NanoDays
NanoDays is a nationwide festival of educational programs about nanoscale science and engineering and its potential impact on the future.
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An introduction to nanotechnology developed by National Nanotechnology Initiative
Dr. Ainissa Ramirez discusses how a layer of carbon that is one atom thick, called graphene, will revolutionize our lives.
Narrated by Stephen Fry, this film explores the strange world of nanoscience.
A short 3-minute film to aid in the discussion of the societal and ethical implication of nanotechnology.
It turns out that we are nanosensors - our noses actually sense molecules. Explore how our sense of smell works!
Examine how nanoscale science and technology are applied to create clothes that are stain resistant using nature as inspiration.
Find out how to make your own ice cream topping that requires a scientist (namely, you) to create it and how it relates to nanotechnology!
This video introduces the scientists, tools, and equipment found in clean rooms, a special kind of lab used to do nanoscale research. (3:26 minutes)
What is a nanometer? What things are measured in nanometers? Is a red blood cell bigger or smaller than a bacteria? This video takes you on an adventure of scale from the macrosize to the microsize to the nanosize! (2:52 minutes)
Variety of fun, educational videos about nanotechnology produced by the Museum of Science, Boston
Andrew Maynard of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies provides an introductory guide to nanotechnology
Fred Friendly Seminar television series and online forum explores the ethical issues surrounding the applications of Nanotechnology
What could a stadium-sized bowl of peanuts, a shrinking elephant, and a crazed hockey player have to do with nanoscience? 27 minute Video produced by University of California San Diego
Online tv episodes, interviews with nano scientists, online games, and activities to try at home
Many people wonder: what is nanotechnology, really? Guests Skip Rung of ONAMI, and George Kimbrell with the Center for Technology Assessment, help enhance understanding.
TSix episode podcast series focused on exciting research and applications in nanotechnology created by the Woodrow Wilson Center's Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN)
Audio Description (AD) digital files for the Nano mini-exhibition, intended for visitors who are blind or have low vision
A look at nanotech fact and fiction, and the potential links between the two (August 11, 2000)
A talk with the developers of flexible sheets of 'nanoantennas' that could aid in getting energy from solar energy or from other heat sources (August 22, 2008)
A look at the future of nanotechnology, icluding the promise of nanomedicine and the care and handling of nanotech when it comes to potential health and environmental effects (June 15, 2007)
A talk with one of the chemists who discovered buckyballs, Nobel prize-winner Harry Kroto (March 20, 2009)
Host Ira Flatow spends focuses on various nano topics. Recent developments and directions for research in the fields of nanomaterials and nanotechnology. How do you take pictures of objects that are too small to photograph? Buckyballs and buckypaper.
SmallTalk is a 5 part podcast series chatting about nanotechnology with leading scientists, thinkers, artists, writers, and visionaries produced by the Exploratorium
The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry’s podcast answers questions about nanotechnology, including: what is it, what can it be used for, can it build a space elevator, and what is gray goo (NanoDays episode, 4/4/08)
Variety of 90-second radio mini-documentaries on nano for distributed to radio stations nationwide
Take the nano challenge! Find 42 everyday products containing nanomaterials or being enhanced by nanotechnology.
Interactive online journey into the world of nanoscale (in German, English, French, and Spanish)
Like electricity, automobiles, and computers, nanotechnology may change our economy and our jobs, our air and our water, our play and even our relationships, developed by the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University (CNS-ASU)
An inventory of nanotechnology-based consumer products currently on the market developed by the Woodrow Wilson Center. (iPhone app mobile version)
A place to learn about nano products and debate societal and ethical issues produced by the United Kingdom’s Responsible Nano Forum
Explore the colors and thickness of soap bubbles, developed by Japan's National Institute for Materials Science