TechnoBabble #10 - Fri Oct 06/06

UK Nanotechnology Gets Funding
The British government is providing a grant of nearly GBP 18M for micro and nanotechnology projects, which would in turn likely help the firms involved to get a foot hold in the world market for nanotech. This only an intial allotment, with a total of GBP 90M earmarked for projects over five years. In the US, the NSF (National Science Foundation) has plans to spend US$28M on related educational programs. The world nanotech market is expected to reach US$29B by 2008. [Read about nanotechnology, robotics, biometrics, RFID, chaos theory, and quantum physics at Chaos Review.]

UK Companies Sign Digital Royalties Deal
According to a new digital royalties deal, musical artists will be getting monies related to full-track downloads for use online and on mobile devices by UK users. More details at Cellular News. [Read about music, composing, musical instruments, audio and audio gear at Sound Alchemy Online.]

RIM To Add Telecom Partners
RIM, makers of the BlackBerry line of mobile communication devices, have set themselves an aggressive schedule to sign 150 telecom partners worldwide wide by February 2007. [sources: Cellular News] [Read about cell phones, PDAs, VoIP, GPS, and other “global village” enabling technologies at MyGlobalCity.]