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and funding strategies. The group's Web site includes discussions of
the problems as well as possible solutions.
Foresight Nanotech Institute. Available online. URL: http://www.
foresight.org/. Accessed May 28, 2009. Founded in 1986 and based
in Menlo Park, California, this nonprofit organization aims to pro-
mote the beneficial aspects of nanotechnology and inform the public
on the achievements and the realistic goals in this field of research.
Foresight Nanotech Institute's Web site contains many articles with
current news and basic scientific information on nanotechnology, as
well as a roadmap for future developments.
IEEE Virtual Museum. Available online. URL: http://www.ieee-virtual-
museum.org/. Accessed May 28, 2009. The Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE) maintains this Web site to provide
“virtual” (Web-based) exhibits of a variety of electrical and electron-
ic topics. Although all of the exhibits are interesting, the two that
are most relevant to this chapter are “Let's Get Small: The Shrinking
World of Microelectronics,” and “Small is Big: The Coming Nano-
technology Revolution.”
NanoKids.Availableonline.URL:http://cohesion.rice.edu/naturalsciences/
nanokids/index.cfm. Accessed May 28, 2009. NanoKids is an educa-
tional program headed by James M. Tour, a chemistry professor at Rice
University. Geared for young students, the Web site illustrates the prin-
ciples of nanoscience with clever animations and witty explanations.
National Nanotechnology Initiative. Available online. URL: http://
www.nano.gov/. Accessed May 28, 2009. The Web site for the Na-
tional Nanotechnology Initiative, formed in 2001 to coordinate
federal government funding for nanotechnology research, presents
facts and figures on nanotechnology, updated research news, discus-
sions of societal and safety issues, information on research centers,
and much more.