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Brad Hein's Nanotechnology Site
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August 14, 2002:
New Links:
Under Resources->Websites:
Nanotech-now has a comprehensive set of links and forums.
Under Events->Upcoming Events:
Event Date: January 11 - 12, 2003
Event Name: International Workshop on Nanotechnology and Health Care
Event Sponsor(s): Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy
Event location: Tamil Nadu , India
For details, visit: http://www.sastra.edu/intws2003
Conference Details (from event organizer):
The International workshop on “Nanotechnology & Health Care” arranged at SASTRA University will focus on the
synergy developing between nanotechnology and health care.
Contact Details:
S.SWAMINATHAN
Convener
International Workshop on Nanotechnology & Health Care
SASTRA University
Thanjavur – 613 402
Tamil Nadu , India.
Ph : 91 4362 366248, 366502, 366586, 365220
Fax : 91 4362 366399, 365220, 365250
E-mail : intws@sastra.edu
June 28, 2002:
New Links:
Under Events->Upcoming Events:
Event Date: September 4 & 5, 2002
Event Name: Nanotech Venture Fair
Event Sponsor: Infocast
Event location: La Jolla, CA
Event Venue: San Diego Marriott La Jolla
For details, visit: http://www.nanotechventurefair.com
Conference Details (from event organizer):
Infocast is partnering with leading venture capital organizations to bring
together the Nanotech Venture Fair. This event is designed to bring
together nanotechnology companies together with investors who are interested
in investing in this sector. This event will feature approximately 45
nanotechnology companies in areas including life sciences, electronics,
photonics, materials and more.
Contact Details: Nannette Mooney
Infocast
22134 Sherman Way
Canoga Park, CA 91303
Danville, CA 94526-4022
PH: (818) 444-4445, ext. 11
FAX:(818) 444-4440
Personal Update:
I'm back from a *long* sabbatical. I run the site as a hobby, and for the past several months I had to concentrate on work and home fairly exclusively. Basically, at the end of the day I didn't have enough energy to maintain the site without taking away time from work or home. But that's the past, and I think the worst time crunch is behind me.
October 22, 2001:
New Links:
Under Resources->Groups:
Nanogram is developing methods for synthesizing nanomaterials and developing their applications. Their technology is focused on optical components and other components that can be produced using their laser based material synthesis process.
Under Events->Upcoming Events:
September 22, 2001:
New Links:
Under Events->Upcoming Events
August 26, 2001:
New Links:
Under Resources->Groups->University Research
http://www.nano.washington.edu/ - The Center for
Nanotechnology at the University of Washington. They still seem to be working on the web page, you’ll need to contact
them for more information on their research areas.
http://nano.med.umich.edu/About-the-Center.html
- The Center for Biologic Nanotechnology at the University of Michigan. Research focused on applying nanoscale
materials to biologic systems.
http://www.ctn.northwestern.edu/ - Center for Transportation
Nanotechnology at Northwestern University. Research focused on applying nanotechnology to develop improved technology
for transportation.
http://www.nanotech.wisc.edu/ - Center for Nanotechnology
at the University of Wisconsin. Research focused on advanced lithography.
http://www.chem.nwu.edu/NanoWeb/ - Nanofabrication
and Molecular Self Assembly lab at Northwestern University. Research focused on nanofabrication.
http://www.nanolab.uc.edu/ - The University of Cincinatti
Nanoelectronics Laboratory. Research is focused on nanoelectronics.
http://www.ee.princeton.edu/~chouweb/ - The
NanoStructures Laboratory at
Princeton University. Research is focused on nanofabrication, nanoelectronics, nano-optoelectronics, nanomagnetics,
and applications of nanostructures.
http://www.cm.utexas.edu/cnm/ - The Center for Nano-
and Molecular Science and Technology at the University of Texas. Research focused on bioelectronic materials, molecular
nanoscale electronic materials, quantum dot and quantum wire nanoscale material.
http://www.nd.edu/~ndnano/ - The Center for Nanoscience
and Technology at the University of Notre Dame. Research focused on nanofabrication, optoelectronics, nanooptics,
and high speed circuits.
http://www.nyu.edu/projects/nanotechnology/
- Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology at New York University. Research focused on carbon nanotechnology,
DNA nanotechnology, and nanostructures.
http://www.nbtc.cornell.edu/ - Nanobiotechnology Center
at Cornell University. Research focused on nanobiotechnology.
New Events:
Modifications:
Moved Technanogy entry from Resources->Funding
to Resources->Groups->Companies and
updated description.
Personal Update:
I took a long time updating because I purchased and moved into a new house and have been keeping a low profile while I settled in. Also, this delayed the behind the scenes work on the new iteration of the site. My time and budget are the critical constraints.
June 6, 2001:
New Links:
Under Events->Upcoming Events:
Event Date(s): July 16-17, 2001
Event Name: IBC’s NanoBiotechnology Conference
Event Sponsor: IBC USA Conferences, Inc.
Event Location: Paradise Point Resort, San Diego, CA, USA
Event URL: http://www.LifeSciencesInfo.com/nano/?source=2651-47
Event Information: IBC USA Conferences is very proud to have started this very important
conference with the help of key academicians and scientists from industry. We aim to examine important opportunities
presented by NanoBiotechnology for biotechs and pharmaceutical applications including discovery through development.
Come learn from the experts in this emerging field of science how to incorporate the transforming innovations and
applications we are seeing today into your existing and upcoming projects.
Contact information:
Jim Prudhomme
Lifesciences Marketing Division
IBC USA Conferences, Inc.
1 Research Drive, Suite 400A
Westborough, MA 01581
Tel: (508) 616-5550 X205
Fax: (508) 616-5522
E-mail: jprudhomme@ibcusa.com
Event Date: August 30-31, 2001
Event Name: A workshop on nanotechnology and early detection of cancer
Event Sponsor(s): The National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Event location: The National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Workshop Chairs: Dr. Leroy Hood, President and Director, Institute For Systems Biology, Seattle, WA
Dr. George Whitesides, Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Workshop Information: This workshop is an effort to explore the tools of Nanotechnology that could be applied for
the early detection of cancer. The workshop hopes to bring together individuals involved in technology development
and in cancer research to help understand and identify potential nanotechnology applications that can be translated
and applied towards cancer detection.
For details, contact: Pothur Srinivas, National Cancer Institute, USA
Phone: (301) 594 1044
Fax: (301) 402 8990
srinivap@mail.nih.gov
May 14, 2001:
Under Events->Upcoming Events:
Event Date(s): September 3-7, 2001
Event Name: Trends in Nanotechnology 2001
Event Sponsor:
Event Location: Segovia, Spain
Event URL: http://www.cmp-cientifica.com/TNT2001
Event Information: This conference is for presentation and discussion of research and related emerging areas of
nanoscale science and technology and will be focussed on the design, fabrication, and characterisation of functional
objects having dimensions at the nanometer length scale. The conference flyer is available in word format at http://www.cmp-cientifica.com/cientifica/frameworks/generic/public_users/tnt2k1/files/announcement.doc
. Topics will include nanotubes, nanomagnetism, devices and machines, nanofabrication tools and techniques, and
more. Companies will be able to present their new product technology and/or analytical instruments to the participants.
For further details, contact:
Antonio Correia
CMP Científica
Apdo. Correos 20
28230 Las Rozas (Madrid)
Spain
Site Update:
I'm still working behind the scenes on the next iteration of the site. There have been several updates on using
carbon nanotubes in electronic fabrication that I need to research and add to the site.
Scientific American has selected this web site as a winner of this year's Sci/Tech Web Awards 
.
Site Update:
I'm working behind the scenes on the next site iteration, and I'm trying to squeeze that in along with buying a new house for the first time and preparing for grad school.
March 30, 2001:
New Links:
The New York Times has an article on current research with
nanotubes, Of Nanotubes and Buckyballs:
Atomic-Scale Building Blocks, by Kenneth Chang (note: registration required). The article covers some methods
of producing nanotube transistors and other specific nanotubes structures. Link Discovery Credit: Brad Hein via
Yahoo!.
Northwestern University has a page on Dip Pen Nanolithography (DPN). The page is part of Professor Mirkin's research group at the
Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly
Center at Northwestern.
Stanford University has a new press release: Faster nanowires may advance nanotechnological applications for detecting glucose, hormones or DNA. The release gives an overview of the results published in Rapid Electron Tunneling Through Oligophenylenevinylene Bridges (registration required) by Hadley D. Sikes, John F. Smalley, Stephen P. Dudek, Andrew R. Cook, Marshall D. Newton, Christopher E. D. Chidsey, and Stephen W. Feldberg in Science magazine.
Georgia Tech University has a recent press release: Semiconducting "Nanobelts" Offer Potential for Nanosensors and Nanoelectronics. The release gives an overview of the results published in Nanobelts of Semiconducting Oxides (registration required) by Zheng Wei Pan, Zu Rong Dai, and Zhong Lin Wang in Science magazine.
Site Update:
I'm finally finishing up the volunteer project I started many months ago. The schedule overrun for it has been
truly astounding, and I've been dependent on other parts and had to reimplement my portion of the project three
or four times.
March 19, 2001:
New Links:
Jerry Pournelle has information in his Byte magazine column on the AAAS 2001 Nanotechnology Update.
Bins & Associates has put together a 600 page report on the nanocomposite marketplace. A brochure, table of contents, and prospectus are available for free at their site, and the report can be ordered.
Site Update:
Sorry for the delay on this update. I had all four of my wisdom teeth extracted on March 14 and I'm taking longer to recover than I expected.
March 1, 2001:
New Links:
Under Events->Upcoming Events:
Event Date(s): June 21-22, 2001
Event Name: Nanostructured Materials: Application and Commercialization
Event Sponsor: The Knowledge Foundation, Inc.
Event Location: Chicago, IL
Event Information: This conference will focus on nanostructure materials
"by design"-application and commercialization studies, programmable
nanostructures production and application, carbon nanotubes and carbon
based nanostructures, nanofabrication technologies, standardization and
instrumentation in nanotechnology and more. See www.knowledgefoundation.com
for more
information.
Event Date(s): June 25-27, 2001
Event Name: The First World Congress: "NANOCOMPOSITES 2001: Delivering New Value to Plastics"
Event Sponsor:
Event Location: Renaissance Chicago Hotel, Chicago, IL.
Event URL: www.executive-conference.com
Event Information: This conferencce is designed to bring together leaders from industry, academia, and national
laboratories to present the state-of-the-art and discuss emerging trends in the business, science, and technology
of polymeric nanocomposites. For more information, contact: ECM, PO Box 700272, Plymouth MI 48170; phone: 734-737-0507;
Fax: 734-737-0508; e-mail: ecm@executive-conference.com
February 14, 2001:
New Links:
The Korea Herald has an article on the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology increasing government spending for biotechnology and nanotechnology development. Read more on the government plans and directions for nanotechnology research at http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2001/02/12/200102120013.asp .
The San Francisco Chronicle has a movie of a DNA molecule unzipping in the article, Watch DNA Unzip in Micromovie Molecular action film highlights potential of nanotechnology, by Carl T. Hall. The movie is black and white and a bit grainy, so reading the commentary first will help explain the unzipping steps shown.
CNN has an article, Hong Kong nanotechnology researchers think small, by Stephen Lawson on some nanotube research by scientists in Hong Kong. The research mentioned is nanoparticle research for molecules that can change state from solid to fluid when an electrical charge is applied and research on using nanotubes to create displays.
Commentary:
I'm still working on the next generation of the site. Balancing other volunteer work and the site development has proven difficult.
January 28, 2001:
Yahoo has a short Reuters article about the future intersection of electronics and biology entitled Computing/Biology to Dwarf Internet Era, by Lucas van Grinsven and Ben Hirschler. Another sign that the public is waking up to the potential of nanotechnology. The article features quotes from scientists leading the World Economic Forum session What to Look for on the High-Tech Frontier: The Marriage of Atoms and Bits.
January 22, 2001:
New Event:
Event Date(s): June 4-5, 2001
Event Name: Nanocomposites 2001: The Path to Commercialization
Event Sponsor: Principia Partners
Event Location: Baltimore, MD
Event Information: This conference will focus on nanocomposite plastics, including materials, processes, and applications.
More information is available from the conference web site at http://www.principiaconsulting.com/conference_Nano2001.html.
January 14, 2001:
Site Update:
I'm back from Iowa. My internet connection should be reliable now, so I'll be able to update the site more frequently--hopefully
I won't run into the intense schedule crunch I encountered in the final months of 2000.
December 21, 2000:
New Links:
The Motley Fool has a discussion board on nanotechnology at http://boards.fool.com/Messages.asp?bid=113628
. The Fool is a web site for education and news on investing. Generally, I've found their message boards to
be pretty civil with a fairly good signal to noise ration.
Map.net has mapped the Open Directory project onto
the continent of Antarctica. The part covering nanotechnology is at http://maps.map.net/cat/Science/Technology/Nanotechnology?ms=20;col=190.
They also have a 3D mapping feature that maps a set of web sites onto buildings in a three dimensional landscape.
The 3D feature uses EAI's 3D WorldKit (Personal Note: I used to work at EAI when
I was in Iowa). I'm not certain the 3D mapping is available on Unix or alternate platforms, but the 2D mapping
should be usable by any web browser.
Dr. Dobbs Journal has an article, The
Promise of Molecular Computing by Mark Reed, in its December Special Report. The article covers some of the
techniques that will be necessary for molecular scale development and assembly in the post lithography era.
Site Update:
I'm working on a slight reorganization of the Resources section. In addition, I'm still checking out options for the next generation of the site and starting development. The volunteer work I mentioned in July has resurfaced and is currently occupying much of my time. Happy Holidays to everyone. I'll be heading home to Iowa to visit family and friends.
Personal Rant:
I've been continually amazed by how many mistakes SWBell has made in fixing my DSL connection and how poorly their backup dialup connection performs. I'm closing in on three months since my high speed connection worked. I think the most frustrating part for me is the incredible uncertainty surrounding when everything will be fixed (if I'd known in advance that the connection wouldn't be fixed and the SWBell dialup connection would be so poor, I would have signed on to a different ISP while SWBell fixed the DSL connection). I'm lucky that the DSL connection doesn't host my web site.
December 1, 2000:
New Links:
Under Resources->Papers:
BusinessWeek has a set of pictures and an article dealing with nanotechnology in its November 27 issue. The
article, It's a Nano World. has several paragraphs
about current research in nanotechnology.
Link Discovery Credit: Nanodot posting by Patrice Clement.
Science magazine has a special issue devoted to nanotechnology. An overview is available at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/290/5496/1523
(note: registration required).
Link Discovery Credit: Nanodot posting.
The Dallas Morning News has a two part article by Alexandra Witze on nanotechnology, Nanotechnology learns tricks from life and Nanotech's hope the stuff of sci-fi.
Under Resources->Audio/Video:
The American Institute of Physics has a page with nanotechnology graphics at http://www.aip.org/physnews/graphics/category5.html.
Link Discovery Credit: Brad Hein via web search.
Site Update:
I've been looking over more packages to develop the next site iteration. Right now, I'm looking at Mason. So far Mason has looked the most promising to me, but I need to determine if my current web hosting plan can support using it.
Site Update:
November 16, 2000:
Site Update:
I'm still planning out the next iteration of the site. Right now, I'm looking at different projects that deal with web site management, user sessions, and other things to try to determine if there is an existing project that has the features I'd like to add in the next version. The two projects I've looked at so far are Metadot and Scoop. Alternatively, I may design and develop some of the source code underlying the site so I can practice my software development skills for fun.
Southwestern Bell still hasn't fixed my DSL connection and I'm still working with a flaky internet connection. Hopefully they'll get this DSL connection fixed soon--it's been almost two months since the problem started.
November 2, 2000:
New Links:
Under Resources->Groups:
Carbon Nanotechnologies Incorporated manufactures single-wall nanotubes for carbon nanotechnologies. The company was founded by Richard Smalley and several Rice professors and has licensed Rice University's HiPCO process to create single wall carbon nanotubes. Link Discovery Credit: Bryan Hall Nanodot posting.
Under Resources->Papers Online:
ZDNet Interactive Week has an article, Promise And Peril, by Ray Kurzweil discussing some of Bill Joy's comments on nanotechnology and including Ray's opinion on some of risks, rewards, and responsibilities for technology development. This is a really good balanced article covering some of the effects of technology development and the tendency to underestimate the compounding effect of technological progress. Link Discovery Credit: Brad Hein via via Yahoo! Full Coverage Nanotechnology.
November 1, 2000:
New Links:
Under Resources->Papers Online:
The Dallas Morning News has an article, The next small thing, byAlexandra Witze. The article is written for a general audience and covers some of the current discoveries in nanotechnology with nanotubes and nanoparticles. Link Discovery Credit: Brad Hein via Yahoo! Full Coverage Nanotechnology.
USA Today has a balanced article, No need to fear: Nanotechnology is near, by Kevin Maney, with information on the potential of nanotechnology in differnt areas. Link Discovery Credit: Brad Hein (I saw this in the print edition of USA Today while on vacation).
Site Update:
The past few weeks have been rather trying for me and I fell behind on site updates. I'm going to strive for a more frequent update schedule going forward. On the last update, I forgot to add the link discovery credit to the new links, so I fixed the problem. I should have several new links added tonight--I need to categorize the links I've seen over the past few weeks. Unsurprisingly, Southwestern Bell still hasn't resetup my DSL connection yet.
October 10, 2000:
New Links:
Under Events->Upcoming Events:
The American Chemical Society will be sponsoring a conference on Biological Applications of Nanotechnology from
June 3-6, 2001 at the Claremont Resort, Berkeley, CA. Additional information on the event will be available after
October 13 from www.acs.org/acsprospectives or
1.800.227.5558, or 202.872.6286. Attendence is limited to 200 registrants. The Conference Chair will be A. Paul
Alivisatos, Chancellor's Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of CA, Berkeley. Editor, NanoLetters
(an ACS publication debuting in January, 2001) and the sessions will cover new tools for analysis, organic nanostructures,
nanoparticles and biology, and chemistry on a chip. Link Discovery Credit: Kate Herrick-Stare
via Bill Spence.
