Anticipating military nanotechnology

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 33-40

  Altmann, Jürgen ^a   Gubrud, Mark ^b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DISASTER PREVENTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL LAW; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

COGNITIVE COMPUTING SYSTEMS; MILITARY NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERVASIVE NETWORKS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 10944267251     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MTAS.2004.1371637     Document Type: Article

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