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• Is nanotechnology suffering from “silent rave” syndrome?

  From 2020Science.org : The silent rave might seem a rather bizarre social phenomenon; a group of strangers converging in a public place and dancing to their own individual iPod soundtracks. But I have a sneaking suspicion that the emerging technology Read More... Posted 05 October 2008 22:03 by andrew.maynard@physics.org | 2 Comments Filed under: Nanotechnology, Engagement, Emerging technologies

• Synthetic biology and the public: Time for a heart to heart?

  From 2020science.org: So, you have a cool new science that could make a major impact on global challenges like energy, disease and pollution and you want to make sure it reaches its full potential. What do you do? At some point, having a heart to heart Read More... Posted 30 September 2008 11:52 by andrew.maynard@physics.org | 0 Comments Filed under: Public engagement, Engagement, Synthetic Biology, Biopunk, 2020 Science

• And now for something completely different…

  Time for a nano-break. I’ll be taking a break from the SafeNano blog over the next three weeks, as my family try to convince me there really is life beyond nanotechnology (I’m sceptical). In the meantime, I couldn’t resist giving loyal readers something Read More... Posted 26 July 2008 10:53 by andrew.maynard@physics.org | 4 Comments Filed under: Nanoparticles, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, Dialogue, Engagement, Industry, Business, Consumer Products, Emerging technologies, Mind Virus, science fiction

• Synthetic biology, ethics and the hacker culture

  Read Thomas L. Friedman’s “The World is Flat” or Neal Stephenson’s “Cryptonomicon”, and you get a glimpse into how the hacker culture that emerged at the tail end of the twentieth century revolutionized the digital world. Will a confluence of emerging Read More... Posted 13 June 2008 19:36 by andrew.maynard@physics.org | 6 Comments Filed under: Nanotechnology, Risk, Public engagement, Outreach, Risks, Perception, Engagement, Policy, Safety, Regulation, Oversight, Research, Synthetic Biology, Sustainability, Hacking, Biopunk, Synbio

• Nanotechnology—in bed with Madonna?

  (Added Oct 24 2008: This article is also available at 2020science.org ) If you want proof that nano is mainstream, just pick up the U.S. May edition of fashion magazine “Elle.” Sharing cover-space with Madonna is the latest article on nanotech and the Read More... Posted 25 April 2008 11:49 by andrew.maynard@physics.org | 4 Comments Filed under: Nanoparticles, Public engagement, Risks, Engagement, Benefits, Policy, Safety, Regulation, Industry, Business, Consumer Products, Elle, Senate, John Kerry, Madonna

• Of jellybeans and buckyballs…

  Here’s a small diversion for a slow Sunday afternoon: Take sixty jellybeans and ninety cocktail sticks, and try to construct a model of a buckyball—a carbon-60 molecule. It’s tricky, but not impossible. Constructing a candy buckminster fullerene is one Read More... Posted 13 April 2008 21:09 by andrew.maynard@physics.org | 3 Comments Filed under: Engagement, Informal Education, Video

• US town faces nanotechnology crisis

  The small American town of Sunnyville is a town in crisis. Against a backdrop of job losses that have decimated the local community, citizens are struggling to decide whether to welcome two major nanotech-enabled industries into the town, or whether to Read More... Posted 28 March 2008 20:08 by andrew.maynard@physics.org | 1 Comments Filed under: Public engagement, Dialogue, Engagement, Benefits, Policy, Safety, Industry, Envrionment, television, Power of small

• 2007 - A personal nanotechnology retrospective

  It’s been a long slog, but the end of 2007 is in sight. A year of endless meetings, papers by the bunch, and more frequent flyer miles than any sane person should rack up (got to get that Carbon footprint under control). But did this all add up to progress Read More... Posted 28 December 2007 20:44 by andrew.maynard@physics.org | 1 Comments Filed under: Hazard, Risk, Public engagement, Dialogue, Outreach, Risks, Twinkies, Engagement, Policy, Congress, Safety, Informal Education, Regulation, Industry, Envrionment, Health, Business, Oversight, Research, Good Practices, Consumer Products

• UK Government’s second nano risk research report

  When it comes to addressing the potential risks of engineered nanomaterials, no-one can accuse the UK Government of not having a plan. Today’s publication of the report “Characterizing the potential risks posed by engineered nanoparticles. A second UK Read More... Posted 19 December 2007 16:14 by andrew.maynard@physics.org | 1 Comments Filed under: Nanoparticles, Exposure, Hazard, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, Public engagement, Engagement, Benefits, Policy, Safety, Toxicology, Regulation, Industry, Envrionment, Health, Oversight, Research, Measurement

• Nanotechnologies of humility

  Some nanotechnology events should come with a health warning, perhaps along the lines of: “This meeting could seriously alter your perspective”. Because nanotechnology crosses such diverse areas of interest and expertise, there is a danger of being exposed Read More... Posted 11 November 2007 12:26 by andrew.maynard@physics.org | 0 Comments Filed under: Nanotechnology, Dialogue, Engagement, Policy, Informal Education

• "Selling out" on nanotechnology outreach

  Somewhere, I must have taken a wrong turn in my life. Three years ago, I was a serious scientist, doing research no-one understood, and writing papers no-one read. Now I find myself making videos about cream cakes . It all started to go amiss when I got Read More... Posted 27 October 2007 19:47 by andrew.maynard@physics.org | 0 Comments Filed under: Outreach, Risks, Twinkies, Perception, Engagement, Benefits, Policy