Category Archives: Nanotech

DNA Origami and lithography

By Deepak Singh | Published: August 19, 2009

Artificial DNA nanostructures1, 2 show promise for the organization of functional materials3, 4 to create nanoelectronic5 or nano-optical devices. DNA origami, in which a long single strand of DNA is folded into a shape using shorter 'staple strands'6, can display 6-nm-resolution patterns of binding sites, in principle allowing complex arrangements of carbon nanotubes, silicon nanowires, [...]

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More Singularity madness

By Deepak Singh | Published: February 16, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Ray Kurzweil has officially lost it. I have never been a fan of the Singularity, but reading what he had to say in a recent post by Nick Carr just makes me shake my head. In the post, Carr references a Rolling Stone arcticle (not online, which is ironic) that talks about [...]

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Link clearinghouse Dec 4, 2008

By Deepak Singh | Published: December 4, 2008

Image via WikipediaA bunch of links to share. Too busy and tired to really think about blogging. Going to spend what energy I have on some Rails stuff. My good friend Damian reports that Eric Drexler is blogging. Nanotech wonks will definitely want to keep an eye on Metamodern. Freebase has a cool new base [...]

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Nano-fications

By Deepak Singh | Published: September 3, 2008

Image by St Stev via Flickr Over the last 14 years, I have flirted with nanotechnology at three different times; during my Masters in India, during the initial part of my PhD, and a couple of years ago when I was trying to figure out software solutions for nanomedicine. Each time, I have walked away [...]

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Trendspotting: Of micro-communities and software delivery

By Deepak Singh | Published: July 17, 2008

Image via WikipediaThe virtual laboratory, the stuff of dreams and increasingly reality. We’ve talked about CARMEN and similar projects in the past, efforts that enable collaboration and provide users with the a platform to deploy algorithms and services. We’ve also talked about NanoHub in the past. A press release on entitled Virtual world is sign [...]

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