Small Business Sees Big Business in Its Future

Horizon looks bright for nanotech’s biosensor product US Nano’s newly patented nano-biosensors are ready for the final test before the company moves in the sales phase. The Sarasota-based company’s biosensors are made up of miniscule inks composed of nano-materials and…

Nanotechnology Extending Battery Life

Scientists keep them going and going and going. I’ll be you’ve been tempted to toss your smart phone or laptop across the room in frustration because the battery weakened over time and needed recharging more and more frequently. What good…

Are Nanobots Really Already Here?

The effects of rapid technological advancement I read an article on the Next Big Future about nanobots currently being used to treat a terminally ill leukemia patient.  Without the DNA nanobot treatment, the patient would only be expected to live…

Nanotechnology Speeds Up Product Development and Growth

A look into the not-too-distant future It’s no wonder Product Liability underwriters struggle with nanotechnology products and risks. Typically, product changes are relatively minor. However, when it comes to nanotechnology, changes can have life-altering impacts on the environment and the…

Nanotechnology and Product Liabilty: The Great Unknown

Back in 2008, I wrote that nanotechnology business development would probably be forced to creep at a snail’s pace. I said that because insurance carriers view nanotechnology as the next “asbestos,”  Surely that would be difficult to insure. It turns…

Insurance Carriers Have Concerns about Insuring Nanotechnology

It’s early in the game of assessing the risks The full potential of nanotechnology is yet to be seen. It’s being suppressed by insurance carriers unwilling to insure the innovative products created by using this technology. We received a call…