Corporate Watch : NANOTECHNOLOGY: What it is, and how corporations are using it : 5. What products are already on the market in the UK?

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Corporate Technologies NANOTECHNOLOGY: What it is, and how corporations are using it CORPORATE TECHNOLOGIES TECHNOFIXES ID CARDS Subscribe Receive Corporate Watch News via e-mail: About Us About Corporate Watch Support our work Contacts & Links Corporate Watch c/o Freedom Press Angel Alley 84b Whitechapel High Street London, E1 7QX t: +44 (0)207 426 0005 e: contact[at]corporatewatch.org	5. What products are already on the market in the UK? home >> PROJECTS3 >> CORPORATE TECHNOLOGIES >> NANOTECHNOLOGY: What it is, and how corporations are using it >> 5. What products are already on the market in the UK? Glass: 'Activ' self cleaning glass by Pilkington Sunblock: see through sunblocks by Boots, Body Shop, Green People and others Wound dressings: Smith&Nephew; 'Anticoat' wound dressings Fuel additives: Oxonica/Cerulean International 'Envirox' fuel additive (in the process of being rolled out to the entire Stagecoach UK bus fleet) Cosmetics: L'Oreal 'Plenitude Revitalift' anti-wrinkle cream Printer paper: Kodak 'ColorLast' inkjet printer paper Clothing: Stain resistant and wrinkle resistant fabric by Nanotex used in some clothing lines by Levis, Regatta, Marks and Spencer, Eddie Bauer, GAP, Lee, and Kathmandu. Solefresh anti odour nano- silver socks from JR Nanotech Sports equipment: Carbon nanotube reinforced tennis rackets from Babolat. Tennis balls from Wilson Double Core And what's coming next? Fuel cells: NEC laptops powered by nano- tube fuel cell batteries Flat screen displays: nano-particle screens from Ntera, carbon nanotube screens from Motorola	NANOTECHNOLOGY: What it is, and how corporations are using it Introduction 1. What is Nanotechnology? 2. What are its potential applications? And why is the nano-scale interesting to corporations? 4. Which companies are involved in nanotech? 5. What products are already on the market in the UK? 6. What are the problems? Further Reading Download Nanomaterials: Undersized, Unregulated and Already Here Nanomaterials report Format: pdf Nanomaterials : Centre Spread Center spread Format: pdf Nanomaterials: Appendix Appendix Format: pdf Nanotechnology: What it is and how corporations are using it This is the first briefing from the new Corporate Watch, Corporate Technologies project. The project examines how corporations drive forward new technologies to serve the ends of increased corporate profit and power, often at the expense of democracy, quality and the enviroment. Format: PDF
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