One of the oddest arguments of the molecular manufacturing community (the bunch that believe that nanofactories will lead to eternal life. personal freedom, and do away with the need for money, government, clothes and apparently, good manners or common sense) is their possessiveness of the term nanotechnology.This extract from a recent tirade is typical: By appropriating the term nanotechnology for …
The Nanotechnology Opportunity Report™ and the NanoHype Cycle
July 2001: Nanotech Makes The Cover of Red Herring Some years ago, the Gartner Group developed a concept known as the “Hype Cycle” that followed five steps and went something like this: 1. “Technology Trigger” The first phase of a Hype Cycle is the “technology trigger” or breakthrough, product launch or other event that generates significant press and interest. 2. …
Can the VC Model Handle Emerging Technologies?
While researching the new edition of the Nanotechnology Opportunity Report™ I was shocked by the amount of cash that had been poured down the drain by venture capital, almost a billion dollars over the last seven years. At the same time, I have been involved in nanotech related deals totalling close to a billion dollars in the last eighteen months, …