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Nano & Design
Who would have thought that design would be so important to nanotechnology? They may seem like very different disciplines, but, they actually go together hand-in-hand. The importance of design became very apparent to us when we participated in the Design Victoria business immersion pilot program earlier this year, in which we discovered that design can [...]
Filed in Biotechnology, Consumer Products, Health | 20 Dec 2007 | no comments -
NanoVic on YouTube
On Monday 7th May, 2007, at the BIO2007 conference in Boston, we launched two new ventures from NanoVic: Interstitial NanoSystems and Quintain NanoSystems. Not only was it a very exciting opportunity to launch these ventures at an international conference, but we were fortunate enough to have it announced at a press release by Premier Steve [...]
Filed in Biotechnology, Government | 28 May 2007 | 2 comments -
Swash: The Future of Dishwashing
Sustainability of water and energy resources is becoming increasingly important in this day and age. University of Technology Sydney industrial design student, Alexandra Gilmour, has recently been named as one of the Top 40 Australian Design Graduates, in Monument Magazine (March 2007, Edition 77) for her design of the “Swash” dishwasher. The Swash dishwasher is [...]
Filed in Consumer Products, The Arts, Water | 20 Feb 2007 | one comment -
Kid’s TV Embraces Nanotechnology
Last Thursday (12th October 2006) I was filmed for the children’s TV program SCOPE, for an episode on nanotechnology (for more info, read our article). This program is an excellent initiative, as it explores science in an easy-to-understand format for kids. I helped write the script with the producers, and found it quite [...]
Filed in Learning | 19 Oct 2006 | one comment