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Nanotechnology: not just for geeks
Maintained by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at www.nanotechproject.org/consumerproducts, the updated inventory includes Head NanoTitanium Tennis Racquets, Eddie Bauer Water Shorts with Nano-Dry technology, Nano-In Foot Deodorant Powder/Spray, and Burts Bees sunscreen with natural Titanium Dioxide mineralmicronized into a nano sized particle. Since the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies launched the worlds first online inventory of manufacturer-identified nanotech goods in March 2006, the number of items has increased 175 percentfrom 220 to 580 products. There are 356 products in the health and fitness categorythe inventorys largest categoryand 66 products in the food and beverage category. One of the largest subcategories is cosmetics with 89 products. All are available in shopping malls or over the Internet. The list includes merchandise from such well-known brands as Samsung, Chanel, Black & Decker, Wilson, L.L. Bean, Lancome and LOreal. The nanomaterial of choice appears to be silverwhich manufacturers claim is in 139 products or nearly 25 percent of inventoryfar outstripping carbon, gold, or silica. The use of nanotechnology and nanomaterials in consumer products and industrial applications is growing rapidly, and the products listed in the inventory are just the tip of the iceberg, said Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies science advisor Andrew Maynard. How consumers respond to these early productsin food, electronics, health care, clothing and carswill be a bellwether for broader market acceptance of nanotechnologies in the future. This is particularly true given that the Projects recent poll shows seventy percent of the public still knows little or nothing about the technology. Posted by: Kevin Source |
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