Under Resources->Groups->Companies:
NanoLab sells nanotubes and is developing nanotube based devices. They grow aligned carbon nanotubes on various substrates and manufacture bulk nanomaterials, with control over diameter and length. Current products fabricated from aligned carbon nanotubes on substrates include: field emission arrays, supercapacitors, STM tips, infrared detectors, and others are in development. Link Discovery Credit: David Carnahan.
Site Update:
Site updates will be pretty sparse over the next few weeks. A few weeks ago, Southwestern Bell switched my DSL connection to PPPoE, and to use this I need a user name and password on their system, but they won't set one up for me because their billing system says I don't have DSL. To get them to acknowledge that I have a DSL connection, the only option they've given me is to have DSL installed again, and this seems to take them over one month even though the connection is already set up and all their internet services people need to do is set up a user name and password. I'm a bit disturbed by SWBell's very unfriendly attitude toward this. The DSL connection should be resetup on October 20th if SWBell doesn't have any further delays. Until then, I've been using a free internet connection through my modem, but the connection is very flaky.
September 25, 2000:
New Links:
Under Resources->Papers:
Thinking Small: Technologies That Can Reduce Logistics Demand by Calvin Shipbaugh. This article covers how MEMS and nanotechnology could be used to improve Army logistics. The article includes several examples of potential nanotechnology applications.
DARPA Focus 2000 Keynote Address, William A. Haseltine, Ph.D. This keynote address covers the effects of genomic developments and their effects on modern biology. It also mentions engineering at the atomic level as one of the implications of these developments.
Under Resources->Audio/Video
Annual Technology Forecast 2000: Major Challenges and Opportunities to Shrink Electronic Device Technology by R. Stanley Williams, Senior Principal Lab Scientist Quantum Science Research Hewlett-Packard Labs. This presentation covers scaling of electronics to the nanometer level and includes discussion of HP's molecular switch and self assembling parallel wires.
Site Update:
I'm working behind the scenes on the next iteration of the site. For the most part, I'm still figuring out requirements and designing how the site should work. If you have any suggestions for improvements you'd like to see, send me a message at mailto:bradhein@nanosite.net. I'm going to try to put together the site design and I might create a SourceForge project for the code behind the site.
September 12, 2000:
New Links:
Under Resources->Groups:
Mikro Masch produces SPM tips for many different uses, including hard and soft contact, nanolithography, and several other purposes. Their new SPM tips web site has tip specifications, information on applications, and a gallery of scans.
Under Resources->Papers:
Channeling Heat in One Dimension (in Science Magazine, Volume 289, Number 5485, Issue of 8 September 2000) discusses the heat dissipation properties of carbon nanotubes. Some more information on the article is available in a EurekaAlert listing at http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/up-iac083000.html.
ALL ABOARD THE NANOTUBE, by Michael Brooks in the World Link magazine. This article discusses developments in carbon nanotubes and some of the possible applications.
September 1, 2000:
New Links:
Under Resources->Funding:
Technanogy is an incubator for nanotechnology companies. Link Discovery Credit: Brad Hein via Foresight web site.
Under Resources->Groups:
Nanomedicine Research and Commercial Organization: This is a listing of Nanomedicine Research and Commercial Organizations available from the Nanomedicine web page at Foresight. Link Discovery Credit: Robert Freitas.
Under Resources->Papers:
From Nanomedicine's List of Recent Articles on Nanomedicine:
Site Update:
I'd like to thank Robert Freitas for sending me the links for the Nanomedicine articles and information.
August 17, 2000:
New Links:
The IBM Journal of Research and Development has an interesting article, The “Millipede”—More than one thousand tips for future AFM data storage. by P. Vettiger, M. Despont, U. Drechsler, U. Dürig, W. Häberle, M. I. Lutwyche, H. E. Rothuizen, R. Stutz, R. Widmer, and G. K. Binnig. It discusses using VLSI to create a large 2D array (32x32) of AFM cantilevers/tips and then use them for reading and writing storage. An array of AFM tips would probably have uses beyond data storage, but those aren't mentioned much in the article.
The Houston Chronicle has an article, Professor awaits breakthrough, by Tom Fowler, that discusses Molecular Electronics Corp. Molecular Electronics Corp. is a company founded by James Tour of Rice University and Mark Reed of Yale University.
Upside Today has an article, 16 hours in the life of Zyvex, by Jerry Borrell, that covers Zyvex's attempt for venture capital funding.
The National Nanotechnology Initiative implementation
plan is available in pdf format. Link Discovery Credit: Nanodot submission,
Scott Pace, Rand Corp.
The University of Washington has a press
release on UW's new doctoral program in nanotechnology. EastsideJournal
also has an article, Nanotech: Small is getting
bigger; UW to offer Ph.D. in science likely to change everything, by Chris Winters, that discusses nanotechnology
and the new doctoral program. Link Discovery Credit: Nanodot posting by Richard
Terra.
Researchers at Stanford and Clemson have demonstrated how mechanical deformation can affect a carbon nanotubes electrical properties. Stanford News has a press release, Researchers demonstrate the strange behavior of bent nanowires, on the results. Link Discovery Credit: Nanodot posting by Jeffry Soreff
Nanowave is a new company with an enhanced positioning technology for scanning probe positioning. Their The NanoWave SPPE (Scanning Probe Position Encoder) can be used for nanometer and picometer positioning over several inches. Link Discovery Credit: Nanodot via Ars Technica posting.
Site Update:
I'm working behind the scenes on moving to a database driven site. Right now I'm still in the design phase.
For links I've discovered from external sources or links sent to me, I'm adding a "Link Discovery Credit"
section so the link discover is recognized--I'm still working through how to present it. I'm not sure what to do
with ones I've discovered on web searches, etc. And sometimes I'll find a link and later see it appear on Nanodot,
so I'm not sure what I'll do when it appears after I've discovered it but before I've added the link to the site
or submitted it to Nanodot.
