LamprouMemo9

ü Nanotechnology Patents ü The ‘21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act’ (2003) ü European Commission: First Implementation Report ( 2005 ) ü The need for harmonization policies (also social) ü Change the way science is defined ü The development of new scientific language ü Working as an umbrella under which chemistry, biology, and physics come together. ü Rapid Developments in nanotechnology ü the development of new technological tools ( Semiconductors, scanning tunneling microscope, atomic force microscope) ü neoliberal economy ü globalization ü Free market ü Promising new markets that the new nanotech material will create ü A few nanotech-oriented NGOs ü the disinterest of the public towards nanotech products ü The need for communication between different policy making cultures for the needs of harmonization of nanotechnology standards ü the creation of new public spheres from governments and the industry ü power of nations based on the scientific knowledge they produce and hold ü The idea of public participation ü The idea of deregulation processes ü environmental issues-new toxics ü Health issues
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