Yesterday Dr. Zvi Yaniv spoke at The Austin Technology Council Power Lunch focused on Nanotechnology and creativity and their economical and societal implications. Dr. Zvi Yaniv is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. and the President and Chief Executive Officer of Applied Nanotech, Inc.
His presentation was based on the fact that we stand in the midst of a significant convergence of technological innovation and creativity. We have entered a conceptual age where creative forces are producing new business and technologies, most remarkably in nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is deemed the human race's greatest scientific achievement yet, completely changing every aspect of the way we live.
In the 21st century, nanotechnology will replace natural sciences taking us from the industrial age into the nanotechnical age where there is virtually no limit to the shape and size of the objects and devices that can be made. Examining the molecular world is much like experiencing any other physical art form. There is a relationship of size, shape, strength, force, and motion. Just as artists create meaningful new forms, so do nanotechnologists – both revealing a new world of the profound and the unexpected.
The new economy’s demand for creativity has manifested itself in the emergence of what Richard Florida has termed “the creative class”. Using a broad definition of the term, the Creative Class is anyone whose work function is to produce new ideas, new technology, and / or new creative content. (1) Nanotechnology is becoming the world’s freshest expression of human creativity. The presentation showed how this symbiotic relationship between nanotechnology and creativity was used and validated in redefining successfully a leading technology company such as Applied Nanotech, Inc. For more information on Dr. Zvi Yaniv’s presentation, visit www.austintechnologycouncil.org
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
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