I bought a TRGPro Palm clone this past week, and I've tested using the homepage
and site as an AvantGo channel. It worked pretty well except for the top navigation images--I'm going to work on
some shrunken navigation images and simplified navigation image display for use by devices that can't fit the normal
images onscreen. I'll probably do this after I finish moving to the database driven site, so don't hold your breath
waiting for it.
July 26, 2000:
Site Update:
I'm working on moving to the next version of the site, but this may take longer than I'd like. I plan on keeping the same design, but modifying the site to use an underlying database. Most of my free time over the past few weeks has been taken up by some volunteer work I'm performing--I anticipate the next two weeks will be busy with the work also.
July 13, 2000:
New Link:
Scientific American has an article Computing with Molecules by Mark Reed and James Tour. The article covers Reed and Tour's work with molecular electronics. Some oof the topics covered are current day research challenges in working with self assembly, combining molecular systems with conventional electronics, and complex molecular devices.
June 25,2000:
New Links:
The past two weeks have been eventful.
A new discussion site for nanotechnology is now available at Nanodot.org. It has a format similar to Slashdot.org and uses the same source code.
A new nanotechnology specific search engine is available at Nanospot.org.
Site Update:
I'm moving on the 30th of this month, and I'll be settling in over the next few days. The update schedule will continue to be sporadic.
June 11, 2000:
New Links:
The New York Times magazine has a set of articles for Tech 2010: A Catalog of the Near Future that discuss future technology developments. The article The Doctor That Floats in Your Bloodstream, by Karen Breslau discusses using nanotechnology to develop respirocytes (mechanical devices that could serve as an artificial red blood cell-- see Nanomedicine).
June 9, 2000:
Site Update:
I'm taking a little time off of the site because I hurt my wrist and need to limit the amount of time I spend typing and working with computers. Updates will be sporadic during the next few weeks.
May 31, 2000:
New Links:
Abstracts for the Eighth Foresight Conference on Nanotechnology are due by June 16. This is Foresight's annual conference. It will cover topics relevant to molecular control. An introductory tutorial on Foundations of Nanotechnology will be held on November 2. I've added the conference listing under Events->Upcoming Events.
UniSci has an article "Nanobiotechnology
Gets Boost With New Keck Program" discussing Cornell University's new W.M. Keck Program in Nanobiotechnology.
Cornell has more information on the program in Cornell
News and also has some more information describing its Nanobiotechnology
Center.
EurekaAlert has a small briefing on a New York
University team that has developed a molecule with switchable chirality. The Canary
Lab Homepage at NYU has more information on their research, and Slashdot has a discussion
of the announcement.
The BBC has a short article on nanotechnology at http://www.bbc.co.uk/knowledge/thekit/feature_nanotech.shtml.
EETimes has an article by R. Colin Johnson entitled "Magnetic actuation enables three-dimensional MEMS". The article discusses work at the University of Illinois that uses magnetic actuation to build three dimensional structures to assemble structures in a production MEMS environment. The University of Illinois Micro Actuators, Sensors and Systems Group (MASS) web site has more information and some videos of their work on micro fabrication techniques in their research link.
May 16, 2000:
New Links:
I've added several events sponsored by The Knowledge Foundation to the events listing at Events->Upcoming Events. These are the upcoming events:
The Knowledge Foundation’s 2nd Annual Conference on BioMEMS 2000
Manufacturing & Commercialization Issues for Micro & Nano Medical Devices
June 22 & 23, 2000 • Hyatt Fisherman’s Wharf • San Francisco, CA USA
This BioMEMS conference will cover the application of MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) in the biomedical field.
More information can be found at the conference's web site at http://www.knowledgefoundation.com/biomems2000.html.
COTS MEMS Advances in Applying Integrated Commercial Off-The-Shelf MicroElectroMechanical Systems
August 3 & 4, 2000 • The Claremont Resort & Spa • Berkeley, CA, USA
The COTS MEMS conference will cover recent advances and facilitate discussion of commercial of the shelf (COTS)
MEMS. More information can be found at the conference's web site at http://www.knowledgefoundation.com/cotsmems.html.
Molecular Motors:New Data & Research in Applications for Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine
September 14 & 15, 2000 • Royal Sonesta Hotel • Cambridge, MA USA
The Molecular Motors conference will examine molecular motor mechanisms and discuss integration of biological motors
with micro and nanofabricated structures. More information can be found at the conference's web site at http://www.knowledgefoundation.com/molecular2000.html.
Site Update:
I became sidetracked on the forums and might not get a chance to work on them again until next week.
May 10, 2000:
New Links:
John Alexander has a site on building a simple STM.
Site Update:
I removed most of the references to homepage.html and should have the rest of the pages updated soon..
May 4, 2000:
Site Update:
I modified the homepage.html file to redirect to the correct homepage file last week, but I didn't realize some of the header text still refers to homepage.html. Right now I'm working on fixing the header text on all the pages affected.
May 2, 2000:
New Links:
U.S News and World Report has an article on nanocomputing about the work being done to develop nanocomputers.
Site Update:
I'm still working on the forum software for the site. I should have a preview up by next week.
April 26, 2000:
New Links:
The Foresight Institute has a new project to update Engines of Creation entitled "Engines of Creation 2000". Foresight is looking for donations to fund the project.
About.com has a new nanotechnology section.
The Nanotech 2000 conference on general nanotechnology topics including MEMS, nano electronics, and nano science will be in Houston, Texas from September 24 to 29, 2000.
Site Update:
I'm working on integrating some new forum software into the site, so the forums would be on my server.
April 24, 2000:
New Links:
The National Nanotechnology Initiative has a web site at http://www.nano.gov/.
EETimes has an article entitled MEMS tie the knot with nanotechnology about new links being formed between MEMS technology and nanotechnology. The article covers work being done by IBM Research and by Zyvex.
In the U.K., the Institute of Nanotechnology has an informative website covering nanotechnology.
The STT Netherlands Study Center for Technology Trends has an executive summary (not in English) on nanotechnology, nanoelectronics, and nanomaterials.
Site Update:
I'm working on a report detailing the companies involved in nanotechnology, but it will be delayed for a while until I work through some computer problems I'm having at home.
