Link: The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : ‘We will make Bangalore home to nanotechnology’ .
Bangalore: Imagine a world, where all the information available in all the libraries in the world put together could be stored in something that is the size of your everyday sugar cube! The organisers of ‘Bangalore Nano 2007’ promise to take you a step closer to the stuff that science fiction is made up of.
(((I don't believe I've ever read a word of science fiction about Bangalore's nanotechnology, but wow, the temptation sure strikes me now. How about some "Bhopal Nanotechnology"? A sure winner for Michael Crichton!)))
‘Bangalore Nano 2007’ is organised by the State Department of Information Technology and Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) and MM Activ. The two-day conference, which is the first of its kind, aims at bridging the gap between research and industry in the field of nanotechnology. (...)
M.N. Vidyashankar, Secretary (Information Technology and Biotechnology), called nanotechnology “the first boon science”. “We will make Bangalore home to nanotechnology. This triple helix of collaboration between academia, industry and government will help nanotechnology create a revolution,” he said....
