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Think small to solve big problems. That, in a nutshell, is the promise of nanotechnology. In this barely visible world, batteries charge 100 times faster and drugs go straight to their targets in the body. Discover some of these nano breakthroughs and how what you can\u2019t see can help you\u2026\n\u2026or hurt you? What if tiny machines turn out to be nothing but trouble? We\u2019ll look at the health and safety risks of nanotech.\nPlus, scaling up in science fiction: why a Godzilla-sized insect is fun, but just doesn\u2019t fly.\nGuests:\n\n\nBill Flounders - executive director of the Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley\n\n\nJoseph DeSimone - professor of chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and chemical engineering at North Carolina State University\n\n\nDavid Guston - political scientist at Arizona State University where he directs The Center for Nanotechnology in Society\n\n\nStan Williams - Senior Fellow and founding director of the Information and Quantum Systems Lab at Hewlett-Packard\n\n\nMichael LaBarbera - Professor in organismal biology, anatomy and geophysical sciences, University of Chicago\n\nDescripci\xf3n en espa\xf1ol\nFirst released February 21 2011\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices