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The Nanoawareness Study is designed to answer the question What, if any, impact do NISE Net activities delivered at Tier 1 and Tier 2 institutions have on the nanoawareness of the public audiences that experience those activities? The Nanoawareness Study was initially conducted in Year 3 and then replicated in Year 4 with some methodological changes and a different sample of participants. The plan is to replicate the study in Year 5. The following report describes the Nanoawareness Study findings from Year 4 in comparison to findings from Year 3.

What is a robot, and how small can robots be? Are there robots the size of a hand? How about the size of a strand of hair? Can a robot be as tiny as a single molecule? Learn what makes a robot a robot, then step down in size and find out which robots are real and which are science fiction. This children's book may be downloaded for free from our site or purchased in hard copy at www.lulu.com or www.amazon.com

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This report is the formative evaluation for the “Computing the Future” presentation, a presentation concerned with both the history of computers and the ways in which nanotechnology is changing how computers are built and operated.

This poster features an illustration of a computer chip across ten orders of magnitude, from the computer chip to the atoms of which it is made. Using the conventions of visual perspective the image travels in one continuous “landscape” from the human scale at the top to the atomic scale in the foreground. The illustration is also available without annotation as an image, banner, or poster, and also appears on the "Everything is Made of Atoms" Poster with other parallel zooms into the human bloodstream and butterfly wing.

Cued interviews took place with 119 visitors on Thursday, July 20, 2006 at the Science Museum of Minnesota during the NISE Exhibits and Programs Workshop. Visitors were recruited to come into Discovery Hall, try out one of the 12 NISE exhibit prototypes, and provide their feedback.

Cued interviews took place with 119 visitors on Thursday, July 20, 2006 at the Science Museum of Minnesota during the NISE Exhibits and Programs Workshop. Visitors were recruited to come into Discovery Hall, try out one of the 12 NISE exhibit prototypes, and provide their feedback.

This illustration shows a computer chip across ten orders of magnitude, from the computer chip to the atoms of which it is made.

Vast scale differences are usually shown through separate images (e.g., the Eames’ Powers of Ten). This illustration employs the artistic convention of perspective—typically used by landscape painters—to show multiple scales in one frame.

This image travels from the visible scale (a laptop computer) at top to the atomic scale (silicon atoms) in the foreground. Placing objects from the computer in one frame clarifies connections between components, highlighting the system’s reliance on structures at very different scales.

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Artwork (including colors) for the Feel Nano! magnets used in the program, Exploring Tools - SPM. They make a great giveaway.

Powerpoint presentation for the Shrinking Robots! program