Nanocor , a subsidiary of Illinois-based AMCOL International , is the leading producer of nano-composite plastics.
Commercially manufacturing this kind of nano-hardware data storage still remains years, if not decades, away.
Other projects included a method for detecting toxins in water using glowing bacteria and studying the effect of nano particles on other bulk particles.
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Nano-composite plastics are going to be a major component of nano-enhanced food packaging, and Nanocor has more than 40 issued patents in its intellectual property portfolio, primarily regarding the creation of nanoclays and nanomer surface treatments.
The Swach's cartridge, a key component of the system, resembles Edison's electric bulb and is made up of a composite of rice-husk ash (a highly porous material derived out of paddy husk) and fine particles of nano-silver, which inhibits bacteria growth.
Essentially, the process forms "trillions of holes to create insulating vacuums around the miles of nano-scale wires packed next to each other inside each computer chip, " which should aid electrical current in flowing around 35-percent faster while it eats up about 15-percent less energy.
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The electronic nose is an array of nano-scale gas sensors--the maximized surface area of the nano-particles allows the most gas to pass over them--along with pattern recognition technology that can create a digital fingerprint (or noseprint, as the case may be) of specific smells.
Researchers have already become much better at understanding how the structure of new nano-engineered materials will behave, although the process remains largely one of trial and error because different samples have to be repeatedly manufactured and tested.
Given the presumed popularity of the quick-healing bandages, the team is continuing to work on other "nanofiber products" in their spare time, hoping that the mending aid is just the beginning of a long line of sweet nano-based products to come.
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It has a build somewhere in-between the plastic-ish Voodoo Envy 133 and the rock-solid ThinkPad X300, though probably closer to the latter, and the sheen of Silver Nano Technology on the technology saves us from bacteria but adds a slightly cheap flavor to the keyboard.
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Consider the example of the Nano car developed by TATA motors which required multiple innovations in technology as well as cross-functional teams working on different engineering disciplines to come together to solve complex issues and provide solutions while at the same time meeting the targeted price point.
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We're not exactly sure what makes these virus transistors so special, but apparently the transistors they've built out of the nano-coated strands, and sandwiched between two electrodes, are easy to switch between ON and OFF states, since they don't need to build up a charge at a lame-o capacitor before they can be switched.
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"These results open the potential for visibly transparent polymer solar cells as add-on components of portable electronics, smart windows and building-integrated photovoltaics and in other applications, " said study leader Yang Yang, a UCLA professor of materials science and engineering, who also is director of the Nano Renewable Energy Center at California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI).
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Finally, with the advent of Siri, an iPhone-connected nano could bring retrieve bits of helpful info that could be formatted for the nano's 240 X 240 display or, of course, spoken back through the headphones.
While there has always been a role for things mini - especially in technology where the concept is defined in terms of micro and nano - marketers and consumers alike have increasingly accelerated adoption of the trend.
To ensure the availability of credit for Nano buyers, Tata Motors has tied up with the State Bank of India, the country's largest bank.
So, in order to go deeper and get a more close-up view of the larvae's internals, the team's currently exploring new methods of fabricating these "nano-suits" using an array of chemicals.
The filter feeder fish at the bottom of the food chain then ingest these nano-particles of plastic.
Higher frequency spectrum is the winner in this battle when combined with lots of pico and nano cell sites.
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The architects worked with Pureti, a green-tech manufacturer (and winner of a 2011 "What's New" award from Popular Science), to develop a spray version of a titanium nano particle that, when activated by sunlight, oxidizes airborne particulates and converts them into water vapor and trace amounts of carbon dioxide.
It's mildly convincing and sites are starting to pick it up -- the story goes some dude grabbed these pics from a Photoshop template his friend was working on and then posted it to Flickr, a scenario reminiscent of those iPod nano phatty shots that turned out to be real.
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Next, the AI folks mention that the iPod nano is set for end-of-life on September 16th, the date which also marks the end of Apple's iPod nano back-to-school giveaway.
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Of course, for this incredible price the Nano is bound to have compromises but the brilliance of this car lies in the way Tata has finely judged exactly what Nano buyers expect and what they don't.
Nano bar codes are the molecular versions of traditional bar codes--metal nano-particles that have specific, recognizable chemical fingerprints that can be read by a machine, perhaps a UV lamp or optical microscope.
The results are published in the April issue of the journal ACS Nano.
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The only way to put the handful of bags in the Nano's "boot" is by flipping the rear seats forward.
If the old prof were still alive, I suspect he would be on the board of one or two nano startups.
Following that tradition, the brainiacs over at the University of Reading have developed a new nano-material electrode coating based on the cellular structure of plants.
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The device, which is about the size of an Apple iPod Nano or a square-shaped matchbox, can be attached to a strap and worn on the wrist or the upper arm.
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