What Is Nanotechnology, and What Should We Be Worried About?

  • Sally Dalton-Brown
Chapter

Abstract

This chapter compares issues identified in the nanoethics field in China and the EU, such as enhancement, health, environment, military usage, and privacy concerns, as well as the significance of public perception of nanotechnology. The ‘speculative’ approach, in terms of which science fiction novels’ depiction of nanotechnology issues is used as a medium for debate on nanoethics, occupies the second half of this chapter.

Keywords

Nanoethics China EU Enhancement Science fiction NELSI 
This is a preview of subscription content, log in to check access.

References

  1. Adams W, Williams L (2006) Nanotechnology demystified. McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing, BlacklickGoogle Scholar
  2. Allhoff F (2007) On the autonomy and justification of nanoethics. NanoEthics 1:185–210CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  3. Allhoff F (2009) The coming era of nanomedicine. Am J Bioeth 9(10):3–11CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  4. Allhoff F, Lin P, Weckert J, Moor J (2009) Ethics of human enhancement: 25 questions & answers. Available via US National Science Foundation. http://www.humanenhance.com/NSF_report.pdf. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  5. Allhoff F, Lin P, Moore D (2010) What is nanotechnology and why does it matter? From science to ethics. Wiley-Blackwell, ChichesterCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  6. Anderson A, Petersen A, Wilkinson C, Allan S (2009) Nanotechnology, risk and communication. Palgrave Macmillan, BasingstokeCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  7. Arnall A (2003) Future technologies, today’s choices. Available via Greenpeace Environmental Trust. http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/MultimediaFiles/Live/FullReport/5886.pdf. Accessed 20 Dec 2014
  8. Barakat N, Jiao H (2010) Proposed strategies for teaching ethics of nanotechnology. NanoEthics 4:221–228CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  9. Bawa R (2005) Will the nanomedicine patent ‘land grab’ thwart commercialization? Nanomedicine 1(4):346–350CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  10. Bawa R, Johnson S (2008) Emerging issues in nanomedicine and ethics. In: Allhoff F, Lin P (eds) Nanotechnology and society: current and emerging social and ethical issues. Springer, Dordrecht, pp 207–223Google Scholar
  11. BBC News (2007) Russia tests giant fuel-air bomb, 12 September. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6990815.stm. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  12. Belt H (2009) Playing God in Frankenstein’s footsteps: synthetic biology and the meaning of life. NanoEthics 3(3):257–268CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  13. Bennett-Woods D (2008) Nanotechnology: ethics and society. CRC Press, New YorkCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  14. Berger M (2007) Debunking the trillion dollar nanotechnology market size hype. Available via Nanowerk. http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=1792.php. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  15. Berne RW (2004) Towards the conscientious development of ethical nanotechnology. Eng Ethics 10:627–638CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  16. Berne R (2005) Nanotalk: conversations with scientists and engineers about ethics, meaning, and belief in the development of nanotechnology. Lawrence Erlbaum, MahwahCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  17. Berne R (2008) Science fiction, nano-ethics and the moral imagination. In: Fisher E, Selin C, Wetmore J (eds) The yearbook of nanotechnology in society, vol I. Springer, New York, pp 291–302Google Scholar
  18. Bostrom N (2001) Transhumanist values. http://www.nickbostrom.com/tra/values.html. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  19. Bostrom N (2007) Technological revolutions: ethics and policy in the dark. In: de S Cameron NM, Ellen Mitchell M (eds) Nanoscale: issues and perspectives for the nano century. Wiley, Hoboken, pp 129–152Google Scholar
  20. Callahan D (2000) Universalism and particularism: fighting to a draw. Hastings Centre Rep 30(1):37–44CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  21. Cao N, Li S (2010) The development of China’s nanotechnology needs allies in humanities and social sciences. Chinese Social Sciences Today, 25 September. http://sspress.cass.cn/newspaper/paper.aspx?Id=1000129. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  22. Centre for Responsible Nanotechnology (2002–2008) What is nanotechnology? http://www.crnano.org/whatis.htm. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  23. Changsorn P (2004) Firms see lower costs, more profit in nanotech. The Nation (Thailand), 22 November, p unknownGoogle Scholar
