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Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Updates Online Inventory
The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies has updated its online inventory of consumer products that in some way or another rely on nanotechnology components or processes, and it now counts 580 items. Notably, more than 60 percent of the list is made up of "un-technological" items -- such as tennis rackets, clothing, and health products.
A variety of products that contain nanotechnology.
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There are 356 products in the health and fitness category -- the inventory's largest category -- and 66 products in the food and beverage category of the list prepared by PEN. The updated inventory includes Head® NanoTitanium Tennis Racquets, Eddie Bauer® Water Shorts with Nano-Dry® technology, Nano-In Foot Deodorant Powder/Spray, and Burt's Bees® sunscreen with "natural Titanium Dioxide mineral...micronized into a nano-sized particle."
Since the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies launched the world's first online inventory of manufacturer-identified nanotech goods in March 2006, the number of items has increased 175 percent--from 220 to 580 products. There are 356 products in the health and fitness category--the inventory's largest category--and 66 products in the food and beverage category. One of the largest subcategories is cosmetics with 89 products. All are available in shopping malls or over the Internet. The list includes merchandise from such well-known brands as Samsung, Chanel, Black & Decker, Wilson, L.L. Bean, Lancome and L'Oreal.
The nanomaterial of choice appears to be silver--which manufacturers claim is in 139 products or nearly 25 percent of inventory--far outstripping carbon, gold, or silica.
"The use of nanotechnology and nanomaterials in consumer products and industrial applications is growing rapidly, and the products listed in the inventory are just the tip of the iceberg," said Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies science advisor Andrew Maynard. "How consumers respond to these early products--in food, electronics, health care, clothing and cars--will be a bellwether for broader market acceptance of nanotechnologies in the future. This is especially true given that the Project's recent poll shows seventy percent of the public still knows little or nothing about the technology."
Browse or Search PEN's online nanotechnology list here.
There are 356 products in the health and fitness category -- the inventory's largest category -- and 66 products in the food and beverage category of the list prepared by PEN. The updated inventory includes Head® NanoTitanium Tennis Racquets, Eddie Bauer® Water Shorts with Nano-Dry® technology, Nano-In Foot Deodorant Powder/Spray, and Burt's Bees® sunscreen with "natural Titanium Dioxide mineral...micronized into a nano-sized particle."
Since the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies launched the world's first online inventory of manufacturer-identified nanotech goods in March 2006, the number of items has increased 175 percent--from 220 to 580 products. There are 356 products in the health and fitness category--the inventory's largest category--and 66 products in the food and beverage category. One of the largest subcategories is cosmetics with 89 products. All are available in shopping malls or over the Internet. The list includes merchandise from such well-known brands as Samsung, Chanel, Black & Decker, Wilson, L.L. Bean, Lancome and L'Oreal.
The nanomaterial of choice appears to be silver--which manufacturers claim is in 139 products or nearly 25 percent of inventory--far outstripping carbon, gold, or silica.
"The use of nanotechnology and nanomaterials in consumer products and industrial applications is growing rapidly, and the products listed in the inventory are just the tip of the iceberg," said Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies science advisor Andrew Maynard. "How consumers respond to these early products--in food, electronics, health care, clothing and cars--will be a bellwether for broader market acceptance of nanotechnologies in the future. This is especially true given that the Project's recent poll shows seventy percent of the public still knows little or nothing about the technology."
Browse or Search PEN's online nanotechnology list here.