April 18, 2000:
Site Update:
I've been busy with some volunteer work this past week and I'll be working on it this week also. I may have a site update this weekend if I finish the volunteer work.
April 9, 2000:
New Links:
General Nanotechnology, LLC has software and tools for imaging using AFMs and other tools. Thanks to Vic Kley for sending the link.
Nanogenetics has a listing of patents with nanotechnology and genetics.
Site Update:
I'm working with Jonathan Desp of Atoma.org on integrating Atoma's set of links with the resources section.
I'm having some trouble with my Hotmail email account and can't seem to move messages from the account. I'm not sure what is wrong.
January 25, 2000:
Site Update:
I've been having trouble with my home computer over the past two weeks, and I think
I've finally traced it down to a flaky power supply. Because of the problems, I haven't had a chance to look for
new links. I ordered a new power supply today and hopefully I'll have everything in order by this Friday.
January 11, 2000:
New Links:
MIT Technology Review has an article entitled Nanomedicine Nears the Clinic. The article covers research in medicine using nanotechnology.
EETimes has an article entitled Xerox studies self-assembling modular robots in its technology news channel. The research looks like it would cover many of the same problem areas for controlling large numbers of independent subsystems that nanotechnology devices could encounter.
Wired has an article entitled Human Cells Get Tiny Computers that summarizes a theory that biological computers could one day be built inside every human cell. The article's source is the magazine New Scientist. The theory was proposed by Ehud Shapiro, a mathematician and computer scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. Unfortunately, the summary is fairly short and doesn't go into too much detail--the article in New Scientist may be better.
IEEE Computer has an article on nanotechnology entitled Taking Technology to the Molecular Level written by Christine Peterson (from the Foresight Institute). The article covers several aspects of nanotechnology, beginning with some history, then proceeding through design challenges and current designs, key research, and open issues. The article provides a good overview of nanotechnology today. The abstract is available at http://www.computer.org/computer/co2000/r1046abs.htm, and if you're a IEEE Computer Society member you can view the full article online or in the printed version of IEEE Computer. If you're not an IEEE Computer Society member, you could attempt to find the print version in a university or technical library.
January 10, 2000:
Site Update:
I was away from the Internet longer than I expected--after spending two weeks without an Internet connection, I returned home to discover my dial in ISP was having Y2K problems and the next week they went out of business. I'll be responding to the emails I've accumulated during the outage and updating the site tonight.
December 20, 1999:
New Links:
The National Institutes of Health Bioengineering Consortium is holding a nanotechnology symposium from June 25-26, 2000 in Bethesday, Maryland. I added an event listing for the symposium to Events->Upcoming Events. For more information, visit the symposium's web site at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/becon/symposium2000.htm.
Site Update:
I'm heading home to Iowa tomorrow morning. I hope everyone has a safe, happy holiday season.
December 13, 1999:
Site Update:
No new links this week--I've been busy planning for my trip home next week. I'll be taking one to two weeks off because I won't have Internet access at home (my parents computer isn't connected to the Internet).
December 5, 1999:
New Links:
I added a link to the Nanospace 2000 conference (Events->Upcoming Events). The conference will be in Houston and will cover Integrated Nano/Microtechnology for Space Applications.
Feed magazine has an essay by Mark Pesce about nanotechnology from its special issue about inventions for the 21st century.
I found a paper by Rajat K. Paharia entitled Nanotechnology and Information Technology 2020. This is an interesting paper that covers a lot of ground with nanotechnology and nanoelectronics. It looks like the paper was from a class at Stanford.
Mitre has some slides on nanotechnology and nanocomputers.
Site Update:
I've been working on a side project and haven't had much time to devote to upgrading the site. I may just have new links for the next few weeks. From December 21st through December 29th I'll be flying home to Iowa and won't have Internet access, so I won't be able to update the site during that time span.
November 28, 1999:
Site Update:
I apologize for not getting an update in on the 21st--I had problems with my computer that I didn't get fixed until I returned from vacation today. I hope everyone out there had a happy Thanksgiving.
November 15, 1999:
New and Updated Links:
I've modified the links to Ralph Merkle's nanotechnology pages to point to their new location at Zyvex. I added
information about Robert Freitas' nanomedicine
FAQ to the frequently asked questions list at this site at (Guide->FAQs).
I've added more information about Robert in the people section of the guide (Guide->People).
The people section has a link to a brief biography
of Robert.
I updated the link to Freitas' paper Advanced Automation for
Space Missions to point to the online version of it and modified the description to add a link to Ralph
Merkle's summary of it.
I added a link to Freitas' paper Respirocytes
A Mechanical Artificial Red Cell: Exploratory Design in Medical Nanotechnology. Both
papers are in the resources section (Resources->Papers).
I'd like to thank Robert for pointing out the updates to his works and the new location of Ralph Merkle's nanotechnology
pages.
November 7, 1999:
New Links:
I added a link to CNet's special report called How
Nanotechnology Will Change the World. The report deals with molecular nanotechnology, assemblers, and speculates
on nanotechnology's effects.
Slashdot has a review of Nanosystems.
If you haven't read Nanosystems, the review provides a good overview of the book's contents and purpose.
I added a link to Loyola University's nanotechnology database in
the web site section. The database provides a wide range of information about research centers, funding agencies,
reports and books.
I added a reciprocal link to Wicked Science Books.
October 31, 1999:
Site Update:
I'd like to wish Happy Halloween to everybody. I took this weekend off--my birthday was on Thursday and I needed some time off.
October 24, 1999:
New Links:
The Euroconference "Nanoscience for Nanotechnology"
will be held in Antwerpen (Belgium), from 21 November '99 till 24 November '99.
Gina Miller has an extensive site at nanoindustries.com.
David Sowsy has a nanotechnology site at nanorevolution.com.
Site Update:
I've gotten further along on moving to a database. Mostly I've been learning about database planning and design
so far.
