So for my last blog I decided to go light. I really enjoyed nanotechnology and wished we have looked at its effects on health and biomedical engineering. While looking for something I stumbled across this article. Scientists in the Netherlands use these new techniques with nanotechnology in interdisciplinary work with food. This article describes a panel of scientists looking on how to make nanotechnology in food seem more acceptable to the public. One of the scientists, states that it easier for people to accept nanotechnology in the medical field, but in food is seen as unneccessary or unneeded. People hear nanoparticles and think they will have a negative impact their health. In actually scientists in the Netherlands have been using nanoparticles, which decompose in digestion, to deliver essential vitamins and nutrients to specific locations in the body. Nanodevices could also be used to detect present risks in food packaging, leading to safer food conditions over time. I though this was very interesting and will be the first onboard if they find a way to make donuts healthy through the use of nanoparticles.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090214162746.htm
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