Indian nanotech industry seeks collaborative partnership
Jyothi Kiran, Thursday, April 16, 2009 | Category: Industry 
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Rs 1000 crore in the next five years planned for the nano-mission created by the department of science and technology India, but where are the collaborative partners?
Why is the Indian trinity consisting of the research community, academia and industry not partnering together but working in silos, asks Dr. T Ramasami, Chairman, TNTDPC Governing Body & Secretary to Government, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
Since 2001, the total investments made in Nanotechnology by DST have been $144 million. The eleventh five year plan has dedicated investments worth US$ 200 million for the technology. The department has setup 11 centres of excellence and proposed three institutes on Nanotechnology in Mohali, Bangalore and Kolkata.
India is positioned on the strategic map for nano products as Indian investments in the technology match that of Ireland, Canada and Switzerland. Nanotechnology is applied in industrial applications, production technology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, agriculture, transportation and electronics among others. It is yet to come of age, and presents huge scope for
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The market for nanotechnology is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 33% between 2008 and 2015.>>More
How many trees would it take to remove all carbon from the atmosphere?
Jyothi Kiran, Thursday, March 26, 2009 | Category: Environment Comments (13)
Jessie Paul, CMO of Wipro came up with a brilliant idea of dimming the corporate websites for an hour on Saturday in support of the climate change program ‘Earth Hour” started by WWF.
And, here’s my 3 bits of solidarity in saving the planet from Global warming. On Saturday I am not taking a shower(conserving water), if I feel thirsty will reach out for beer instead of water, will save on fuel and take a bicycle, or walk to commute, better still, will stay home daydreaming of a holiday in the Arctic with polar bears in the background!!!! Yes, I have heard that the bears are going to be extinct and the WWF is doing everything to prevent that.
But then, there are also those who believe that the polar bears will be just fine. Like the brilliant scientist out there who knows exactly how many trees it would take to remove all carbon from the atmosphere.
Jyothi Kiran, Friday, March 13, 2009 | Category: Companies, Culture Comments (0)
Online collaboration has come of age and the new scientist is a geek from anywhere; Japan, India, Russia, or Toronto. No visas, no entry fees, all you need is a digital network, and if you can solve a problem, you get rich instantly, thanks to InnoCentive.
Driven by the wisdom of the crowd, the online lab InnoCentive is an opensource innovation marketplace where engineers, scientists, geeks and problem solvers of the world hangout for some innovative fun, passion, real life puzzle, and some cash. Yeah, I suppose you could call this the Las Vegas of the Geeks, except it is your ideas that are at stake here.
Shiva’s Dancing to Nanotechnologies 2009
Jyothi Kiran, Tuesday, March 10, 2009 | Category: Culture, Industry Comments (0)
What’s the Dance of Shiva got to do with nanotechnologies? Intrigued? Tim Harper of Cientifica speculates about creative destruction and credit crunch in his white paper Nanotechnologies 2009.
Check it out for the bit about academic funding, its lack of mechanism to spend a potential of $22.5Bn revenue, and for other insights into investments in nanosolar, cleantech and nanomaterials.
Jyothi Kiran, Wednesday, March 4, 2009 | Category: Culture, Products Comments (3)
Welcome to nanoblogging. If Twitter lets you blog with a 140 word limit, here is Adocu, which lets you post only one word. Your post would look something like this: whatnextonesyllablepost?
And folks were worried about English language going to dogs, now it’s gone cuckoo with all that tweeting and chirping. Looks like there’s going to be a lot of bird talk in the future of the blogosphere.
Nanotech Finally Arrives in Classrooms
Jyothi Kiran, Monday, March 2, 2009 | Category: Academic Comments (0)
Nanotechnology has finally arrived in classrooms and we are not merely talking theory here. In India, nanoscience education is seen as an option only in the graduate and post graduate levels. And only the creme de la creme have the opportunity to work on nanoscience projects. Take for instance, the IIT students of Kanpur planning to build a nano satellite in association with Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
In the west, nanoscience is introduced much earlier in schools. High school grads get to attend nanoscience workshops where they process silicon wafers using photolithography to transfer a pattern of their school logo into a 500 nm aluminum film. Talk about educational gaps in society.
World’s First Climate Change Game’s Blooming Hot
Jyothi Kiran, Tuesday, February 24, 2009 | Category: Culture Comments (0)
Move over fast cars. What, still running on fossil fuel? Move over dude, it’s high time you changed gears to clean tech. Not driving a hybrid? Here’s your chance to wipe out your carbon footprint, at least in the virtual world of gaming. For, it is blooming hot in the world of playstations with the world’s first climate change game “Flower”.
What the hell is Flower power? Imagine your favourite town with all your favourite cars zooming in and out, but it is a desolate landscape. There are no flowers, nothing to soothe you visually. you are driving in a concrete jungle and here’s your chance to recreate the paradise lost. Play the Flower, for a change.
“The game is very abstract. You control a flower petal, guiding it with a gust of wind through blighted, brown landscapes. As you touch different flowers, you gradually bring the landscape back to life — and trees and grass burst into color..”>>More.
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