"Every industry that involves manufactured items will be impacted by nanotechnology research. Everything can be made in some way better—stronger, lighter, cheaper, easier to recycle—if it’s engineered and manufactured at the nanometer scale."
-- Stan Williams, Director of Quantum Science Research, HP Labs
"We see it (nanotechnology) as having virtually unlimited potential to transform the way we produce, deliver, and use energy, not to mention its likely effect on medical technology and national security."
-- U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham
"Nanotechnology is the base technology of an industrial revolution in the 21st century. Those who control nanotechnology will lead the industry."
-- Michiharu Nakamura, Executive VP at Hitachi
"Just as silicon transistors replaced old vacuum tube technology and enabled the electronic age, carbon nanotube devices could open a new era of electronics."
-- Margaret Blohm, GE's Advanced Technology Leader for Nanotechnology
"Nanotechnology is going to change America on a scale equal to, if not greater than, the computer revolution. Harnessing the power of nanotechnology is one of the keys to ensuring that our nation continues to be an economic powerhouse in this new century."
-- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR)
"We believe that nanotech is the next great technology wave, the nexus of scientific innovation that revolutionizes most industries and indirectly affects the fabric of society. Historians will look back on the upcoming epoch with no less portent than the Industrial Revolution."
-- Steve Jurvetson, Partner, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
"Nanotechnology is probably, as a phenomenon, the single most important new emerging force in technology."
-- Charlie Harris, CEO, Harris & Harris Group
"There is a full court press in every advanced nation in the world to leverage nanotech with economic muscle."
-- Arden Bement, Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
"We think that the biggest breakthroughs in nanotechnology are going to be in the new materials that are developed."
-- Troy Kirkpatrick, GE Global Research. |
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