INNOVATION
Re-Thinking Innovation
For the networks of scholars who study innovation to fully understand the process, they must examine innovation in a networked world.
INNOVATION
Unintended Consequences
After a decade of federal investment in nanotechnology research, we know much we weren’t expecting to learn—about innovation, environmental protection, and the social implications of emerging technologies.
NANOTECH
Big Whig History and Nano Narratives
History that only considers success stories creates a very real danger for policymakers. Telling the story of nanotechnology in all its fascinating, sometimes weird, detail makes this important technology more human and approachable.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
It’s Just Like That, Except Different
Advocates and critics of nanoscience research often compare the technology to the creation of genetically-modified organisms, yet the more apt analogy is to the space program. But there are limits to the analogies used in shaping emerging technology policy.
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