1. 8. What are its costs & benefits?
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1. What is it?
3. Where does it come from?
2. Why do we use it?
4. How does it work?
6. How does it change us?
5. How does it change?
7. How do we change it?
8. What are its costs & benefits?
9. How do we evaluate it?
0. Introduction

2. How do we change nanotechnology?
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3. How do we change nanotechnology? Engineer

4. How do we change nanotechnology? Govern
NSF: NSF and the Societal Dimensions of Nano-science and Technology
EPA: held a public meeting on June 23, 2005, to discuss a potential voluntary pilot program for certain nanoscale materials
DOD: biological agent detection
NIH: Injectable nanoparticles for Naltrexone, a drug for treating addictive disorders
NASA: Nanostructured materials by design

5. How do we change nanotechnology? Govern > Invest
Video of Steve Jurvetson lecturing at Stanford

6. How do we change nanotechnology? Teach

7. How do we change nanotechnology?
Technology-based innovation these days requires collaboration between different disciplines. This is because innovation today typically involves interdisciplinary work. So one thing that you need is experts in each of those areas.
— Ray Kurzweil