Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
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The '''Center for Responsible Nanotechnology''' ('''CRN'''), founded in December, 2002, is a [[Non-profit organization|non-profit]] [[research]] and [[advocacy]] organization with a focus on [[Molecular nanotechnology|molecular manufacturing]] and its possible effects, both positive and negative.
CRN provides information to [[journalist]]s, business leaders, [[Public policy|policymakers]] and the general public about the [[Environmentalism|environmental]], humanitarian, economic, military, political, social, medical, and ethical implications of advanced [[nanotechnology]].
CRN is an affiliate of World Care [http://www.worldcare.org/], an international non-profit [[501(c)#501(c)(3)|501(c)(3)]] organization. As of [[2007]], CRN's Director of Research is [[Chris Phoenix (nanotechnologist)|Chris Phoenix]], and its Executive Director is [[Mike Treder]].
In August 2005, a [[task force]] [http://www.crnano.org/CTF.htm] of more than sixty [[international]] [[expert]]s from various fields was organized by CRN to develop comprehensive recommendations for the [[Public safety|safe]] and [[Responsibility|responsible]] use of nanotechnology. A series of eleven [[essay]]s [http://wise-nano.org/w/CTF-Essays] written by members of this CRN Task Force was published in March 2006 by the [[Academic journal|journal]] [http://pages.unibas.ch/colbas/ntp/ ''Nanotechnology Perceptions''].
The Center has sometimes been criticised for concentrating too heavily on the dangers posed by nanotechnology. {{Fact|date=February 2007}}
The Center for Responsible Nanotechnology maintains a [[weblog]] and a [[wiki]] (see below).
==References==
*[http://www.bioethics.umn.edu/resources/topics/nanotech.html Suggested resource] University of Minnesota.
*[http://www.chass.ncsu.edu/langure/modules/nanotechnology.html Analysis of their information provision] North Carolina State University
*[http://hum.iit.edu/NanoEthicsBank/asearch.php?row=1 Nano Ethics Database] Illinois Institute of Technology
==External links==
*[http://www.crnano.org/ Center for Responsible Nanotechnology]
*[http://wise-nano.org/w/Main_Page The Wise-Nano project (wiki)]
*[http://crnano.typepad.com/ Responsible Nanotechnology (weblog)]
*[http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=08396 ''Nanotechnology Perceptions Journal'', a new publication]
[[Category:2002 establishments]]
[[Category:Nanotechnology institutions]]
[[Category:Non-profit organizations]]
[[Category:Research institutes in the United States]]