Post by thinker on Nov 22, 2006 12:27:26 GMT -5
President Bush signs bill authorizing U.S. nanotechnology program
www.nano.gov/html/news/PresSignsNanoBill.htm
The next two links are extremely interesting - to me, anyway. They involve two transcripts of a witness appearing before the Senate Committee.
Oral Remarks of Dr. James Murday for the Department of Defense before the Senate Committee on Science, Commerce and Transportation, May 1, 2003
www.nano.gov/html/res/MurdaySenTest03.htm
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Given at a Full Committee Hearing:- Nanotechnology
May 1 2003 - 2:30 PM - SR-253
The Testimony of Dr. James Murday, Chief Scientist, Acting, Office of Naval Research
www.senate.gov/~commerce/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=745&wit_id=2009
Here's just a blurb from this testimony:
Nanoscale Opportunities with Potential Major DoD Impact (Table 1)
Nanoelectronics/Photonics/Magnetics ·
Network Centric Warfare· Information Warfare·
Uninhabited Combat Vehicles·
Automation/Robotics for Reduced Manning·
Effective Training through Virtual Reality·
Digital Signal Processing and Low Probability of Intercept Nanomaterials by Design ·
High Performance, Affordable Materials·
Multifunction Adaptive (Smart) Materials·
Nanoengineered Functional Materials (Metamaterials)·
Reduced Maintenance (halt nanoscale failure initiation) BioNanotechnology – Warfighter Protection ·
Chemical/Biological Agent detection/destruction·
Human Performance/Health Monitor/Prophylaxis
Since the DoD nanoscience programs are some 20 years old, one might expect to see transition successes.
One example from each Service is illustrated here. Under Army funding Dr. Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University, has invented a way to utilize nanoclusters of gold for the sensitive, selective detection of DNA
And if our gov is doing this, imagine what other govs are doing. This is not just a national problem. Anyone up for saving the WORLD?
Go, Skytroll Squadron!!
www.nano.gov/html/news/PresSignsNanoBill.htm
The next two links are extremely interesting - to me, anyway. They involve two transcripts of a witness appearing before the Senate Committee.
Oral Remarks of Dr. James Murday for the Department of Defense before the Senate Committee on Science, Commerce and Transportation, May 1, 2003
www.nano.gov/html/res/MurdaySenTest03.htm
*********
Given at a Full Committee Hearing:- Nanotechnology
May 1 2003 - 2:30 PM - SR-253
The Testimony of Dr. James Murday, Chief Scientist, Acting, Office of Naval Research
www.senate.gov/~commerce/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=745&wit_id=2009
Here's just a blurb from this testimony:
Nanoscale Opportunities with Potential Major DoD Impact (Table 1)
Nanoelectronics/Photonics/Magnetics ·
Network Centric Warfare· Information Warfare·
Uninhabited Combat Vehicles·
Automation/Robotics for Reduced Manning·
Effective Training through Virtual Reality·
Digital Signal Processing and Low Probability of Intercept Nanomaterials by Design ·
High Performance, Affordable Materials·
Multifunction Adaptive (Smart) Materials·
Nanoengineered Functional Materials (Metamaterials)·
Reduced Maintenance (halt nanoscale failure initiation) BioNanotechnology – Warfighter Protection ·
Chemical/Biological Agent detection/destruction·
Human Performance/Health Monitor/Prophylaxis
Since the DoD nanoscience programs are some 20 years old, one might expect to see transition successes.
One example from each Service is illustrated here. Under Army funding Dr. Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University, has invented a way to utilize nanoclusters of gold for the sensitive, selective detection of DNA
And if our gov is doing this, imagine what other govs are doing. This is not just a national problem. Anyone up for saving the WORLD?
Go, Skytroll Squadron!!