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| 1994-01. Apr 94 Vol 244 Iss 4. A Home to Suit Everyone. Popular Science.P. 48. | designer Charles Owen at Illinois Institute of Technology | only speculation | "Walls would contain special honeycomb-like layers that, upon request, would reshape to pipe accessible drinking water into rooms. Wall tiles would switch patterns at the touch of a button. And a simple tug would stretch tabletops into new shapes." (33) | no evidence to back it up, only speculation | household items and appliances | Speculative ideas that nanotechnology is supposed to create |
| 1994-02. Achenbach, J. 5/29/94. Wire me up, Scotty. We have seen the future, but we still can't tell you what it means. The Washington Post. P. W10
| Author conducted a research of the future technological advances and their implications and affects on our lives. ARPA, Pentagon, Military Industrial Complex- Futuristic Gadgets Division, Stephen Squires- Commander of the Enterprise, Greg Simon, President Clinton, George Mason University, Professor of Public Affairs Huge Heclo, Vice President Gore, John Battelle, Howard Rheingold, Steve Krause, Oracle Corp., Dave Lockton, Xerox PARC | Compared to the changes the techno-logical advances had on society in the past, such as the telephone and TV. Researched the potential changes the future technology can bring to the people through interviews and observations. | New technological innovations coming out before we are ready for them, replacing the existing ones, in such a speed that people cannot adopt to it yet. DVD players are out before people have learned how to record one TV show while watching another one on their VCRs
| Technological changes and their affects on society | Social implications / aspects of nanotechnology | Final interpretation whether the technology is good or not to the reader, guiding them with the series of questions to lead them towards their own process of thinking |
| 1994-03. Ehrman, M. 6/9/1994. Character Sketches Computer Users are Depeloping an Art Form All their Own. LA. P. 1 | Steven Sullivan, computer programmer Mike Jittlov - independent filmmaker, Rob Harley-computer science | N/A | nanotech compared to ASCII art work | N/A | ASCII, computer programming | negative - "Harley sees the march of nanotechnology as the death knell for character-based creativity." (1) |
| 1994-04. Van, J. 7/3/94. Hearbreak Relief Vitamin D Found Effective in Treating Psoriasis. CT. p 2. | Purdue University, Dor Ben-Amotz, a chemistry professor at Purdue | "These devices, known as molecular optical probes, use molecules as microscopic spies that relay information about their environment through the light they emit." (2) - Dor Ben-Amotz | "to monitor the properties of lubricating oil between ball bearings, and they say the process could be used to monitor tiny circuit elements in computer chips and activity within living cells." (2) | "molecules of dye injected into liquid and then illuminated with visible light are working as spies for scientists who want to measure such things as temperature in spaces smaller than a human hair." (2) | manufacturing, medicine | ideas are being developed into tools for nanotechnology |