  24. Chen S (2007) Back to the future. China Daily, 30 August 2007, p 18, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2007-08/30/content_6066566.htm. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  25. Choi K (2003) Ethical issues of nanotechnology development in the Asia-Pacific region. In: Regional meeting on the ethics of science and technology. UNESCO, Bangkok, pp 327–376Google Scholar
  26. Cobb M, Macoubrie J (2004) Public perceptions about nanotechnology. J Nanoparticle Res 6:395–405CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  27. Collins JC (2007) Nanotechnology and society: a call for rational dialogue. In: de S. Cameron NM, Ellen Mitchell M (eds) Nanoscale: issues and perspectives for nano century. Wiley, Hoboken, pp 115–128Google Scholar
  28. Costandi M (2006) The ‘Nano-enhanced super soldier’. http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/07/09/the-nano-enhanced-super-soldier. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  29. Davies S, Macnaghten P (2010) Narratives of mastery and resistance: lay ethics of nanotechnology. NanoEthics 4:141–151CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  30. de S Cameron NM (2007) Towards nanoethics? In: de S Cameron NM, Ellen Mitchell M (eds) Nanoscale: issues and perspectives for nano century. Wiley, Hoboken, pp 281–294Google Scholar
  31. Decker M, Li Z (2009) Dealing with nanoparticles: a comparison between Chinese and European approaches to nanotechnology. In: Ladikas M (ed) Embedding society in science & technology policy. European and Chinese perspectives. European Commission, Brussels, pp 91–123. http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/european-and-chinese-perspectives_en.pdf . Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  32. Dillow C (2011) The first self-powering nano-device that can also transmit wireless data. Popsci, 17 June. http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-06/first-self-powering-nano-device-can-also-transmit-data-over-long-distances. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  33. Doubleday R (2007) Risk, public engagement and reflexivity: alternative framings of the public dimensions of nanotechnology. Health Risk Soc 9(2):211–227CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  34. Doyle R (1997) On beyond living: rhetorical transformations of the life sciences. Stanford University Press, StanfordGoogle Scholar
  35. Dunn J (2004) A mini revolution. http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/472/A_mini_revolution.html. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  36. Dupuy J (2007) Some pitfalls in the philosophical foundations of nanoethics. J Med Philos 32:237–261CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  37. Dupuy J (2010) The narratology of lay ethics. NanoEthics 4:153–170CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  38. Dupuy J, Grinbaum A (2006) Living with uncertainty: towards the ongoing normative assessment of nanotechnology. In: Schummer J, Baird D (eds) Nanotechnology challenges – implications for philosophy, ethics and society. World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, pp 287–314CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  39. ETC Group (2010) The big downturn? Nanogeopolitics. http://www.etcgroup.org/sites/www.etcgroup.org/files/publication/pdf_file/nano_big4web.pdf. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  40. European Commission (2004) Communication from the Commission: towards a European strategy for nanotechnology. ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/nanotechnology/docs/nano_com_en_new.pdf. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  41. Evans D (2007) Ethics, nanotechnology and health. In: Tenhave H (ed) Nanotechnologies, ethics, and politics. UNESCO, Paris, pp 125–154Google Scholar
  42. Fan C (2010) The ethical environment of nano-science. Paper presented at the 3rd international workshop on innovation and performance management, University of Kent, 1–4 July 2010Google Scholar
  43. Ferrari A (2010) Developments in the debate on nanoethics: traditional approaches and the need for new kinds of analysis. NanoEthics 4:27–52CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  44. Feynman R (1960) There’s plenty of room at the bottom. Eng Sci 23(5):22–36Google Scholar
