Posts Tagged ‘ nanotechnology ’
Recently, Agora’s media relations department asked me to respond to a question from a journalist about big technological changes coming for business. It is really important to understand an aspect of the convergence that most people haven’t considered...
We see clearly the ongoing convergence in the arena of mobile computing. Tablet ...read more
Biotech and Nanotech Converge With Semiconductor Industry
Oct 10th, 2011 | By Ray Blanco | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Technology
I’d like to give you a heads-up regarding an important and fascinating new technological convergence. For some time, nanotech researchers have been studying biological structures, looking for ways to integrate nature’s processes into the next generation of computing devices. Our brains, after all, are the most powerful computers in existence.
For ...read more
Building Profits With Space Technology
Jul 22nd, 2011 | By Ray Blanco | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Technology
This month marks the 42nd anniversary of what is widely considered one of the greatest technological accomplishments in human history: landing on the moon.
While the talk surrounding the project addressed science and human achievement, there was always a distinct element of military defense associated with the program. The moon is, ...read more
How to Make a Fortune From the Personalized Medicine Revolution
Jul 30th, 2009 | By Patrick Cox | Category: Featured, Technology
Many of the big transformational technologies set to change the science of medicine are based on single simple concepts. These include stem cells and RNA interference. There is another transformational change coming, however, that involves a huge array of technologies. I'm talking about "personalized medicine."
Currently, medicine is, to a large ...read more
Earn Venture Capital Profits for Your Stock Portfolio
Jul 2nd, 2009 | By Patrick Cox | Category: Featured, Technology
Nanotechnologies are not some future development. The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies estimates that nearly 1,000 products that rely on nanotech are on the market now.
Currently, most applications simply integrate superior nanotech materials into existing products. Carbon allotropes are used to produce gecko tape. Antibacterial nano-silver is used in clothing, food ...read more
Nanotech Breakthrough Will Grow Millionaires Like Weeds
Mar 25th, 2008 | By Patrick Cox | Category: Investing Strategies, Technology
Broadly speaking, nanotechnology deals with matter at the atomic and molecular scales. “Atomically precise manufacturing” (APM) is the real business of making things using nanotechnology. There is no more exciting area for investors to be in right now.
Let me say first that picking APM winners is not a slam-dunk. We ...read more
Investing in Nanotechnology
Apr 11th, 2007 | By Penny Sleuth Contributor | Category: Technology
Generally speaking, nanotechnology refers to objects and devices measured in nanometers. That's one billionth of a meter. It's so small that nothing in everyday life compares to it.
However, researchers are busily developing applications that link enormous numbers of nano-sized particles into larger structures. This has important business implications.
The University of ...read more
