Nano-Hype : The Truth Behind the Nanotechnology Buzz

Acknowledgments 11(4) Foreword 15(4) Introduction 19(10) Exaggeration, Hyperbole, and Hype-Steria 29(20) Hyperbole as a Variable 29(8) Hyperboles and Goo 37(10) Nanotechnology in Popular Culture 40(4) Nanotechnology and the Media 44(1) Nanotechnology in Academe 45(2) Conclusion 47(2) Speculation and Criticism About Nanotechnology 49(32) Advocates 49(16) Richard P. Feynman 49(5) K. Eric Drexler 54(1) Early Years---Engines and Goo 55(1) Later Years---Nanosystems and Denialism 56(1) Direction of the Nanotechnology Movement 57(8) Critics 65(15) Technical Critics 65(1) George Whitesides, Harvard 66(3) Richard Smalley, Rice 69(4) Popular Critics 73(1) Bill Joy, Sun Microsystems 73(3) Zac Goldsmith, the Ecologist 76(2) HRH Prince Charles 78(2) Conclusion 80(1) Government Actors in Nanotechnology 81(42) Individuals 82(12) George Allen and Ron Wyden, the Senate 82(3) Neal Lane, from the NSF to Clinton to Rice 85(2) Mihail (Mike) Roco, NSET 87(2) Thomas Kalil, Former Clinton Adviser 89(1) Philip Bond, Department of Commerce 90(4) Government Science Promotion 94(10) National Science Foundation 94(6) National Institute of Standards and Technology 100(1) Advanced Technology Program 101(3) Executive Branch 104(17) Executive Departments 106(3) Department of Energy 109(4) Department of Defense and DARPA 113(6) Other Departments and Agencies 119(2) Conclusion 121(2) Government Initiatives in Nanotechnology 123(32) Initiatives and Spin 124(11) National Nanofabrication Users Network (NNUN) 124(1) National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) 125(4) President William Clinton 129(1) President George W. Bush 130(1) National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) 130(1) Twenty-First Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act 131(4) International Actors 135(18) The United Kingdom and the European Union 137(7) Japan 144(7) China 151(2) Conclusion 153(2) Promotional Reports on Nanotechnology 155(30) United States 155(10) United Kingdom 165(7) Economic and Social Research Council 165(2) UK Royal Societies 167(3) UK House of Commons 170(2) European Union 172(4) Business Stakeholders 176(7) Credit Suisse/First Boston 176(2) Forbes/Wolfe Nanotech Report 178(3) Swiss Reinsurance Company 181(2) Conclusion 183(2) Applications of Nanoscience 185(28) Instruments and Apparatuses 186(2) Manufacturing and Materials 188(5) Agriculture and Food Production 193(2) Electronics and Computing 195(5) Healthcare 200(7) Energy 207(3) Luxury Products 210(1) Conclusion 211(2) Nano-Industry and Nano-Entrepreneurs 213(32) Economics of Nanotechnology 216(2) Business of Nanotechnology 218(2) Established Transnational Firms 220(2) Start-ups and Venture Capital 222(8) Punk Ziegel and Company Index 228(1) Merrill Lynch's Nanotech Index 229(1) Lux Nanotech Index 229(1) The Nanosys IPO Story 230(4) Individuals 234(5) Josh Wolfe---Lux Capital 234(2) Steve Jurvetson---Draper, Fisher, and Jurvetson 236(2) Charlie Harris---Harris and Harris Group 238(1) Nanotechnology Business Alliance 239(3) Conclusion 242(3) Nongovernmental Organizations and Nano 245(30) Proponents 247(16) The Foresight Institute 247(4) FI: Institute for Molecular Manufacturing 251(3) FI: Center for Constitutional Issues in Technology 254(1) FI: The New Foresight Nanotech Institute 255(1) Center for Responsible Nanotechnology 256(7) Opponents 263(10) ETC Group 263(7) Greenpeace Environmental Trust 270(3) Conclusion 273(2) Nanohazards and Nanotoxicology 275(30) Time Frames and Ethical Calculi among the Frames 276(3) Fear and Trepidations 279(1) Investments in Nanotoxicology 280(1) A Primer on Nanotoxicology Research 281(19) Range of Concerns 283(2) Are Nanoparticles Biodegradable? 285(2) Are Nanoparticles Toxic? 287(13) Risk Analysis 300(3) Environmental Concerns and Their Ethics 303(1) Conclusion 304(1) Societal and Ethical Implications of Nanotechnology Research 305(30) Diagnosis 310(1) Defining SEIN 310(9) Who Benefits from SEIN Research? 314(1) The Warning 315(2) Teasing Motives 317(2) SEIN as Symbology 319(2) Ongoing Research 321(8) American Universities 322(2) UCLA---Nanobank 324(1) University of South Carolina---nanoSTS 324(1) Michigan State University 325(1) The Nanotechnology Business Alliance---HEITF 325(4) State of SEIN 329(4) Conclusion 333(2) A Public Sphere in Nanoscience and Technology Policy Making 335(26) The Call 336(1) The State of the Public 337(2) The Challenge 339(2) Defining the Public Sphere 341(3) Architecture of the Public Sphere 342(1) Status of the Public Sphere 342(2) Science and the Public Sphere 344(4) Publics and Counterpublics 348(2) About Movements 350(6) The Anti-GMO Movement 353(1) The Anti-Nanotechnology Movement 354(2) Experiments 356(3) Problem Solved? 359(1) Conclusion 360(1) Notes 361(108) Bibliography 469(38) Index 507