  45. Fisher F (2005) Lessons learned from the ethical, legal & social implications program (ELSI): planning a societal implications research program for the national nanotechnology program. Technol Soc 27:321–328CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  46. Freitas R (1998–2006) Nanomedicine. Available via Foresight Institute. http://www.foresight.org/Nanomedicine/. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  47. Freitas R (2007) Personal choice in the coming era of nanomedicine. In: Lin P, Moor J, Weckert J, Allhoff F (eds) Nanoethics: the ethical and social implications of nanotechnology. Wiley, Hoboken, pp 161–172Google Scholar
  48. Gasman L (2006) Nanotechnology applications and markets. Artech House, NorwoodGoogle Scholar
  49. Goonan KA (1994) Queen city Jazz. Tom Doherty Associates, New YorkGoogle Scholar
  50. Gordijn B (2005) Nanoethics: from utopian dreams and apocalyptic nightmares. Sci Eng Ethics 11:521–533CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  51. Gorman ME, Groves JF, Shrager J, Baird D, Schummer J (2007) Societal dimensions of nanotechnology as training zone: results from a pilot project. In: Baird D, Nordmann A, Schummer J (eds) Discovering the nanoscale. Ios Press, Amsterdam, pp 63–73Google Scholar
  52. Graham E (2002) Representations of the post/human. Monsters, aliens and others in popular culture. Manchester University Press, ManchesterGoogle Scholar
  53. Grinbaum A (2011) Nanotechnological icons. NanoEthics 5(2):195–202CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  54. Grunwald A (2010) From speculative nanoethics to explorative philosophy of nanotechnology. NanoEthics 4:91–101CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  55. Hanssen L, Walhout B, van Est R (2008) Ten lessons for a nanodialogue: the Dutch debate about nanotechnology thus far. Rathenau Institute, The HagueGoogle Scholar
  56. Harmon SHE, Yen SY, Tang SM (2011) Invigorating nanoethics: recommendations for improving deliberations in Taiwan and beyond. NanoEthics 5(3):309–318CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  57. Helmut Kaiser Consultancy (2006) Nanotechnology in food and food processing worldwide, 2003–2006 – 2010–2015. http://www.hkc22.com/Nanofood.html. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  58. Hook C (2007) Nanotechnology and the future of medicine. In: Baird D, Nordmann A, Schummer J (eds) Discovering the nanoscale. Ios Press, Amsterdam, pp 337–360CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  59. Howard C (2010) Nanowhere. Lykeion Books, Kindle for AndroidGoogle Scholar
  60. Hughes J (2007) Beyond human nature: the debate over nanotechnological enhancement. In: de S Cameron NM, Ellen Mitchell M (eds) Nanoscale: issues and perspectives for nano century. Wiley, Hoboken, pp 61–70Google Scholar
  61. Hwang D (2010) Ranking the nations on nanotech. Available via Solid State Technology. http://www.electroiq.com/articles/stm/2010/08/ranking-the-nations.html. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  62. i09 (2008a) io9 talks to Kathleen Ann Goonan about Nanopunk and Jazz. Available via Nanowerk. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=4123.php. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  63. i09 (2008b) Charles Stross talks to i09 about sex, prison, and politics. http://io9.com/342235/charles-stross-talks-to-io9-about-sex-prison-and-politics. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  64. Irwin A (2001) Constructing the scientific citizen: science and democracy in the biosciences. Public Underst Sci 10:1–18CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  65. Jamison A (2009) Can nanotechnology be just? On nanotechnology and the emerging movement for global justice. NanoEthics 3:129–136CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  66. Johnson DG (2007) Ethics and technology ‘in the making’: an essay on the challenge of nanoethics. NanoEthics 1:21–30CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  67. Johnson K (2010) Advances in nanotechnology hold huge potential promise in upstream applications. Available via The American Oil & Gas Reporter. http://www.beg.utexas.edu/aec/pdf/0710_AEC_Eprint.pdf. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  68. Joseph T, Morrison M (2006) Nanoforum report: nanotechnology in agriculture and food. ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/nanotechnology/docs/nanotechnology_in_agriculture_and_food.pdf. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  69. Joy B (2000) Why the future doesn’t need us. Available via Wired. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy_pr.html. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  70. Kaebnick GE (2007) Field talk. Hastings Centre Rep 37(1):14–17CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  71. Kass L (2003) Ageless bodies, happy souls: biotechnology and the pursuit of perfection. New Atlantis 1(Spring):9–28Google Scholar
