NanoTech News and articles about NanoTechnology http://stevenimmons.org/taxonomy/term/14/atom/feed 2008-01-27T04:45:58-07:00 Nanoscope peers beyond the limits of light http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/06062008/nanoscope-peers-beyond-limits-light 2008-06-06T01:41:28-07:00 2008-06-06T01:41:28-07:00 SteveNimmons Nanoscope peers beyond the limits of light - A new light microscope can see details half the size of what was previously possible, in colour and in 3D, and could distinguish between active and inactive genes...

 

[New Scientist Main Headlines]

]]> Nanoscope peers beyond the limits of light - A new light microscope can see details half the size of what was previously possible, in colour and in 3D, and could distinguish between active and inactive genes...

 

[New Scientist Main Headlines]

]]> 'Asbestos warning' on nanotubes http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/21052008/asbestos-warning-nanotubes 2008-05-20T22:04:35-07:00 2008-05-20T22:04:35-07:00 SteveNimmons An interesting article on BBC Tech News about further potential health issues surrounding nano scale technology...

'Asbestos warning' on nanotubes - Carbon nanotubes could trigger diseases similar to those caused by asbestos, a study suggests.

[BBC UK Technology News]

]]> An interesting article on BBC Tech News about further potential health issues surrounding nano scale technology...

'Asbestos warning' on nanotubes - Carbon nanotubes could trigger diseases similar to those caused by asbestos, a study suggests.

[BBC UK Technology News]

]]> Increasing concern about silver http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/08052008/increasing-concern-about-silver 2008-05-08T14:40:21-07:00 2008-05-08T14:40:46-07:00 SteveNimmons Increasing concern about silver - Nanosilver is so tiny it can go right to the surface of an organism and essentially shoot ions into the organism, says a research scientist. [Printed Electronics News]

]]> Increasing concern about silver - Nanosilver is so tiny it can go right to the surface of an organism and essentially shoot ions into the organism, says a research scientist. [Printed Electronics News]

]]> Nano Scale Primer http://stevenimmons.org/content/electronics/nano-scale-primer 2008-05-04T03:02:34-07:00 2008-05-04T03:06:49-07:00 Steve-Nimmons

An interesting introduction to nano-scale technology.

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An interesting introduction to nano-scale technology.

]]> Nano switch hints at future chips http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/19042008/nano-switch-hints-future-chips 2008-04-19T03:38:42-07:00 2008-04-19T03:38:42-07:00 SteveNimmons Nano switch hints at future chips - The world's smallest transistor is made out of a material that could one day replace silicon, say scientists. [BBC UK Technology News]

]]> Nano switch hints at future chips - The world's smallest transistor is made out of a material that could one day replace silicon, say scientists. [BBC UK Technology News]

]]> NanoDynamics exhibits nano-scale metals at Printed Electronics Europe http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/05042008/nanodynamics-exhibits-nano-scale-metals-printed-electronics-europe 2008-04-05T11:56:54-07:00 2008-04-05T11:56:54-07:00 SteveNimmons NanoDynamics exhibits nano-scale metals at Printed Electronics Europe - NanoDynamics will display its selection of metal flakes and powders for printed electronics industry applications at Printed Electronics Europe, April 8-9, 2008 in Dresden, Germany. [Printed Electronics News]

]]> NanoDynamics exhibits nano-scale metals at Printed Electronics Europe - NanoDynamics will display its selection of metal flakes and powders for printed electronics industry applications at Printed Electronics Europe, April 8-9, 2008 in Dresden, Germany. [Printed Electronics News]

]]> Nano-Proprietary, inc announces nanobiosensor patent http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/20032008/nano-proprietary-inc-announces-nanobiosensor-patent 2008-03-20T10:08:05-07:00 2008-03-20T10:08:05-07:00 SteveNimmons Nano-Proprietary, inc announces nanobiosensor patent - [Printed Electronics News]

]]> Nano-Proprietary, inc announces nanobiosensor patent - [Printed Electronics News]

]]> IBM Researchers Develop World’s Tiniest Nanophotonic Switch to route optical data between cores in future computer chips http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/17032008/ibm-researchers-develop-world%E2%80%99s-tiniest-nanophotonic-switch-route-optica 2008-03-17T02:51:11-07:00 2008-03-17T02:51:11-07:00 SteveNimmons IBM Researchers Develop World’s Tiniest Nanophotonic Switch to route optical data between cores in future computer chips - IBM scientists today took another significant advance towards sending information inside a computer chip by using light pulses instead of electrons by building the world’s tiniest nanophotonic switch with a footprint about 100X smaller than the cross section of a human hair. [IBM Newsroom]

]]> IBM Researchers Develop World’s Tiniest Nanophotonic Switch to route optical data between cores in future computer chips - IBM scientists today took another significant advance towards sending information inside a computer chip by using light pulses instead of electrons by building the world’s tiniest nanophotonic switch with a footprint about 100X smaller than the cross section of a human hair. [IBM Newsroom]

]]> Chemical brain controls nanobots http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/11032008/chemical-brain-controls-nanobots 2008-03-11T05:30:51-07:00 2008-03-11T05:30:51-07:00 SteveNimmons Chemical brain controls nanobots - A tiny chemical brain which could one day act as a remote control for swarms of nano-machines is demonstrated. [BBC UK Technology News]

]]> Chemical brain controls nanobots - A tiny chemical brain which could one day act as a remote control for swarms of nano-machines is demonstrated. [BBC UK Technology News]

