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SophomoreFodder
 
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The GodFodder
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| Wish I lived in Albany!
Cheers!Bill
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SophomoreFodder
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| | If you like nanotech were fast becoming the world leader here. They just allocated $435 million for a nanotechnology research center for UAlbany. Lots of good technology start ups do to the proximity of RPI, Union and SUNY Albany. That and the cost of living is so much less that payrolls don't have to be as large and office space is cheap. Do to that we have incubators, @7-10 local VC's (not including angel investment groups) and all the other trappings that people would never expect a medium sized city to have. Doesn't hurt that we are less than 3 hours from Boston, NYC and Montreal either.
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The GodFodder
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| That's really interesting, I didn't know Albany was a center for nano. I was just chatting with a colleague this morning about nanotech (hence my posting of the Washington Post article from last week). Any thoughts or insights about how nanotech may impact the auto business, specifically the automotive components industry?
Cheers!Bill
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SophomoreFodder
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| | The short answer is metrial scineces. The componets won't change in functionality; but they will be lighter, stronger and cheaper. The first componet that will be revoluntionised is the sensor. Here is an article from the nanotech center on just that topic http://www.albanynanotech.org/Capabilities/MIL/ Here is a good snippit from the above link: "As a recent example of the advantages of MEMS technology, consider the MEMS accelerometers, which are quickly replacing conventional accelerometers for crash air-bag deployment systems in automobiles. The conventional approach uses several bulky accelerometers made of discrete components mounted in the front of the car with separate electronics near the air-bag and costs over $50. MEMS has made it possible to integrate onto a single silicon chip the accelerometer and electronics at a cost under $5 to $10. These MEMS accelerometers are much smaller, more functional, lighter, more reliable, and are sold for a fraction of the cost of the conventional macroscale accelerometer elements. Within the next few years, MEMS accelerometers are expected to completely displace the conventional devices in all foreign and domestic model cars. The dramatically lower component costs of MEMS accelerometers allow manufactures to consider placing air-bag deployment systems for protection of passengers against side impacts. Continued improvements in the MEMS accelerometer technologies over the next few years may allow the sensor to determine the size and weight of an auto passenger and calculate the optimal response of the system to reduce the possibly of air-bag deployment induced injuries."
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