The Investor's Guide to Nanotechnology & Micromachines Hardcover - 2002 - 1st Edition

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From the rear cover

If you see gold in the future of nanotechnology, you're right. Before you start investing, however, you had better be able to distinguish science fiction and fantasy from promising research with real potential. Exciting as it is, nanotechnology research has yet to produce a single viable commercial product, and any investor who wants to pick a winner needs to know where to look for opportunities and how to recognize the promising ones.

The Investor's Guide to Nanotechnology and Micromachines provides the map investors need to explore an investment landscape that is not yet fully established. It takes a clear-eyed look at current nanotechnology research being conducted in government laboratories, universities, and corporate R&D programs, and it shows investors where to find existing opportunities and how to look for and recognize emerging opportunities.

The key factor in successful nanotech investment is the ability to spot the billion-dollar opportunity amid a sea of exciting but fundamentally worthless projects. This practical guide explains the core technology issues that investors must understand in order to evaluate emerging opportunities in six key technology areas: power systems, locomotion systems, control systems, sensor systems, actuator systems, and disposal systems. It also reveals the most promising areas of application for nanotechnology, including medicine and health, aerospace, materials science, the military, and more.

Supplemented with numerous profiles of government, university, and company programs and of other institutions that perform, support, and regulate nanotech research, The Investor's Guide to Nanotechnology and Micromachines is a unique and indispensable resource for serious investors who want to avoid unnecessary risk and optimize their return on nanotechnology investments.

From the jacket flap

If you see gold in the future of nanotechnology, you're right. Before you start investing, however, you had better be able to distinguish science fiction and fantasy from promising research with real potential. Exciting as it is, nanotechnology research has yet to produce a single viable commercial product, and any investor who wants to pick a winner needs to know where to look for opportunities and how to recognize the promising ones.

The Investor's Guide to Nanotechnology and Micromachines provides the map investors need to explore an investment landscape that is not yet fully established. It takes a clear-eyed look at current nanotechnology research being conducted in government laboratories, universities, and corporate R&D programs, and it shows investors where to find existing opportunities and how to look for and recognize emerging opportunities.

The key factor in successful nanotech investment is the ability to spot the billion-dollar opportunity amid a sea of exciting but fundamentally worthless projects. This practical guide explains the core technology issues that investors must understand in order to evaluate emerging opportunities in six key technology areas: power systems, locomotion systems, control systems, sensor systems, actuator systems, and disposal systems. It also reveals the most promising areas of application for nanotechnology, including medicine and health, aerospace, materials science, the military, and more.

Supplemented with numerous profiles of government, university, and company programs and of other institutions that perform, support, and regulate nanotech research, The Investor's Guide to Nanotechnology and Micromachines is a unique and indispensable resource for serious investors who want to avoid unnecessary risk and optimize their return on nanotechnology investments.