# Nanotechnology thread

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**Created:** [April 15, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nanotechnology-thread/46870 "2008-04-15T12:25:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nanotechnology-thread/46870/23 "2008-04-16T13:46:47Z")

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> [@RedGoober4Life](#):
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> The end result is great. Edit: SOME of these companies are probably start-ups from professors that are or were employed by a university.

Want to include people who went to college too? What about grade school? Then you could say all breakthroughs only happen because of government money.

BTW, it’s not like the government isn’t funding nano-research. Billions is a pretty big number:

> **[Nanotechnology Companies Planning to Sell Shares (Published 2007)](https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/business/smallbusiness/20edge.html?n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes%20Topics%2FOrganizations%2FN%2FNational%20Science%20Foundation)**
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> Nurtured by billions of dollars in government grants and venture investments, nanotechnology companies are getting ready to go public.

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