]]> IBM Scientists "Quiet" Unruly Electrons in Atomic Layers of Graphite http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/08032008/ibm-scientists-quiet-unruly-electrons-atomic-layers-graphite 2008-03-08T02:46:29-07:00 2008-03-08T02:46:29-07:00 SteveNimmons IBM Scientists "Quiet" Unruly Electrons in Atomic Layers of Graphite - IBM Researchers today announced a discovery that combats one of the industry's most perplexing problems in using graphite -- the same material found inside pencils -- as a material for building nanoelectonic circuits vastly smaller than those found in today's silicon based computer chips. [IBM Newsroom]

]]> IBM Scientists "Quiet" Unruly Electrons in Atomic Layers of Graphite - IBM Researchers today announced a discovery that combats one of the industry's most perplexing problems in using graphite -- the same material found inside pencils -- as a material for building nanoelectonic circuits vastly smaller than those found in today's silicon based computer chips. [IBM Newsroom]

]]> Morph - the mobile phone of the future http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/29022008/morph-mobile-phone-future 2008-02-29T01:32:01-07:00 2008-02-29T01:32:01-07:00 SteveNimmons Morph - the mobile phone of the future - A stretchable, flexible self-cleaning device that can be used as a mobile phone or keyboard that harvests solar energy and senses the environment by using nanotechnology was launched this week. [Printed Electronics News]

]]> Morph - the mobile phone of the future - A stretchable, flexible self-cleaning device that can be used as a mobile phone or keyboard that harvests solar energy and senses the environment by using nanotechnology was launched this week. [Printed Electronics News]

]]> Carbon nanotubes have a sound future in the electronics industry http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/25022008/carbon-nanotubes-have-sound-future-electronics-industry 2008-02-25T05:16:01-07:00 2008-02-25T05:16:01-07:00 SteveNimmons Carbon nanotubes have a sound future in the electronics industry - Once again transistor radios made from carbon nanotubes make the news. [Printed Electronics News]

]]> Carbon nanotubes have a sound future in the electronics industry - Once again transistor radios made from carbon nanotubes make the news. [Printed Electronics News]

]]> Nanoassembly by hand http://stevenimmons.org/content/technology/nanotech/nanoassembly-hand 2008-01-26T10:25:04-07:00 2008-01-27T04:49:56-07:00 SteveNimmons A "nanohand" is a small gripper, small enough to manipulate nanotubes and nanofibres. This movie show how to pick and place nanofibres using a nanohand, to construct a nanodevice: a super-probe for atomic force microscopy. It takes a lot of work to get this far; and much more to get further: how about a virtual reality world where you can pick nanotubes with your own hands, while the nanogripper does it with 10000 times smaller fingers? How about an assembly line, a factory for building nanotube devices? Two big european projects, Nanorac and Nanohand, are now trying to make this reality.

]]> A "nanohand" is a small gripper, small enough to manipulate nanotubes and nanofibres. This movie show how to pick and place nanofibres using a nanohand, to construct a nanodevice: a super-probe for atomic force microscopy. It takes a lot of work to get this far; and much more to get further: how about a virtual reality world where you can pick nanotubes with your own hands, while the nanogripper does it with 10000 times smaller fingers? How about an assembly line, a factory for building nanotube devices? Two big european projects, Nanorac and Nanohand, are now trying to make this reality.

The video was filmed by Volkmar Eichhorn at Oldenburg University in their cool nanorobot-in-a-microscope system, using the new microgrippers from DTU, designed by Kenneth Carlson.

]]> Nano Tekno Everything Went Black http://stevenimmons.org/content/technology/nanotech/nano-tekno-everything-went-black 2008-01-26T10:20:08-07:00 2008-01-27T04:44:09-07:00 SteveNimmons A dreamy medley of nanoclips showing grippers that try to wrestle nanotubes and nanowires - watch them fight for their lives, as the "giant vice" close in for a better grip.

]]> A dreamy medley of nanoclips showing grippers that try to wrestle nanotubes and nanowires - watch them fight for their lives, as the "giant vice" close in for a better grip.

]]> The Next Generation of Nanomanipulation http://stevenimmons.org/content/technology/nanotech/next-generation-nanomanipulation 2008-01-26T07:05:35-07:00 2008-01-27T04:45:58-07:00 SteveNimmons Topology optimisation is a powerful computerbased method for obtaining better mechanical designs... the algorithm does not care about engineer-aesthetics - yet the designs are strangely beautiful. The films shows a manipulation sequence where a carbon nanotube is broken off and transferred to a "TEM grid" - a sample suited for inspection with a Transmission Electron Microscope.

The grippers are designed and fabricated by Ozlem Sardan, MIC - Dept of Micro and Nanotechnology, Tech. Univ of Denmark. The filming and nanorobotics were done by Volkmar Eichhorn, Oldenburg University.

]]> Topology optimisation is a powerful computerbased method for obtaining better mechanical designs... the algorithm does not care about engineer-aesthetics - yet the designs are strangely beautiful. The films shows a manipulation sequence where a carbon nanotube is broken off and transferred to a "TEM grid" - a sample suited for inspection with a Transmission Electron Microscope.

The grippers are designed and fabricated by Ozlem Sardan, MIC - Dept of Micro and Nanotechnology, Tech. Univ of Denmark. The filming and nanorobotics were done by Volkmar Eichhorn, Oldenburg University.

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