NanoForm

Looking for how plants are used on nano scale (seems as if one can use plants for the synthesis of nano-scale metals) and fell upon these sites which have someboth visual and text explanatory basics around nanotechnology. Maybe a good refresher towards the coming workshop, those of you coming and not so familiar with the facts, this might help.

http://www.nanopaprika.eu/group/nanoslideshowsontheinternet

http://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology/introduction/introduction_to_nanotechnology_1.html

From a collaborative work by media artist VictoriaVesna and nano researcher James Gimzewski.

http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/sidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2971&Artikel=2080496

Chalmers

I was leafing through IVA-aktuellt and happened to see a short article about a project that is planned to probe the negative effects of nano-particles. The project, named nano-Sphere, is supported by Formas and based at Chalmers and Göteborgs University.

NanoSphere: Centre for interaction and risk studies in Nano-Bio-Geo-Sociotechno-sphere interfaces - leds av Martin Hassellöv, forskare vid institutionen för kemi vid Göteborgs universitet. Målet med projektet är att få till stånd bättre riskbedömningar vid tillämpningar av nanoteknik.

More information can be found at  http://chalmersnyheter.chalmers.se/Article.jsp?article=14067

Dear all (sorry, for NanoForm project members only!)

Call for NanoFormgiving workshop nr.2 October 31st- November 1st led by Arijana and Björn. The aim of this workshop is to develop 2-3 creative projects dealing with nanostructures. These will be realized under the coming year with a final presentation in Apr-May 2010.

Please take some time to look through our website and blog before the workshop to update yourself.

http://web.me.com/koler/NanoFormGiving/home.html

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Ulrika will also send a link to the Albanova workshop films.

Please reply to this email before October 13th to let us know you received this mail and that you are coming so we can order materials, food and plan the groups. Since all activities in this workshop will define and drive the projects in this second phase (09-10) it is important that as many people as possible can come and stay the two full days!

Warm Welcome!

Arijana, Björn, Cheryl and Ulrika