An electron microscope company, Aspex, is advertising that they'll scan a sample you send in, for free, and post the image on their website for you.
Here's the page with the signup form: "Send Us Your Sample."
While browsing their site, I notice that they have a desktop SEM (scanning electron microscope), about the size of a laser printer. It only goes down to 100 nanometers (several hundred times the size of an atom) but still, that's small enough to count as nanotech.
and your point is?
Posted by: flashgordon | March 09, 2010 at 11:11 AM
SEM images are cool. They used to cost a lot of money. Now people can get these images for free. Any science teacher could have their class send in samples...
SEMs used to be hugely expensive and require highly trained technicians. Now, apparently, this is changing.
In short, nanotech is advancing and becoming more accessible.
Chris
Posted by: Chris Phoenix, CRN | March 09, 2010 at 01:51 PM