Hockenberry speaks on ‘power of small’
"The ability to use nanotechnology to change processes of producing food opens up a whole new territory," said John Hockenberry. (Credit: flydime. Some rights reserved.)
John Hockenberry: The ability to monitor inside the body in real time using nanotechnology sensors, the ability to use nanotechnology to change processes of producing food items, I think opens up a whole new territory.
That’s John Hockenberry, host of a new Fred Friendly Seminars series called Nanotechnology: the Power of Small- airing on public television in 2008. We asked his opinion on what people should know about nanotechnology.
John Hockenberry: I think probably the most important thing that they should know is that it’s coming. In some places it’s already here. The science is so far out ahead of the public’s understanding that the potential for creating more problems than are solved, or manipulating things too quickly becomes a very very difficult temptation to resist.
But Hockenberry is hopeful that people won’t fear the technology – that their take on it might change as they investigate, listen, and learn more.
John Hockenberry: I think knowledge is really power here.
In 2007, over $60 billion of nano products were sold – with $3 trillion estimated by 2014. John Hockenberry’s new show is called The Takeaway from WNYC in New York. Watch Nanotechnology: the Power of Small on public television in 2008. Or visit powerofsmall.org.
This podcast was produced in cooperation with ICAN Productions and the Fred Friendly Seminars, with funding from the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation
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