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Week 8 Blog This week we discovered how nanotechnology has an impact on energy, nature, food, agriculture, and electronics, as well as on almost every aspect of technology and science due to the fact that it is such a broad field. Many people don't realize that nanotechnology directly affects their personal lives and they are most likely unaware of the hundreds of products that exist as a result of nanotechnology such as in our food or clothes. https://fineartamerica.com/featured/nanotechnology-conceptual-artwork-laguna-design.html There is a group called ETC that is against nanotechnology because of the potential dangers. Some examples of products that contain nanotechnology are health supplements, soft drinks, cooking oils, and fertilizers. A specific case of health claims related to nanotechnology in a product was in a diet milkshake called "Slim Shake Chocolate" which was a health risk due to contents containing silica nano-particles. Although the...

Week 7 Blog This week we discovered how nanotechnology has an impact on energy, nature, food, agriculture, and electronics, as well as on almost every aspect of technology and science due to the fact that it is such a broad field. Many people don't realize that nanotechnology directly affects their personal lives and they are most likely unaware of the hundreds of products that exist as a result of nanotechnology such as in our food or clothes. https://fineartamerica.com/featured/nanotechnology-conceptual-artwork-laguna-design.html There is a group called ETC that is against nanotechnology because of the potential dangers. Some examples of products that contain nanotechnology are health supplements, soft drinks, cooking oils, and fertilizers. A specific case of health claims related to nanotechnology in a product was in a diet milkshake called "Slim Shake Chocolate" which was a health risk due to contents containing silica nano-particles. Although the health risk...

Week 6 Blog Many artists have been able to merge biotechnology with their art in an attempt to explore the nature of life, evolutionary understanding, and ethics. They were able to accomplish this by experimenting in laboratories with new technology.  http://www.innov8med.com/the-intersection-of-art-science-and-technology/ Unfortunately, there are many controversial consequences as a result of biotechnology and the use of  transgenics, mutilation, mutation, recombinance or selective breeding as an artistic technique.  http://www.whatisthebiotechnology.com/pages/animal_biotechnology.html When it comes to animals, there is much controversy about the ethical implications of artists meddling with genetic structures of natural systems.  Many widely know, flawed cases of biotechnology in animals have overshadowed the fact that biotechnology can genetically improve animals for agricultural and medical applications.  An example of controversia...

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