Reading John Marlow's Nano feels like watching a Hollywood
blockbuster, and this is no coincidence. Not only has Marlow turned Nano into a
screenplay that is likely to become a movie, he notes in the acknowledgements
that suggestions on the screenplay were subsequently incorporated into the
novel. Like many blockbusters, Nano tries to distract readers with weapons of
mass entertainment while glossing over logic and plot flaws that are far from
nanoscale. And so, while the book is engaging and introduces people to nanotech
and its implications, it's also full of annoying improbabilities that will
likely prevent those in the know from enjoying the action. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(Better Humans 7/23/04)<BR><A
href="http://www.betterhumans.com/Features/Reviews/Book_Reviews/Fiction_Reviews/review.aspx?articleID=2004-07-23-1">http://www.betterhumans.com/Features/Reviews/Book_Reviews/Fiction_Reviews/review.aspx?articleID=2004-07-23-1</A>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Evolution's next stage? Transhumanists explore ways
to overcome the physical and psychological limitations of the body. Thousands of
years ago a primitive man or woman, huddled in a squalid cave, struck sparks
from a stone and created fire. The result was so successful that manipulating
the environment to meet human needs became the norm, turning night into day with
artificial lighting, taming the inhospitable effects of weather, and creating
devices that reduced daily drudgery to mere minutes of work. (The Star
7/25/04)<BR><A
href="http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1090707008589&call_pageid=968332188774&col=968350116467">http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1090707008589&call_pageid=968332188774&col=968350116467</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Emergency Filtration Products to Commence
Nano-Enhanced Filter Media Tests for U.S. Air Force Under the Direction of the
U.S. Army RDE Command. Emergency Filtration Products Inc. (EFP) (OTCBB: EMFP)
announces that it will commence testing its licensed nanotechnology-enhanced 2H
filter media in conjunction with the U.S. Air Force in mid-August 2004. This
proprietary enhancement encompasses the integration of filter media with various
types of nanotechnology solutions for the detection of, and protection from,
biological, chemical, radiological and explosive agents. (Business Wire
7/15/04)<BR><A
href="http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040715005721&newsLang=en">http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040715005721&newsLang=en</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Molecular Imaging Wins R+D Award for AFM Tool.
Molecular Imaging is an R&D 100 Awards winner for its new PicoTREC. The
awards are sponsored by R&D Magazine and recognize the top 100 products
introduced into the marketplace during the year. PicoTREC is the only
commercially available instrument to add real-time, simultaneous topography and
recognition imaging capability to the atomic force microscope (AFM). A
breakthrough tool for AFM, PicoTREC allows researchers to pursue new avenues of
discovery in all areas of nanotechnology and nanoscience. (Azonano 7/15/04) <A
href="http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=227">http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=227</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>USC scientist invents technique to grow
superconducting and magnetic 'nanocables'. Chongwu Zhou, an assistant professor
in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Department of Electrical Engineering,
is creating dense arrays of ultrafine wires made of magnesium oxide (MgO), each
coated with uniform, precisely controlled layers of TMO. In the last decade,
TMOs have come under intense investigation because they demonstrate a wide range
of potentially highly useful properties including high-temperature
superconductivity. Because of the great potential for applications and research,
investigators have tried for years to create TMO nanowires, but have so far had
limited success. "But now we can supply a group of previously unavailable
materials to the nanotechnology community," Zhou said. (PhysOrg 7/15/04) <A
href="http://www.physorg.com/news386.html">http://www.physorg.com/news386.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Nanotechnology Industry, an estimated $961
million for FY 2004. Research and Markets announces the addition of this new
report entitled "U.S. Market & Industry Nanotechnology R&D and Marketing
2004" to its offerings...Financial trends also show accelerating interest in
nanotechnology despite lingering effects of the US recession in 2001. In 2003, a
year when a 20-year US unemployment record was breached, the value of a publicly
traded venture capital firm that specializes in nanotechnology investments rose
from less than $3.00 per share to more than $15.00 per share, beating the
S&P 500 by some 400% (Harris & Harris NASDAQ:TINY). The year 2003 also
saw some $304 million in venture capital funding for nanotechnology, a 42%
increase over 2002. Although this represents a small portion of total venture
capital funding, just over 3%, it is an increase over the 2% fraction in 2002.
(PressWorld 7/15/04) <A
href="http://technology.press-world.com/v/63489.html">http://technology.press-world.com/v/63489.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Singapore scientists find new way to use animal
bones for human implants. Singapore scientists have found a new way to process
animal bones, and turn them into scaffolds that are as good as natural bones
which can be implanted directly into patients. Inexpensive and easily available,
this bone material could soon replace existing material now used for bone
repair. This pig's bone was once part of Dr Mao Pei-Lin's soup stock for her
son. But it is now the bio-engineering scientist's research material. In the
past, surgeons repaired broken bones by grafting human or animal bones that have
been cleaned and purified with solvents under extreme high temperature. The
problem with this process is - it is expensive, and the high temperature could
change the original chemical components and structure of the bone. Another
problem - the solvents used are also highly toxic and not easily removed. To
overcome these problems, scientists at the Institute of Bio-engineering and
Nanotechnology first treat the bone with mild solvents. (Channelnewsasia
7/24/04)<BR><A
href="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/97369/1/.html">http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/97369/1/.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The rise of ‘Digital People’. Tales about
artificial beings have sparked fascination and fear for centuries; now the tales
are turning into reality. The scientists and engineers spearheading the creation
of artificial beings and bionic people are responding to the magnetism of the
technological imperative, the pull of a scientific problem as challenging as any
imaginable...Some researchers now think the Turing test is not a definitive
measure of machine intelligence. Yet it still carries weight, and now, for the
first time in history, the means might be at hand to make beings that pass that
test and others. Advances in a host of areas—digital electronics and
computational technology, artificial intelligence (AI), nanotechnology,
molecular biology, and materials science, among others — enable the creation of
beings that act and look human. (MSNBC 7/13/04) <A
href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5386726/">http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5386726/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rice university CBEN wins grant for undergraduate
nanotech course. Class will present technical aspects alongside analysis of
societal impacts. The Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology at
Rice University today announced the award of a $100,000 grant from the National
Science Foundation to develop the first introductory nanotechnology class to be
offered at Rice University, a research-intensive institution known worldwide for
its excellence in nanotechnology research. The course, titled “ Nanotechnology:
Content and Context,” will be offered jointly by the departments of chemistry
and anthropology this fall. (Rice University 7/26/04)<BR><A
href="http://media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=4833&SnID=524933860">http://media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=4833&SnID=524933860</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DoD spending bill includes nanotechnology funds.
Congress approved funding this week included in a military appropriations bill
to continue nanotechnology research at the University of Oregon...The funding
includes $2.5 million for research on developing environmentally-friendly
nanotechnology materials and manufacturing processes and $2.5 million for
development of miniaturized energy systems with broad applications, the
university said. (EETimes 7/23/04)<BR><A
href="http://www.eetimes.com/at/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=25600219">http://www.eetimes.com/at/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=25600219</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(lengthy coverage of what nano is and the market
analysis) Is Nanotechnology for Real? Which companies will make the most of this
field? So far, one has used nano-development to improve drug delivery --
boosting its stock price. But investors searching for commercial value from
hundreds of other companies looking to improve products through this science
will start down a long road.<BR>(Motley Fool 7/23/04) <A
href="http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2004/commentary04072305.htm">http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2004/commentary04072305.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gina "Nanogirl" Miller<BR><STRONG><FONT
color=#800080>Nanotechnology Industries<BR></FONT></STRONG><A
href="http://www.nanoindustries.com">http://www.nanoindustries.com</A><BR>Personal:
<A href="http://www.nanogirl.com">http://www.nanogirl.com</A><BR>Foresight
Senior Associate <A
href="http://www.foresight.org">http://www.foresight.org</A><BR>Nanotechnology
Advisor Extropy Institute <A
href="http://www.extropy.org">http://www.extropy.org</A><BR>Tech-Aid Advisor <A
href="http://www.tech-aid.info/t/all-about.html">http://www.tech-aid.info/t/all-about.html</A><BR>Email:
<A
href="mailto:nanogirl@halcyon.com">nanogirl@halcyon.com</A><BR>"Nanotechnology:
Solutions for the future."<BR></FONT></DIV>
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