RP Reveals 10-Year Nanotechnology Roadmap

Summary posted by Meridian on 6/17/2009
Source: Inquirer
Author: Alexander Villafania

The Philippines on Wednesday revealed its 10-year strategy to create a commercially viable industry using nanotechnology. The strategy was announced by the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Advanced Science and Technology Research and Development Council (DOST-PCASTRD), as part of an effort to bolster economic development in the country. US$1.24 million has been allocated for the first batch of projects but the amount could increase as more projects are evaluated and approved. The roadmap covers at least six industrial sectors, which include semiconductors, information technology, energy, agriculture, medicine and environmental protection, with priority areas of focus being food packaging, nanodevice fabrication, environmental sensors and treatment, corrosion resistant ceramics, water purification and in vitro diagnostics in healthcare. Dr. Fabian Dayrit, chairman of PCASTRD's Technical Panel on Nanotechnology, said "[W]e've identified several national issues that have to be addressed and these should be the main focus of nanotechnology development....We also want to spur interests among people that we have the capacity to do great things with nanotechnology." An education drive was also included as part of the 10-year plan in order to introduce students to the topic and prepare them for future involvement in nanotechnology. The article can be viewed online at the link below.

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our team contact us site map	RP Reveals 10-Year Nanotechnology Roadmap Summary posted by Meridian on 6/17/2009 Source: Inquirer Author: Alexander Villafania The Philippines on Wednesday revealed its 10-year strategy to create a commercially viable industry using nanotechnology. The strategy was announced by the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Advanced Science and Technology Research and Development Council (DOST-PCASTRD), as part of an effort to bolster economic development in the country. US$1.24 million has been allocated for the first batch of projects but the amount could increase as more projects are evaluated and approved. The roadmap covers at least six industrial sectors, which include semiconductors, information technology, energy, agriculture, medicine and environmental protection, with priority areas of focus being food packaging, nanodevice fabrication, environmental sensors and treatment, corrosion resistant ceramics, water purification and in vitro diagnostics in healthcare. Dr. Fabian Dayrit, chairman of PCASTRD's Technical Panel on Nanotechnology, said "[W]e've identified several national issues that have to be addressed and these should be the main focus of nanotechnology development....We also want to spur interests among people that we have the capacity to do great things with nanotechnology." An education drive was also included as part of the 10-year plan in order to introduce students to the topic and prepare them for future involvement in nanotechnology. The article can be viewed online at the link below. The original article may still be available at newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20090617-211004/RP-rev... As tagged by Meridian Institute: Energy: Energy Health And Medical: Devices Implications: Economic Competitiveness, Governance, Human Enhancement Materials And Manufacturing: Manufacturing Regions: East and South Asia and the Pacific Stakeholders: Academia, Industry, Government Water And Sanitation: Purification, Sensors Food And Agriculture: Packaging, Sensors, Agriculture Environment: Green Nanotechnology Related Forums: Health and Medical Materials and Manufacturing Water and Sanitation Food and Agriculture Environment Economic Competitiveness Governance print format	NDN Home Subscribe Manage Subscription Search News Archives Understanding Public Debate on Nanotechnologies: Options for Framing Public Policy -- The Innovation Society (2/8/2010) The Governance and Ethics Unit of the Directorate General for Research (DG Research) of the European Commission (EC) has published an overview paper on options for framing public policy on nanotechnologies. [More] UN Patent Filings Dropped for 1st Time Since 1978 -- ABC news (2/8/2010) The United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an entity through which a company can, for a fee, file a request for patent protection in any or all of the 142 countries that have subscribed to the U.N.'s Patent Cooperation Treaty, reported that the number of international patent filings dropped last year for the first time since 1978. [More] TECHNOLOGY: Science Panel Probes Renewable Energy's Current Use of China's Rare Metals -- Environment & Energy Daily (2/8/2010) A United States House of Representatives Science and Technology subcommittee this week will hold a hearing on rare earth mineral production and the resource's role in the growing clean energy industry. [More] Nanofood for Thought -- Nature Nanotechnology (2/5/2010) This editorial, in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, is in response to the recent report, "Nanotechnologies and Food", released in January by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, United Kingdom, that criticized the food industry for failing to be transparent about its research into the uses of nanotechnologies and nanomaterials. [More] More News... Learn how to include these headlines on your own website by clicking here. Please email us if you require text-only versions of the daily emails.