  72. Keiper A (2007) Nanoethics as a discipline? New Atlantis 16(Spring):55–67Google Scholar
  73. Kimbrell GA (2007) The potential environmental hazards of nanotechnology and the applicability of existing law. In: de S Cameron NM, Ellen Mitchell M (eds) Nanoscale: issues and perspectives for nano century. Wiley, Hoboken, pp 213–214Google Scholar
  74. Kjølberg K, Wickson F (2007) Social and ethical interactions with nano: mapping the early literature. NanoEthics 1:89–104CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  75. Koepsell D (2010) Scientists’ moral responsibility and dangerous technology R&D. Sci Eng Ethics 16(1):119–133CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  76. Kuzma J, VerHage P (2006) Nanotechnology in agriculture and food production: anticipated applications. http://www.nanotechproject.org/file_download/files/PEN4_AgFood.pdf. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  77. Lacombe D (1996) Reforming Foucault: a critique of the social control thesis. Br J Sociol 47(2):332–352CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  78. Lewenstein B (2005) What counts as a “Social and ethical issue” in nanotechnology? Hyle 11(1):5–18Google Scholar
  79. Li SH (2010) Small world, big results. Chinese Social Science News, 8 April, pp 1–2Google Scholar
  80. Li Y, Somorjai G (2010) Nanoscale advances in catalysis and energy applications. NanoLett 10(7):2289–2295CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  81. Lin P, Moor J, Weckert J (2007) Nanoscience and nanoethics: defining the disciplines. In: Allhoff F (ed) Nanoethics: the ethical and social implications of nanotechnology. Wiley, Hoboken, pp 3–16Google Scholar
  82. Liu X, Zhang P, Li X, Chen H, Dang Y, Larson C, Roco M, Wang X (2009) Trends for nanotechnology development in China, Russia, and India. J Nanoparticle Res 11(8):1845–1866CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  83. López J (2004) Bridging the gaps: science fiction in nanotechnology. Hyle 10(2):129–152. http://www.hyle.org/journal/issues/10-2/lopez.htm. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  84. Maclurcan D (2005) Nanotechnology and developing countries – Part 2: What realities? http://www.azonano.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=1429. Accessed 19 Dec 2014
  85. Marlow JR (2004) Nano. Forge Books, New YorkGoogle Scholar
  86. Mehlman MJ (2003) Wondergenes: genetic enhancement and the future of society. Indiana University Press, BloomingtonGoogle Scholar
  87. Mehta M (2002) Privacy vs. surveillance: how to avoid a nano-panoptic future. Can Chem News 54(10):31–33Google Scholar
  88. Mick J (2008) Great Buckyballs! Storing hydrogen with carbon nanostructures. http://www.dailytech.com/Great+Buckyballs++Storing+Hydrogen+with+Carbon+Nanostructures/article. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  89. Milburn C (2008) Nanovision: engineering the future. Duke University Press, DurhamGoogle Scholar
  90. Milner A (2006) Framing catastrophe. The problem of ending in dystopian fiction. In: Milner A, Ryan M, Savage R (eds) Imagining the future: Utopia and dystopia. Arena Publications, North Carlton, pp 333–356Google Scholar
  91. Mitchell ME (2007) Scientific promise: reflections on nano-hype. In: de S. Cameron NM, Mitchell M Ellen (eds) Nanoscale: issues and perspectives for nano century. Wiley, Hoboken, pp 43–60Google Scholar
  92. Mnyusiwalla A, Daar AS, Singer P (2003) Mind the gap: science and ethics in nanotechnology. Nanotechnology 14:R9–R13CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  93. Moor J, Weckert J (2004) Nanoethics: assessing the nanoscale from an ethical point of view. In: Baird D, Nordmann A, Schummer J (eds) Discovering the nanoscale. Ios Press, Amsterdam, pp 301–310Google Scholar
  94. Myskja BK (2011) Trustworthy nanotechnology: risk, engagement and responsibility. NanoEthics 5(1):49–56CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  95. Nagata L (1995) Tech-Heaven, Kindle ednGoogle Scholar
  96. Nano comes to Clifford Falls. http://escapepod.org/2006/10/12/ep075-nano-comes-to-clifford-falls/. Accessed 23 Dec 2014
  97. Nanowerk (2009) Consumer products drop nanotechnology claims for fear of consumer recoil. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=11181.php. Accessed 19 Dec 2014
  98. National Research Council (2003) Implications of Emerging Micro- and Nanotechnologies. National Academies Press, Washington, DCGoogle Scholar
  99. National Science Council (2009) National science and technology development plan (2009–2012). http://www.most.gov.tw/public/Attachment/91214167571.PDF. Accessed 19 Dec 2014
