Nanotech’s Solyndra moment: Big gov’t gears up to fund microscopic science (tags)
The failed $534 million federal investment in Solyndra hasn’t stopped Washington from trying to finance the “next big thing” in technology. New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and two House members are moving forward with a $50 million proposal for nanotechnology research funding at an upstate New York university where another nanotech research center has already existed for a decade.
Nanotech, animal testing and military (tags)
Oregon site info on nanotech and military, corporations like Raytheon and Gyre. Primates are strapped to chairs with electrodes on the brain to control robotic arms, called animal machine interface..
Free Market shorts on Nanotech--Government to the Rescue (tags)
The U.S. government is easily the nation's largest investor in nanotechnology, with The House of Representatives passing a bill to invest $2.4 billion in the next three years. "Private equity sources can't bridge the gap from the lab to products"