Apparently the U.S. is walking “ass-backwards” into nanotechnology, which is totally not surprising. We’re not properly assessing the risks involved with playing God, we’re not telling the public what we’re working on and we’re not even sure why we’re messing with the science. (“We” being the scientists involved.) What’s worse is that, since we basically have no idea what we’re doing, we’re not sure if these tiny little wonders will affect the body any more or less than other, non-nanotechnologically-derived products. That’s what the National Research Council said yesterday, at any rate.
The NRC report is a warning to American scientists and layman alike: “Figure out where you’re working on before you dive head first, all wily nily, into something no one understands yet.”
Just a fun reminder that, yeah, people of all shapes and sizes, of all creeds and backgrounds, can be horribly irresponsible.
This is why I wished Samsung had not ‘nanosilvered’ the NC10’s keyboard.
How is modifying a nanotube playing God? I love CrunchGear but this blog post is the most stupid ass-backwards thing I’ve read from you guys.
I totally agree with Mitch. I see the person who wrote that report didn’t knew much about nano technologies. Nanotechnologies don’t involbe playing inside of the human body (or this is only one of the solutions given by nanotechnologies).
Instead of this, nanotechnologies involve the fields of construction, new materials, better transportations…