How much money is the U.S. government spending on nanotechnology research?
What about foreign Governments? Approximately 1/2 billion dollars per year. Foreign governments are spending equivalent amounts. Corporate research is probably on the order of 1/4 billion on a global basis. However, keep in mind that MOST of the “nanotechnology” research is actually directed at MEMS. Question 5: Do you believe in the concept of full-blown Drexlerian Molecular Nanotechnology? If so, when do you anticipate it will happen? Absolutely not. I anticipate that Drexlerian concepts will evolve into real concepts. Drexler serves the evangelism role in promoting concepts which are ultimately funded. On the other hand, probably very little of what Drexler has proposed will find any basis in reality. The things he didn’t think of, the really strange and wonderful stuff, will come forward as the technology evolves. Question 6: Do you think that molecular nanotechnology techniques will ever be used to create bulk commodities? If so, how will this happen? No. The principle of replicat
