Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Amazingly powerful computers woven into the fabric of clothing. Airplane paint that changes colors like a chameleon. Microscopic devices traveling through your body to monitor health. It’s all possible, and closer to reality than you think. Join us for a "Tech Tuesday" discussion of the groundbreaking field of nanotechnology.
Guests
- Bob Celotta Group Leader of the Electron Physics Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); and NIST Fellow
- James Ellenbogen Principal Scientist in the Nanosystems Group of The Mitre Corporation (a government-chartered, not-for-profit technology research organization)
- Jim Heath Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA; and scientific co-director of California NanoSystems Institute
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