The book A Consumer’s Guide to MEMS and Nanotechnology is written for a general reader. Bourne, who is the president of her own company, Bourne Research LLC, focuses on a review of existing products incorporating MEMS and nanotechnology, most of which have been introduced only in the past ten years. The author does not focus on future products. Any discussion of nanotechnology products is taking on an immense subject, as nanotechnology has quietly and steadily become incorporated into our daily lives. Bourne’s summary, therefore, is a useful but an ultimately preliminary guide to the 2007 status for nanotechnology commercialization.
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