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Nanotech industry front group use Indymedia to talk to angels

an angel | 15.12.2004 14:02 | Bio-technology | Indymedia | Technology | Oxford

Nanotech industry front, group Institute of Nanotechnology have taken to using the UK Indymedia Newswire in an attempt to make contact with "Angels Against Nanotechnology".

The Institute is offering the Angels the opportunity to make a presentation at the January meeting of their Advisory Group. The same invitation has been posted on the front page of the Institutes own website and has been sent to the angels email address.

What is the institute?
The role of the institute is to promote the interests of the Nanotech industry in the UK and beyond. They work closely with governments, universities, researchers and companies involved in nanotechnology and undertake work to assess, promote and expand the nanotech industry in the UK and Europe.

The institute pride themselves on their close links with industry and has worked with companies such as BP, ICI, Unilever, Syngenta, GSK, BNFL, Toshiba, Sharp and General Electric

Current corporate members of the institute include Unilever, Degussa, Lot Oriel, Sulzer, Veeco, QinetiQ, INSTM, Toshiba, Merck and ICI

Angels Against Nanotech  http://angelsagainstnanotech.blogspot.com

Indymedia postings about the recent Angels action:
press release  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/12/302565.html
photos  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/12/302576.html
video  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/12/302637.html

The origianal invitation from the Institute of Nanotechnology can be seen as comment 11 at
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/12/302576.html

an angel

Comments

Display the following 15 comments

  1. repost of original invite — an angel
  2. Reply from the Angels — Angels Against Nanotechnology
  3. Shame — Angles
  4. Angels, you are a disappointment — sceptic
  5. sceptic, you are a disappointment — don't do nuffink but stir on indymedia
  6. Obvious — not an Angel
  7. exactly what are the arguments against nano — confused
  8. Nanotech — John
  9. for confused and others — nanu nano
  10. Ironic — sceptic
  11. Luddites were great, says internet poster... — Ned
  12. Erm, no... — B
  13. nanotech cold war scenario — Peter
  14. arg — .
  15. I don't understand. — Matt B