| Posted: May 8, 2007 |
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(Nanowerk News) The Society of Manufacturing Engineers
(SME), in partnership with the Foresight Nanotech Institute and with the
support of Battelle, announced today that it will team up to unveil the
groundbreaking Technology Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems at a new
nanotechnology event, the Productive Nanosystems Conference, which will
take place October 9-10, 2007 at the DoubleTree Crystal City in Arlington,
VA.
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In 2005, Foresight Nanotech Institute, a leading nanotechnology think tank
and public interest organization, and Battelle, a leading global research and
development organization, launched development of the Technology Roadmap
for Productive Nanosystems through an initial grant from The Waitt Family
Foundation. The group assembled a world-class Steering Committee to guide
this groundbreaking project, and garnered the support of several important
industry organizations as roadmap partners, including SME. The Productive
Nanosystems Conference will launch the first version of this new
nanotechnology Roadmap.
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Productive Nanosystems are functional systems that make atomically precise
structures, components, and devices under programmable control. This is
driving research and applications in a host of areas, with the goal of providing
new atomically-precise nanoscale building blocks, components, and devices.
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The aerospace, defense, medical, electronic, building/construction,
automotive and many other industries will benefit from productive
nanosystems. In the aerospace world, productive nanosystems will be
essential for production of new, lighter weight, stronger, temperature
resistant materials. In the medical industry, productive nanosystems will be
key to many advanced medical diagnostic and therapeutic applications. In the
automotive field, productive nanosystems will become central to the
development of high performance materials, electronics and information
technology for Tier 1 suppliers.
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