  100. Nature Nanotechnology (2007) Beware of big brother. http://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/v2/n1/full/nnano.2006.207.html. Accessed 19 Dec 2014
  101. Nielsen KN, Åm TG, Nydal R (2011) Centre and periphery of nano – a Norwegian context. NanoEthics 5(1):87–98CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  102. Niu GA (2008) Techno-orientalism, nanotechnology, posthumans, and post-posthumans in Neal Stephenson’s and Linda Nagata’s science fiction. MELUS 33(4):73–96CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  103. Nordmann A (2005) Noumenal technology: reflections on the incredible tininess. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/SPT/v8n3/nordmann.html. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  104. Nordmann A (2006) No future for nanotechnology? Historical development vs global expansion. In: Bainbridge SW, Roco MC (eds) Progress in convergence: technologies for human wellbeing. Blackwell, Boston, pp 43–66Google Scholar
  105. Nordmann A (2007) If and then: a critique of speculative nanoethics. NanoEthics 1:31–46CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  106. Nordmann A, Rip A (2009) Mind the gap revisited. Nat Nanotechnol 4:273–274CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  107. Pagliaro MP (2010) Nano-age: how nanotechnology changes our future. Wiley, WeinheimCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  108. Petersen A, Anderson A (2007) A question of balance or blind faith? Scientists’ and science policymakers: representations of the benefits and risks of nanotechnologies. NanoEthics 1(3):243–256CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  109. Pravda.Ru (2010) Enterprise of nanotechnologies opens in Russia. http://english.pravda.ru/science/tech/28-04-2010/113140-nanotechnology-0/. Accessed 19 Dec 2014
  110. Preston CJ, Sheinin MY, Sproat DJ, Swarup VP (2010) The novelty of nano and the regulatory challenge of newness. NanoEthics 4:13–26CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  111. Purra M, Richmond N (2010) Mapping emerging nanotechnology policies and regulation: the case of Taiwan. http://www.lse.ac.uk/internationalRelations/centresandunits/regulatingnanotechnologies/nanopdfs/Taiwan2010.pdf. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  112. Roache R (2008) Ethics, speculation, and values. NanoEthics 2:317–327CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  113. Robison W (2011) Nano-technology, ethics, and risks. NanoEthics 5(1):1–13CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  114. Rodgers P (2006) Nanoelectronics: single file. http://www.nature.com/nnano/reshigh/2006/0606/full/nnano.2006.5.html. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  115. Ruivenkamp M, Rip A (2011) Entanglement of imaging and imagining of nanotechnology. NanoEthics 5(2):185–193CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  116. Russell N (2010) Communicating science. Cambridge University Press, CambridgeGoogle Scholar
  117. Sametband M, Shweky I, Banin U, Mandler D, Almog J (2005) Application of nanoparticles for the enhancement of latent fingerprints. Chem Commun 12(11):1142–1144Google Scholar
  118. Savulescu J (2009) Genetic interventions and the ethics of enhancement of human beings. In: Kaplan DM (ed) Readings in the philosophy of technology. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, pp 417–430Google Scholar
  119. Sawyer RL (1999) Flashforward. Tor Books, New YorkGoogle Scholar
  120. Scheufele D, Lewenstein B (2005) The public and nanotechnology. J Nanoparticle Res 7:659–667CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  121. Schmid G, Brune H, Ernst H, Grunwald W, Grunwald A, Hoffmann H, Krug H, Janich P, Mayor M, Rathgeber W, Simon U, Vogel V, Wyrwa D (2006) Nanotechnology: assessment and perspectives, vol 27, pp 302–319Google Scholar
  122. Schummer J (2007) Identifying ethical issues of nanotechnologies. In: Tenhave H (ed) Nanotechnologies, ethics, and politics. UNESCO, Paris, pp 79–99Google Scholar
  123. Schwarz AE (2009) Green dreams of reason. Green nanotechnology between visions of excess and control. NanoEthics 3:109–118CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  124. Science Daily (2008) Nanotechnology may be used for food safety. Science Daily, 28 December. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228194854.htm. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  125. Sebag-Montefiore C (2012) Cultural exchange: Chinese science fiction’s subversive politics. Los Angeles Times, 25 March. http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/25/entertainment/la-ca-china-culture-20120325. Accessed 21 Dec 2014
