Nanotech and Society

Field of application Societal issue Dream scenario Horror scenario
Nanomaterials / industrial production Health and environment Sustainability Nanoasbestos
Nanoelectronics Privacy 'Smart' products Big brother
Nanotechnology in medical sphere Predictive medicine Early diagnostics Genetic coercion
Military technology Arms race Safe world New weapons, terrorists
General / innovation Economy Economic growth Structural unemployment

Adapted by Andrew Jamison, On Nanotechnology And Society, European Association for the Study of Science and Technology
from Rinie van Est and Ira van Keulen, "Small technology – Big Consequences: Building up the Dutch debate on nanotechnology from the bottom,"
Technikfolgen-abschätzung – Theorie und Praxis, 13:3, 72-79 (2004) .