A 6th grader smears her father’s new silk tie with ketchup, mustard and coffee, and documents the outcome using a video camera. A straightforward case of youthful mischief? Not exactly; it is a great example of a “hands-on” learning exercise in nanotechnology by Bethany Maynard and her younger brother, Alex, resulting in a short 8 minute video. Featuring interviews with Andrew Maynard, chief science advisor at the Wilson Center’s Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies and Barbara Karn an expert on “green” nanotechnology, who works at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The 20mb QuickTime video is available online here. Oh, and the tie survives unstained, courtesy of a Nano-Tex coating.
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