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Who controls your Nano Futures? This website presents six possible futures of nanotechnology. Will they come true? Should they? Why or why not? And perhaps most importantly, who gets to decide?

Nano Futures is an experiment in creating social engagement around anticipatory governance of nanotechnology. The futuristic scenes we present are extrapolations from actual current nanotechnology developments. The technical plausibility of each scene has been vetted by scientists working in nanoscale research. Their realistic nature should stimulate you to reflect upon the meanings, potentials, and problems surrounding nanotechnology. The goal is to cultivate our collective ability to govern the implications of our technological ingenuity. [More information about how the scenes were developed]

The options below allow you to interactively construct the future. Click on any of the three links to start exploring your Nano Futures!