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| Howard Lovy |
 Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2003 8:45 pm |
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[ NOTE: Please restrict any followups to the nanotechnical issues,
not the highly hypergolic geo-political issues... -- /gdp ]
The International Herald Tribune is noting Israel's new emphasis on
nanotechnology not only as a tool of economic recovery, but also of
"national importance." I'd probably change that wording to "national
survival."
The paper mentions Israel's focus on nanotech for water desalination.
Despite the media's almost-complete focus on the religious and
nationalist struggles in the Mideast, the Israeli-Arab conflict is also
about competition over scarce natural resources such as fresh water.
I'm under no illusions that nanotech could create a true oasis of peace
in the Middle East, but it could not hurt for this little-publicized
element of the conflict to go away. (My credentials: In a previous
journalism incarnation, I was managing editor for JTA, a Jewish news
service that covered, among other things, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.)
For the complete commentary, see Howard Lovy's Nanobot.
http://nanobot.blogspot.com/2003_09_28_nanobot_archive.html#106483972637510614 |
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