Society, policy, and economics

Museum visitors are contestants in a game show that encourages them to learn more about nanotechnology. The three rounds included here cover an introduction to nanotechnology; provide information on nanoparticle solar cells; and express the concerns people have for nanotechnology. New rounds of information can be plugged in as needed. The show is also designed to work with other hot topics, such as .....(genetically modified food, perhaps.) Other museums have used the title Wheel of Nanoscience.

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Be a part of the buzz! See what’s new with nano. NanoBuzz is a web-based kiosk featuring exhibit-ready access to current nanoscale science, technology and engineering and emerging research in the news. Discuss issues, ask questions, take a poll, meet scientists, and post your own stories, images, questions and comments. NanoBuzz requires a web connection to automatically update the station with current nano news and to allow visitors to send emails from the kiosk.

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Visitors "travel through time" with a host playing several characters: from the Future, 1900, 1945 and 1999. Visitors answer questions in a quiz about other people's predictions of future technology, and then are invited to make their own predictions.

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This report presents the preliminary findings of a data set of 87 visitors from Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Museum of Science-Boston, Exploratorium, Science Museum of Minnesota, and North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, interviewed in order to learn their reaction to the advertisement for the upcoming Forum on Nanotechnology.  Read more

A set of videos capturing thoughts and voices on various subjects from members of the NISE Net community. To see these videos, please visit our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EB533D1C4BDD4F16">YouTube playlist</a>.

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This 2009 summative evaluation of nanotechnology news segments produced by the Museum of Science utilized a post-only, double-blind, randomly-assigned treatment and control group experiment methodology.  Read more

This 2008 summative evaluation is a one-group pretest-posttest design, looking at the impact of the Nanotechnology in Health Care Forum model implemented at three NISE Net museums.  Read more

This document contains a compilation of projects through 2005 that attempt to communicate nanoscale issues to the general public, including children.  Read more