Chapter 3. Fads and Hype in Technology: The Sargasso Sea of "Some Day Soon"Peter Coffee Is nanotechnology a fad? Prospective investors, or prospective research sponsors, want to knowand it's not too early in the life cycle of the field to ask, and answer, this question. First, though, let's be a little more specific about the ways that nanotechnology might disappoint us.
It's reasonable to wonder whether the concepts that sail together under the "nanotechnology" label are heading for a new world of efficient use of energy and massor whether they're destined to circle indefinitely around a Sargasso Sea of "some day soon." |