Explaining the relevance of nanotechnology to the green community which is my latest attempt at public engagement. My talk (and others, I’m on first) is available as a podcast here.
It’s surprisingly difficult to talk clearly to non technical and non business audiences but I gave it my best shot and almost managed to stay within my allotted ten minutes while covering
- What is nanotechnology?
- Key applications (from my point of view)
- Health & Safety
Phew! Unfortunately there is no video so you can’t see my reaction to some of the statements made by the other speakers.

Tim, the sound quality is awful. Any chance of you repeating the talk at home and uploading that?
[...] number of people asked about the possibility of re-recording the podcast of the talk I gave at Green Futures at the weekend as the quality is a bit patchy. It’s something I have been meaning to do for some time, as I [...]