{"id":16,"date":"2008-04-03T10:26:29","date_gmt":"2008-04-03T18:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/nanotechnology\/2008\/04\/03\/the-power-of-small-nano-hits-the-big-time\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T11:02:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T16:02:31","slug":"the-power-of-small-nano-hits-the-big-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/2008\/04\/03\/the-power-of-small-nano-hits-the-big-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Small: Nano Hits the Big Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist. <\/em><\/p>\n

Or at least the small screen.\u00a0 Coming to your local PBS station this month is a three-part series on nanotechnology called The Power of Small<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0 The segments cover three facets of the much-needed social debate about nanotechnology:\u00a0 privacy issues (e.g., nano-enabled tracking devices), ethical issues (focusing on the potential to greatly extend human life expectancy), and, of course, the environmental risks and applications. <\/p>\n

I urge you to tune in.\u00a0 The series\u2019 website has a station locator<\/a> that can tell you where it\u2019s playing and when (unfortunately, each station decides whether and when to show it).\u00a0 Or you can watch the whole series in bite-sized pieces online on the series\u2019 website itself.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m telling you all this not only because I\u2019m featured in the environment segment<\/a> (along with fellow nanobloggers Andrew Maynard<\/a> and Kristen Kulinowski<\/a> and many others), but because I think the series does a fabulous job in airing the complex social, ethical, and environmental questions society needs to address \u2013 the earlier the better \u2013 in pursuing such a transformative set of technologies.<\/p>\n

The Power of Small<\/em> is the latest installment of the Fred Friendly Seminars<\/a> series.\u00a0 For you younger folks, no, Fred Friendly<\/a> is not a kids\u2019 cartoon character.\u00a0 In the 1950s, together with Edward R. Murrow, Friendly was among the first in journalism to take on Senator Joseph McCarthy and was a staunch advocate for a strong press and unfettered public access to information.\u00a0 George Clooney famously brought Friendly (and that dark era) back to life by starring as him in the excellent 2005 film, Good Night, and Good Luck<\/a> (which Clooney also directed and co-wrote).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist. Or at least the small screen.\u00a0 Coming to your local PBS station this month is a three-part series on nanotechnology called The Power of Small.\u00a0 The segments cover three facets of the much-needed social debate about nanotechnology:\u00a0 privacy issues (e.g., nano-enabled tracking devices), ethical issues (focusing on the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56087],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nanotechnology"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t