Understanding Nanotechnology

I came across a great website called Understanding Nanotechnology that does an excellent job explaining nanotechnology and its various applications. Check it out:

Antimicrobial Keyboard

Recent microbiology studies have found that more bacteria are on keyboards than on toilet seats. For example see:
Keyboards 'Dirtier than a toilet'
Your Keyboard: Dirtier Than a Toilet

Seal Shield has addressed this problem, by incorporating nanotechnology. For more information about their technology, see http://www.sealshield.com/silversealtechnology.htm.

Statistics from Health News Digest Article on Nanotechnology (From "Nanotechnology Forges Ahead, Despite Health and Environmental Unknowns"):

• 600 products available from stores incorporate nanotechnology.
• World Nanotechnology Market in 2007 was estimated at $50 Billion.
• Estimated 2008 sales of $150 Billion.
• National Science Foundation (NSF) predicts that the market could exceed $1 Trillion by 2015.
  

Quotes from the article:
"Upwards of 600 products on store shelves today contain them, including transparent sunscreen, lipsticks, anti-aging creams and even food products."

"Taken together, the evidence suggests considerable uncertainty about the use of nano-ingredients in consumer products. It’s just not known if they’re safe, which begs the question: Why have we gone ahead and approved them for commercial use? Indeed, we may look back at our current decade and see it, for better or worse, as a time when tiny things caused big and momentous changes in our lives. "

Source - http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Environment_380/Nano.shtml

Everyday Nanotech Inventory

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies is now over four years old and has an inventory of 807 products in their consumer nanotechnology category. Some interesting products:

• NanoBreeze Air Purifier
• 2008 FX Cruiser SHO - hulls and decks of water craft manufactured from nanotech
  
• AMD 45 nm processor
• Canola Active Oil - uses micelles