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01/21/2006 Entry: "Top Nano Products of 2005"

Richard Gillman of Absolute Piffle posts a list of the top ten nanotech products of last year (or at least they are marketed using the nano term). He credits Dr. Debajyoti Sarangi as the author of the list, but where was it published? Anyway, the Nano iPod actually has some right to use the term: "Inside the iPod Nano are memory chips from Samsung and Toshiba. Samsung, the biggest producer of NAND and DRAM flash memory chips in the world, uses semiconductor manufacturing methods with precision below 100 nanometers. This precision, in part, is what enables the iPod Nano's 4 GB NAND flash memory."

Also on the list:

• Canola oil with 30 nanometer capsules added containing phytochemicals that lower bad cholesterol
• Chocolate chewing gum with nanoscale crystals
• Facial cream with Fullerene C-60.
• Stink-Proof Nano Socks with 19-nanometer silver particles in the fibers

(tags: nano, nanotech, AbsolutePiffle, RichardGillman, DebajyotiSarangi)

You forgot nanopants.

Posted by Jack William Bell @ 01/21/2006 01:34 PM PST