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Nanotechnology:Nanotechnology:
Get REAL!Get REAL!
Mike Treder, Executive Director
Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
www.CRNano.org
Mike Treder, Executive Director
Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
www.CRNano.org
1) Nanoscale technology Big machines making
small products
1) Nanoscale technology Big machines making
small products
2) Molecular manufacturing
Small machines making big products
2) Molecular manufacturing
Small machines making big products
What is REAL nanotechnology?What is REAL nanotechnology?
1) Nanoscale technology Incremental advances Familiar problems
1) Nanoscale technology Incremental advances Familiar problems
2) Molecular manufacturing Revolutionary advances Unfamiliar problems
2) Molecular manufacturing Revolutionary advances Unfamiliar problems
What is REAL nanotechnology?What is REAL nanotechnology?
What is REAL nanotechnology?What is REAL nanotechnology?
Not just new products —
Not just new products —
A new means of production!
A new means of production!
The NanofactoryThe Nanofactory
Images by John Burch, Lizard Fire Studios
Lifesaving medical Lifesaving medical robotsrobots
ANANDD
Untraceable weapons of Untraceable weapons of mass mass destructiondestruction
Networked computers Networked computers for everyone in the for everyone in the
worldworld
ANANDD
Networked cameras so Networked cameras so governments can watch governments can watch our every our every
movemove
Trillions of dollars of Trillions of dollars of abundanceabundance
ANANDD
A vicious scramble to A vicious scramble to own own
everythingeverything
Rapid invention of Rapid invention of wondrous productswondrous products
ANANDD
Weapons development Weapons development fast enough to fast enough to
destabilize any arms destabilize any arms racerace
What could nanofactories make?What could nanofactories make?
The REAL Risks We FaceThe REAL Risks We Face
• Economic disruption
• Environmental damage
• Unstable arms races
• WMD proliferation
• War
• Terrorism
• Universal surveillance
• No privacy
• World dictatorship
• Intellectual property violation
• Black markets
• Smuggling
Ultimate test for the
“Throw-away Society”?
Ultimate test for the
“Throw-away Society”?
Nano PollutionNano Pollution
SurveillanceSurveillance
Lack of PrivacyLack of Privacy
Easy to build
Hard to monitor
Easy to deliver
Obsolete almost immediately
Programmable and controllable
Nano WeaponsNano Weapons
WMD ProliferationWMD Proliferation
TerrorismTerrorism
Arms RaceArms Race
WarWar
We need real solutions… We need real solutions…
And we need them now.And we need them now.
Many DangersMany Dangers
Unstable Arms Race Totalitarianism Intrusive Surveillance Criminal or Terrorist Use Economic Disruption Social Chaos Black Market Environmental
Damage
And More...
Unstable Arms Race Totalitarianism Intrusive Surveillance Criminal or Terrorist Use Economic Disruption Social Chaos Black Market Environmental
Damage
And More...
!
Surveillance & Privacy
Information Technology
Ecological Remediation
Arms Control & Geopolitics
Sustainable Development
Social JusticeIntellectual
Property
Policing & Criminology
Business & Trade Medical Ethics &
Research
Implications for:Implications for:
Constraints on Solutions
Constraints on Solutions
• Must satisfy three classes of groups:Government (Guardian)Business (Commercial)Open Source (Information)
• Single solutions won’t work
• A patchwork will only make things worse
• Must satisfy three classes of groups:Government (Guardian)Business (Commercial)Open Source (Information)
• Single solutions won’t work
• A patchwork will only make things worse
http://CRNano.org/systems.htm
Solution OptionsSolution Options
• Single development program appears safest
• Early development appears best
• International cooperation is desirable
• Single development program appears safest
• Early development appears best
• International cooperation is desirable
When?When?
Brookhaven National Laboratory
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Idaho National Laboratory
Battelle – Foresight Roadmap Initiative
Technology Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems
Battelle – Foresight Roadmap Initiative
Technology Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems
We may know the answer soon…
CRN Policy and Implications Task Force
For Advanced Nanotechnology
CRN Policy and Implications Task Force
For Advanced Nanotechnology Study implications
Evaluate policy options Consider all stakeholders Seek integrated, comprehensive
solutions Publish recommendations Promote proposals with relevant
groups
Study implications Evaluate policy options Consider all stakeholders Seek integrated, comprehensive
solutions Publish recommendations Promote proposals with relevant
groups
For more information: For more information:
www.CRNano.org
Mike Treder — Executive Director Center for Responsible
Nanotechnology
www.CRNano.org
Mike Treder — Executive Director Center for Responsible
Nanotechnology