October 17, 1999:
Site Update:
Right now I'm working behind the scenes on the site. I'm analyzing what I'll need to do to move the site from a collection of disparate pages into one unified database while maintaining the current site structure. Sounds like fun, eh? ;)
October 10, 1999:
News:
The Seventh Foresight Conference on Nanotechnology will occur from October 15-17, 1999 with a tutorial on foundations of nanotechnology on October 14. I won't be attending the conference this year--if any site visitors would like to send me a report, I'd appreciate it. Also, the September edition of Foresight's newsletter is posted on the web.
Site Update:
I'm back from Wichita and I finally have a little free time to work on the site. It's been a while--right now I'm juggling several projects simultaneously (maybe this will improve my juggling skills ;).
September 26, 1999:
New Link:
I added a link to Hypertext Publishing and the Evolution of Knowledge by Eric Drexler. This is a paper from 1987 with ideas for hypertext. The paper predates the World Wide Web--the first proposal I've seen for the WWW is from 1989.
Site Update:
I'll be off to Wichita starting today through Wednesday evening (September 29), and I won't be checking my email during the trip. I may be moving to a different web hosting service in the next month or two--I've found a different host that offers MySQL support (my current host doesn't). I'm planning to move to a database to generate pages so I can update the site more frequently and to use it for message boards for the site. My spare time has been consumed with a side project for the past two weeks (and I'll probably be working on the project for the next two weeks also) so I've been having trouble keeping up on the site.
September 21, 1999:
Site Update:
Well, not much new has happened in the last week--I got sidetracked by other events in my life. Hopefully this upcoming week will be better.
September 14, 1999:
New Link:
BusinessWeek has an article about molecular machines in its listing of 21 ideas for the 21st century.
Site Update:
Work is progressing on the search functionality. I need to see if my Web host has some modules installed that I'll need. If not, I will attempt to get them installed. I'm considering modifying the message boards to use the Ultimate Bulletin Board system instead of linking to a Delphi bulletin board for the site (mostly because I'd prefer to keep everything in one site design instead of jumping offsite for bulletin boards). I'm looking into adding some way for visitors to comment on nanotechnology articles also.
September 6, 1999:
New Link:
Hewlett Packard has a feature story about HP Labs work with nanotechnology.
Site Update:
I'm working on the search function for the site. Hopefully I'll have something up for it by next week--I've been slowed down a bit by the hardware failure on my home computer.
Commentary:
I was watching X Files this week, and the plot involved use of nanotechnological machines to influence government decisions. Nanotechnology seems to be entering more mainstream media all the time. The episode guide for the episode ("S.R. 819") is available from the Fox X Files site.
September 1, 1999:
Site Update:
I'm back from vacation now. I haven't recovered anything from my old hard drive and the new one is back ordered. I have my backup hard drive set up for working on the site (except for working with Perl because I haven't had time to download it yet) and I need to figure out where I was last. I'll also be catching up on the nanotechnology email I received during the last two weeks.
August 17, 1999:
Site Update:
I'll be on vacation until Wednesday, August 25th. My primary hard drive crashed, so I'll have to work on fixing that before I can update the site again. :( Hopefully, I'll be able to recover the data from the dead hard drive--unfortunately my parallel port backup drive hadn't been working for quite a while, so my backup is really out of date. Based on the symptoms, I may be able to replace the integrated controller card on the hard drive (Maxtor 91000D8) and recover the data (if I'm lucky). I did have some information stored on my old hard drive, so I'm working from that right now. Guess this is a lesson in the need to have a sound backup strategy. Unfortunately, I've currently lost email I sent/received from June 16th until now (basically, all the messages I downloaded to my hard drive and deleted from Hotmail). I'll be back on the 25th and probably be working on recovering my data the week after I return.
August 13, 1999:
Site Update:
I updated the guestbook to use the new site design. It was a little more work than I expected, but I think I worked out the problems I ran into. If you run into any problems with the guestbook, send me a message.
New Link:
I added Materials Modification Inc. to the resources section (in groups->companies->Materials Modification Inc.).
August 12, 1999:
Events Update:
I added three conferences to the event listing. The conferences are for Commercialization of Controlled Polymer Synthesis, Mesoscale Modeling: Latest Advances for Materials & Structured Fluids, and Combinatorial Approaches for New Materials. More information and links to the conference web sites are on the listing page.
August 10, 1999:
Site Update:
Whoops... I didn't get the last update posted before the 10th.
August 9, 1999:
Site Update:
I took a week off inadvertently. I've been studying Perl and checking out databases I may use so I can generate the site from a database. It'd be pretty cool--basicly, I'd modify the database, generate the site, and then send it up to the server. If I upgrade my hosting plan, I could drive the site from the database.
August 2, 1999:
Site Update:
Nothing new here (other than my minivan not working--doh!). I haven't had a chance to update the guestbook yet, but I will probably work on that tonight. After that, I plan on updating the search section of the site.
August 1, 1999:
Site Update:
The link to the credits page from the site map was wrong--I corrected it and added the site header text to the research section in the guide. Right now I'm toying with the idea of modifying the projects page to be a credits page. I'm going to see if having the credits be a main link would be worth modifying the design.
I moved my resume to reside at this site--guess I'm getting my money's worth from the web host now. ;)
July 28, 1999:
Site Update:
Instead of heading out tonight I worked on the site--I ended up with quite a few updates. Here's the list:
I have the outline form of the site map posted. The parts
of the site that I haven't worked on yet are really visible in it.
I created a form to add to the guide to nanotechnology.
I added some initial ideas for projects at this site.
I added a placeholder page for projects that aren't at this site.
I added a form for project suggestions.
I need to add the guestbook to the new site design next.
July 27, 1999:
Site Update:
I'm working on a preliminary site map. The outline form will be similar to a table of contents for the site. I haven't decided what the graphical version will be like. I want to try some ideas out on the graphical site map. ;)
July 26, 1999:
Site Update:
So far the switchover seems to be working. If you encounter any broken links, send me a message. I added the site name to most of the pages in the site--I don't think I missed any, but I might have. I plan to move to a template file if I can figure out how to do it for the standard top button bar. I haven't tested lately in alternate browsers, so I'll probably be doing that over the next week.
