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>Incorporate disassembly into every
>self-assembled nanotech product
>Small Times Feb. 6, 2004
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>We can avoid the risks of molecular
>nanotechnology by building
>"self-regulating assembly" and
>"disassembly" into nanotechnology
>from the start, says Douglas
>Mulhall, author of "Our Molecular...
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>Nanotube quantum dot doubles up
>Nanotechweb.org Feb. 5, 2004
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>Researchers at Harvard University
>have made a nanotube double quantum
>dot by gating a carbon nanotube in a
>number of places. The strength of
>the tunnel coupling between the dots
>was tunable, which means the device
>could have applications in quantum
>computing....
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>Global Nanotechnology Market To
>Reach $29 Billion By 2008
>KurzweilAI.net Feb. 5, 2004
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>The total global demand for
>nanoscale materials, tools, and
>devices was estimated at $7.6
>billion in 2003 and is expected to
>grow at an average annual growth
>rate of 30.6% to reach $28.7 billion
>in 2008, according to a report....
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>Scientists embed nanotubes in
>hybrid semiconductors
>Nanotechweb.org Feb. 5, 2004
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>Scientists from the University of
>Copenhagen claim to have made the
>first electronic hybrid
>nanotube-semiconductor devices. They
>encapsulated single-walled carbon
>nanotubes in epitaxially grown
>semiconductor structures....
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>Pentagon Kills LifeLog Project
>Wired News Feb. 4, 2004
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>The Pentagon canceled its so-called
>LifeLog project, an ambitious effort
>to build a database tracking a
>person's entire...
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>If you kick a robotic dog, is it
>wrong?
>Christian Science Monitor Feb. 5, 2004
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>How should people treat creatures
>that seem ever more emotional with
>each step forward in robotic
>technology, but who really have no...
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>Looking technology in the eye
>Christian Science Monitor Feb. 5, 2004
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>Researchers are designing robots
>with more human characteristics,
>like artificial skin and muscles as
>well as eye and facial expressions,
>and they might speak more...
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>Plants Give Up Their Secret of
>Splitting Water
>Reuters Feb. 6, 2004
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>Researchers have taken another step
>toward understanding how plants
>split water into hydrogen and oxygen
>atoms -- which may provide a cheap
>way to produce clean-burning
>hydrogen fuel. The splitting of
>water involves three manganese
>atoms, a calcium atom and four
>oxygen atoms that form a...
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