Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. wants to step up state research spending for nanotechnology by supporting a bill to create a “Coordinating Nanobio-Technology Research in Maryland Program,” which would request $5 million per year in spending.
The program would be overseen by the Maryland Technology Development Council.
According to a release from Miller’s office, “nanobiology uses nanotechnology (really small machines) in the fields of physical science, molecular engineering, biology, chemistry and biotechnology and holds considerable promise of advances in pharmaceuticals and healthcare.”
This might have some promise, notwithstanding the price tag. But if you’re scared of gray goo, a doomsday scenario where runaway nanobots reproduce beyond human control (I kind of am), maybe this article will put your mind at ease. Maybe not.
