Nanotechnology: Societal Implications: I: Maximising Benefits for Humanity; II: Individual PerspectivesWilliam S. Bainbridge Springer Science & Business Media, 2007. gada 3. jūl. - 357 lappuses Advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology promise to have major impacts on human health, wealth, and peace in the coming decades. Among the expected breakthroughs are orders of magnitude increases in computer efficiency, human organ restoration using engineered tissue, `designer' materials created from directed assembly of atoms and molecules, and the emergence of entirely new phenomena in chemistry and physics. This book includes a collection of essays by leading scientists, engineers, and social scientists reviewing the possible uses of these impending technical developments in various industrial, medical, and national security applications, and the corresponding ethical, legal, social, economic, and educational issues that they raise. The report outlines potential areas for research into societal implications of nanotechnology, as well as some preliminary suggestions for how potential positive impacts of nanotechnology can be maximized, while minimizing any possible negative impacts, real or imagined. This book also provides the beginning of a blueprint for how one should address second-order consequences of the new technology, either positive implications or potential risks. |
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Transcending Moores Law with Molecular Electronics | 43 |
Semiconductor Scaling as a Model for Nanotechnology | 56 |
Implications of Information Anytime | 62 |
NonNano Effects of Nanotechnology on the Economy | 68 |
Social Scenarios | 75 |
Technological Revolutions and the Limits of Ethics | 113 |
An Exploration of Patent Matters Associated with Nanotechnology | 187 |
The Ethics of Ethics | 195 |
Governance | 206 |
Institutional Impacts of Government Science Initiatives | 223 |
Nanotechnology for National Security | 232 |
Public Perceptions | 241 |
The ReInterpretation | 280 |
Education | 297 |
Implications for the Artist | 121 |
Vision Innovation and Policy | 127 |
Social Impacts | 141 |
The Use of Analogies for Interdisciplinary Research | 152 |
Innovation Legal Risks and Society | 158 |
Converging Technologies and Their Societal Implications | 164 |
Educating Undergraduate Nanoengineers | 305 |
Interactive Entertaining Virtual Learning Environments | 317 |
Education Opportunities Related to the Societal Implications | 327 |
Glossary | 337 |
Index | 347 |
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