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> > Subject: Nanotech Investor News - The Nanotech
> Boom
> > Has Started
> > Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:45:51 -0400
> > From: "Nanotech Investor News"
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>                April 8,2008
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>                     The Nanotech Boom HasStarted    
>  
>              By GS Early
> 
> 
>                                                     
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>                                   There were two
> significant stories in nano-land recently that put
> the“now” and “future” for nanotech into
> clearerfocus.
> 
> BeforeI get to those, as a prelude to the now of
> nano,
> I wanted to sharesomething I picked up on this past
> weekend. On Saturday, April 5, KCICommunications,
> Inc,
> held an investment summit for its Wealth
> Societymembers and other interested KCI subscribers.
> 
> 
> Thesefolks read my content on a regular basis, and
> many have a position ortwo in my stock picks. Their
> main comment was, “This is all veryinteresting, but
> when is it going to come tomarket?”
> 
> It’salready here. But no one knows that. I think
> many
> people are expectinga tickertape parade for the
> introduction of nanotech into our lives. Orat least
> a
> banner on a box of detergent that says, “NOW
> WITHNANOCRYSTALS!”
> 
> But it isn’t going to happen that way.It’s morelike
> the transition from carburetors on cars to fuel
> injection systems.A few people may know what’s
> happening, but most won’t care orevennotice. Such is
> the case for this “revolutionary” development.
> 
> Bearin mind that it’s not the fact that nanotech
> hits
> the marketplacelikea giant meteor; it’s the fact
> that,
> like global warming, it’sineluctable yet gradual.
> And
> that makes it less dramatic and
> lessattention-grabbing
> but just as real and just as significant. We
> simplyaren’t wired to grasp that; we’re too
> impatient,
> not forresults butfor the splash.
> 
> If you’re an investor waiting for thesplash,then
> you’ve missed most of the run. In the water world,
> things thatsplash get eaten by the top-line
> predators
> who’ve been lying inwait.So it is with investing in
> an
> emerging market or emerging technology.It’s the
> latecomers, who think they’ve been prudent and
> waiteduntil“just the right moment,” who get eaten.
> 
> Anyway, afterthat happy analogy, I want to share
> with
> you the news.
> 
> First, a Canadiantech market research firm reported
> that nanomaterial and nanoparticlepriceshave come
> down
> to levels affordable for widespread use in
> consumerproducts:
> 
> “Overthe past two years, scale up of multi-wall
> carbon
> nanotube productionhas led to a dramatic price
> decrease down to $150/kg forsemi-industrial
> applications. According to the new market
> researchreport, the run for industrial CNT
> production
> plants has started inorder to achieve a sustainable
> business with the commercialization ofthese
> high-tech
> materials with a midterm price target of$45/kg.
> 
> 
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> 
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> so
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> 
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> 
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> 
> 
> Theprices for nanoclays have also dropped slightly,
> but the question ofprice versus performance ratio is
> not yet solved. At this point, somecommercial
> nanoclay
> applications have been abandoned for cost
> reasons.Silver-based nano-additives have made a
> successful market entry (50percent of nanoproducts)
> and are now widespread in white goods,clothing and
> food applications. Further market penetration is
> forecastin the coming years, though the lack of
> standardization, regulation andthe health and safety
> aspects might impact this evolution.
> 
> Thenanotech industry is moving from research to
> production with over 500consumer nano-products
> already
> available. Though nanotechnology haslong been seen
> as
> tomorrow’s technology, developers of
> nanoproductsarefocused on today’s market
> opportunities. Some previous limitationshavebeen
> addressed thanks to improvements in the dispersion
> ofnanoparticles and the decrease in the production
> cost ofnanotubes.
> 
> Thisreport is designed to understand the market for
> nanomaterials, theplayers including the
> organizations,
> as well as the accessibility ofthe market. It
> highlights the technical functions made possible
> bynanomaterials to create our daily nanoproducts.” 
> 
> As amatterof fact, one of the big nano controversies
> making the rounds now isabout the launch of socks
> and
> bandages made with silver nanoparticlesto act as an
> antibacterial/antimicrobial agent. Some scientists
> pointout that the nanoparticles kill bacteria
> whether
> they’re beneficialordetrimental. Some scientists are
> concerned about the implications ofsilver
> nanoparticles’ efficacy relative to safety. Also,
> whathappenswhen we start disposing of these
> socks/bandages on a largescale?
> 
> Mypoint isn’t that there are substantial, unanswered
> questions aboutnanotech; that could be said of every
> industry, even established ones.My point is that we
> have nanotech socks and bandages on the storeshelves
> now. There are cosmetics, sunscreens, self-cleaning
> windows,drug delivery vehicles, batteries, tennis
> balls, bicycles, golf balls,shirts, pants, etc. And
> now this report confirms what everyone shouldknow
> already: Nanotech is here.
> 
> The second piece of news is outof the University of
> Copenhagen, where researchershave moved one step
> closerto finding a simple way to transform
> 
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