A group of local residents Thursday presented state legislators with a report calling for caution in the development of nanotechnology.
The emerging field of nanotechnology is based on the manipulation of materials that can be as small as atoms, and is expected to have a profound impact on the nation’s economy in the years to come.
The report, which was sponsored by UW-Madison with help from the Center for Democratic Action in McFarland, sought to give ordinary citizens a chance to consider the promises and perils of technologies that will have a major effect on their lives.