http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2583 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2583#comment-453002 Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion » Blog Archive » New strategic plan for US Nanotechnology Initiative Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:13:52 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2583#comment-453002 [...] Maybe it’s a problem of time horizon. U.S. planners need to realize that some other countries look and plan farther ahead. The U.K., for instance. —Christine [...] [...] Maybe it’s a problem of time horizon. U.S. planners need to realize that some other countries look and plan farther ahead. The U.K., for instance. —Christine [...]

]]> http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2583#comment-379977 Richard Jones Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:13:55 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2583#comment-379977 Thank you for bringing this to the attention of your readers, Christine. I know your headline is not entirely serious, but it is worth saying that there's lots of other nanotechnology that matters; the funding the UK announced over the summer for nanotechnology directed towards bringing ultra-cheap, large area solar cells closer to market, just to give one example, is very important too. But it's important to balance the research portfolio to include both the closer to market areas and the more speculative, higher risk areas. One thing sharp eyed readers might notice comparing this to your earlier coverage is that an extra million pounds has been found for the "software control of matter" projects. Let me be the first to say, though, the UK will only take the lead in this, or any other area, when we get this stuff to work - funding projects is the easy bit! Thank you for bringing this to the attention of your readers, Christine. I know your headline is not entirely serious, but it is worth saying that there’s lots of other nanotechnology that matters; the funding the UK announced over the summer for nanotechnology directed towards bringing ultra-cheap, large area solar cells closer to market, just to give one example, is very important too. But it’s important to balance the research portfolio to include both the closer to market areas and the more speculative, higher risk areas. One thing sharp eyed readers might notice comparing this to your earlier coverage is that an extra million pounds has been found for the “software control of matter” projects. Let me be the first to say, though, the UK will only take the lead in this, or any other area, when we get this stuff to work – funding projects is the easy bit!

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