  126. Selgelid MJ (2009) Dual-use codes of conduct: lessons from the life sciences. NanoEthics 3:175–183CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  127. Spagnolo AG, Daloiso V (2009) Outlining ethical issues in nanotechnologies. Bioethics 23(7):394–402CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  128. Sputnik (2009) Russia to invest $9.4 bln in nanotech projects in 2008–2015. http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090918/156174098.html . Accessed 23 Dec 2014
  129. Stanton J (2006) Nanotechnology, surveillance, and society: issues and innovations for social research. In: Roco MC, Bainbridge WS (eds) Nanotechnology: societal implications – individual perspectives. Springer, Berlin, pp 87–97Google Scholar
  130. Stephens LF (2005) News narratives about nano S&T in major U.S. and non-U.S. newspapers. Sci Commun 27(2):175–199CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  131. Stephenson N (1995) The diamond age. Penguin, LondonGoogle Scholar
  132. Storrs Hall J (2005) Nanofuture: what’s next for nanotechnology. Prometheus, New YorkGoogle Scholar
  133. Stross C (2005) Accelerando. Ace, New YorkGoogle Scholar
  134. Stross C, quoted in an interview with Sirius R. When I called Charlie Stross a Dirty name.... Transhumanist. Acceler8tor (sic) (May 31 2012). At http://www.acceler8or.com/2012/05/when-i-called-charlie-stross-a-dirty-name-transhumanist/. Accessed 18 Dec 2014
  135. Swierstra T, Rip A (2009) NEST-ethics: patterns of moral argumentation about new and emerging science and technology. In: Kaplan DM (ed) Readings in the philosophy of technology. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, pp 208–227Google Scholar
  136. Swierstra T, van Est R, Boenink M (2009) Taking care of the symbolic order. How converging technologies challenge our concepts. NanoEthics 3:269–280CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  137. Swiestra T, Boenink M, van Est R (2009) Shifting boundaries. NanoEthics 3:213–216CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  138. Thacker E (2004) Biomedia. University of Minnesota Press, MinneapolisGoogle Scholar
  139. The President’s Council on Bioethics (2004) Beyond therapy: biotechnology and the pursuit of happiness. http://www.dana.org/news/cerebrum/detail.aspx?id=1286. Accessed 19 Dec 2014
  140. Toumey C (2007) Privacy in the shadow of nanotechnology. NanoEthics 1:211–222CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  141. Toumey C (2008) The literature of promises. Nat Nanotechnol 3(4):180–181. http://www.nature.com.ezp.lib.unimelb.edu.au/nnano/journal/v3/n4/full/nnano.2008.74.html. Accessed 18 Dec 2014
  142. Twist J (2004) Eco glass cleans itself with sun. BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3770353.stm. Accessed 17 Dec 2014
  143. Venkatesan P (2010) Nanoselves: NIBIC and the culture of convergence. Bull Sci Technol Soc 30(2):119–129CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  144. Wang ZL (2010) What is nanotechnology? http://www.nanoscience.gatech.edu/zlwang/research/nano.html. Accessed 18 Dec 2014
  145. Weckert J (2007) An approach to nanoethics. In: Hodge G, Bowman D, Ludlow K (eds) New global frontiers in regulation: the age of nanotechnology. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp 49–66Google Scholar
  146. Weckert J (2009) Nanoethics. In: Kyrre J, Olsen B, Andur Pedersen S, Hendricks VF (eds) A companion to the philosophy of technology. Wiley, Blackwell, pp 459–461CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  147. Wilsdon J (2004) The politics of small things: nanotechnology, risk, and uncertainty. IEEE Technol Soc Mag 23:16–21CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  148. Wolfe J (2005a) Top ten nanotech products. Forbes nanotech report, 1 December, 2005. http://www.forbes.com/2005/01/12/cz_jw_0112soapbox.html. Accessed 18 Dec 2014
  149. Wolfe J (2005b) Safer and guilt-free nano foods. Available via Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/investmentnewsletters/2005/08/09/nanotechnology-kraft-hershey-cz_jw_0810soapbox_inl.html?partner=rss. Accessed 18 Dec 2014
  150. Wood S, Geldart A, Jones R (2008) Crystallizing the nanotechnology debate. Technol Anal Strateg Manag 20(1):13–27CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  151. Ying HJ (2006) Managing the risks of nanotechnology development. Chin Sci Forum 5(September):110–113Google Scholar
  152. Zhao Y (2007–2009) Director’s note, Forefront. Annual report of IHEP Laboratory for Biomedical effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, p 3Google Scholar

Copyright information

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

Authors and Affiliations

  • Sally Dalton-Brown
    • 1
  1. 1.Trinity CollegeUniversity of MelbourneMelbourneAustralia

Personalised recommendations