Nanotechnology (8)

See Also:
Sites:

http://crnano.org/
Center for Responsible Nanotechnology Open in a new browser window
   CRN investigates the societal implications, long-range risks, and effective use of nanotechnology, and educates those who will influence its use, or be affected by it.
   http://crnano.org/
http://www.ethicsweb.ca/nanotechnology/
Ethical Issues in Nanotechnology Open in a new browser window
   A starting point for exploring ethical, social, and environmental implications of nanotechnology.
   http://www.ethicsweb.ca/nanotechnology/
http://www.cla.sc.edu/ENGL/faculty/berube/nanosoc.htm
Nanosocialism Open in a new browser window
   Seminal paper which argues that nanotechnology projections need to be tempered by realism about what it will be used for in the hands of corporations and governments - but that nanotechnology also offers enormous opportunities for the liberation of humani
   http://www.cla.sc.edu/ENGL/faculty/berube/nanosoc.htm
http://www.geniebusters.org/
Nanotechnology Without Genies Open in a new browser window
   Critique of the belief system associated with nanotechnology.
   http://www.geniebusters.org/
http://nanotech.about.com/science/nanotech/library/weekly/aa122400a.htm
Nanotechnology: The Coming Molecular Revolution Open in a new browser window
   Student report on the potential for nanotechnology from a management point of view.
   http://nanotech.about.com/science/nanotech/library/weekly/aa122400a.htm
http://itri.loyola.edu/nano/NSET.Societal.Implications/
Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open in a new browser window
   Report from an interdisplinary workshop held at the National Science Foundation (U.S.), covering a range of topics in the area of ethical, legal, social, cultural, medical, political, and environmental implications.
   http://itri.loyola.edu/nano/NSET.Societal.Implications/
http://www.foresight.org
The Foresight Institute Open in a new browser window
   Foresight's goal is to guide emerging technologies to improve the human condition - it focuses on nanotechnology and "systems that will enhance knowledge exchange and critical discussion, thus improving public and private policy decisions".
   http://www.foresight.org
http://www.cla.sc.edu/cpecs/nirt/
University of South Carolina NanoScience and Technology Studies Open in a new browser window
   Aims to provide scholarship and commentary on issues of nanotechnology to raise ethical, legal, political and societal issues, risks and benefits, and public and private sector approaches on its development.
   http://www.cla.sc.edu/cpecs/nirt/

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