Nov 06
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Nano Regulation
Technology has always moved faster than legislative processes. Interesting to see that Berkeley is moving to create a register of companies and the nano materials that they are creating.
Thousands of times narrower than the width of a human hair, nanoparticles
include spheres, fibers and other shapes engineered to have special properties
useful in commercial, medical and military applications. They're brewed in the
lab or assembled LEGO-like by moving atoms or molecules of carbon, iron or
other elements.
bumpers, clothing and Jumbotron stadium lights. Scientists think future
benefits could include stronger building materials, better cancer drugs, a more
efficient power grid and supersensitive sensors to detect biological and
chemical weapons.
What are the implications of start up companies, and indeed universities, and the technologies that they create? Since the legislators often have absolutely no idea of technology at all there are huge implications. Surely the time has come when governments need to have engineers and scientists within the ranks of the people who provide the framework for how society is governed rather than lawyers…..?