Is America starting to lose the technology race of the 21^st century?  We have already lost hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs in the electronics and automotive industry alone and we are now losing engineers in the high-tech sector.  Not only does this have an economic impact on America, but we might be starting to lose the intellectual race as well.  If we lose that (our last stronghold as a global leader), we will be dependent on other counties to create the new technological breakthroughs that will give us the next generation of innovative products and medical advancements.  Currently, just between China and India alone, they are graduating engineers by more than 10 to 1 compared to America and that’s not even including the European Union and Japan. In addition, America is being overspent by billions of dollars each year by foreign countries in advanced technology research for the last several years.  True, America still leads in innovation, the same way we did in manufacturing, electronics and automobiles years ago.  As an example, pharmaceutical companies would end up buying these breakthrough treatments from scientist in China and India, and large industry will hire researchers and technologist from other countries other than those in America.  Today, students in American are not going into the science and technology fields as they once did and we are losing the number of scientists and technology investigators that are ever so needed to continue American innovation.  We need to create the opportunities for employment and livelihood if we expect students to care about these careers. 

                                

The just introduced Nanotechnology Research Foundation and their newly created TheNanoPlan.org will help America create and sustain that stronghold in this global race for the smartest country.  What is nanotechnology? I don’t pretend to be a nano scientist, but working at the molecular level of development means we can create things like nano super fibers, help with alternative clean fuels and nanobots, which are robots so small they can be injected into a human and help fight cancer much more effectively.  This is really big stuff and it will create products like you can’t image…cars that can change color, shape and have no door seems, cell phones that bend around your wrist in the form of a bracelet; image the savings from teenagers loosing their cell phones.  I think these guys have the right idea…a foundation that is building awareness, raising funds and pushing collaborative research.  They could use your help to tell the story and they are offering us scholarships through their 20/20 program. You can help support your tuition and do something good for this county at the same time.  Check out their website at www.TheNanoPlan.org and blast this message out to your friends and family and you could raise enough money to pay for next semester or the rest of your education.