Nov. 6, 2014 was week 3 of my course called, Nanotechnology: The Next Big Idea which is part of Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) Continuing Studies programme. At the end of this post you will find a link to my Week Three PowerPoint slides and notes of a sort.
For those who may be mildly curious, here’s a description of what was covered in the third week (from SFU’s course description webpage),
Week 3: Pop Culture Portrayals of Nanotechnology
In popular culture nanotech risks are often portrayed, for example, as a plot point in television programs and films, usually in a “goo” scenario. Nanotechnology is portrayed more positively as in the Iron Man Extremis story and in the Canadian video game Deus Ex, based on real research.
Here’s the week 3 slide deck:
Here are my ‘notes’ for yesterday’s class consisting largely of brief heads designed to remind me of the content to be found by clicking the link directly after the head.
Happy Reading!