Nanotechnology: the future is now [Taiwan R&D initiatives]

As a small economy that has built its future on manufacturing excellence, Taiwan has a big stake in nanotechnology. On the one hand, our manufacturing strength makes nanotechnology a unique opportunity. On the other, it also makes nanotechnology the one R&D battle we can least afford to lose. To come out ahead takes coherent planning and disciplined actions and, above all, the ability to marry nanotechnology´s creative power to the dynamics of the marketplace. Such will be the challenges facing Taiwan´s National Nanotechnology Program and its central R&D force-ITRI. For us, the future is literally now.