July 25, 1999:
Site Update:
I've switched over to the new design. I got sidetracked on Saturday, so the update had to wait until today. Some of the sections aren't implemented yet, but I'm working on those. Some of the pages might still say they're part of the site preview. I'm still tweaking the interface, but the the major sections should be stable.
July 21, 1999:
Site Update:
Late last night I fixed the preview's link to the guestbook.
Saturday is looking like the most likely candidate for the switch over to the new design. I don't anticipate any
problems, but I think having more time available to check over the site after the switch is wise.
New Link:
I've been looking at an interesting nanotechnology site
at IBM Research lately. The site has information about IBM's research with carbon nanotubes, AFMs, and STMs.
I thought the images at the site were good also.
July 19, 1999:
Site Update:
Well, I found out adding a suggestion form is much simpler than I'd expected. My web host provides a simple form
mail script, so I've modified that to send me the suggestion. The suggestion
form is now linked to from the preview home page. I added a link in the preview
events section to a conference on electroactive polymers. I'm going to look into transferring the guestbook
over when I make the transition to the new site design.
New Link:
I've been looking at Lyle Burkhead's nanotechnology critique "Nanotechnology
without Genies." The issues he raises seem valid to me. I'll be adding the link and a review to the resources
section soon. Thanks to JANTON2 for the message board posting with the site.
July 18, 1999:
I'm back from Wichita, and I had a good trip. In the next week I'll be switching the site design from the current design to the new design shown in the preview The old pages shouldn't conflict with the new except for the homepage (I haven't checked that totally yet). I'm working on a Perl script for sending suggestions to me.
July 12, 1999:
I'm flying up to Wichita, Kansas for a training course tomorrow (July 13) and I'll fly back on July 16. Have a good week!
July 11, 1999:
Site Update:
I've been out of commission for a while here--I just put my computer back together today. I majorly updated the preview section. I've moved the guide over to the preview guide section. I'm going to check to see what's left in the old site that's not yet in the preview. I don't think there's much left that hasn't been moved over, so I may swap the preview in soon. With the latest updates, the preview guide section may actually be more complete than the regular guide section. ;)
I have message boards set up at Delphi. I hope they work out--I've never had a set of message boards before so I don't know what to expect. There are a few categories set up, right now the only posting is the auto generated welcome message. Doh! Most of the categories are the auto generated ones--there's a suggestions category if you'd like to suggest categories that could be added (or removed).
I've been reading through the guest book. Thanks for all the good comments! :)
June 24, 1999:
Site Update:
I'm working on adding message boards for the site. I'm still setting up categories--once I have those set up, I'll post the link to the message boards.
June 17, 1999:
New Link:
New Scientist has an article on "nanotrains" that's really interesting. The article covers some research being done at the University of Washington to guide kinesin molecules along tracks. I thought the article was interesting and a good example of some current research.
June 14, 1999:
New Link:
I added the Molecular Imaging Corporation to the resources under companies in the preview section. They supply scanning probe microscopes.
June 7, 1999:
Site Update:
It's summertime here in Austin, so I'll be balancing my time outside with my time inside working on the site. Right now I think updates will probably be weekly during the summer, but predicting my free time seems to be an exercise in futility. ;)
New Link:
I added the Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (in the UK) to the list of university resources in the preview section.
June 2, 1999:
Well, this past week I had a sudden trip to Wichita, Kansas. I had a decent time, but haven't had a chance to put in any site updates yet.
May 23, 1999:
Site Update:
I added links to Amazon for purchasing nanotechnology books in the books
subsection in the site preview. I'll be adding more books to the section soon. I'm trying to decide how I should
add book covers (when available) for the books. I don't want to slow down the page, so I may make a page with books
covers accessible from the main books page. Also, I'll be adding more reviews, etc. soon (but no time estimate
on those yet).
May 16, 1999:
New Link:
The History Channel has a nanoweapons
section in their Science at War exhibit.
Site Update:
Aah.. more work on the site preview. I've started on the books
and web sites subsections under resources.
The web sites section is just a placeholder, and the books sections is currently just a duplication of the information
under the main site's resources section.
---- Old Preview Updates -----
July 19, 1999:
Well, I found out adding a suggestion form is much simpler than I'd expected. My web host provides a simple form mail script, so I've modified that to send me the suggestion. The suggestion form is now linked to from the preview home page.
July 18, 1999:
I'm working on a Perl script for sending a suggestion today.
July 11, 1999:
I majorly updated the guide section--the whole guide section has been moved into the preview and updated--please check it out. The introduction now contains a page length background on nanotechnology. I've been fixing anchors and other miscellaneous work in preparation for generating an index.
June 14, 1999:
I've added the web site for Molecular Imaging Corporation to the resources section under companies. They supply scanning probe microscopes.
June 2, 1999:
Right now I'm struggling with how to separate the resources section into subsections. I haven't hit upon a good solution yet.
May 23, 1999:
I added links to Amazon for purchasing nanotechnology books to the books section.
May 16, 1999:
I've begun work on the books and web sites section for the resources. Keep sending the comments on the preview in--I can really use them to tell if I'm going in the right direction on this.
May 11,1999:
I added more links for the resources section under groups. I didn't have much time tonight, so it's only a couple new entries--one for Molecular Manufacturing Enterprises Inc. and one for Digital Instruments.
May 4, 1999:
I've moved the introduction into the preview. Right now it's serviceable, but I wouldn't rate it as the be all and end all of site introductions. ;)
May 2, 1999:
I've started adding subheadings under the main group icons. Most of the pages are still placeholder pages, but I'm starting to trickle in information from the rest of the site. I'm still deciding if the star indicating the current subheading will work. Originally I planned to have stars for each subheading, but I felt it stole too much screen space. I may end up coloring the background of table cells because it doesn't steal any additional screen space.
April 26, 1999:
I've uploaded the new preview directory structure. I modified the image buttons to be icons only and placed HTML text underneath them using a table. Eventually, the links inside a section will be underneath the section, and the current location will use something like a radio button (so far I'm thinking of a four pointed star and the star outline). I modified the table cells to highlight the currently selected section. I've put in placeholder pages for each section.
Have any suggestions?
Please send me an email message at mailto:bradhein@nanosite.net.