Nanotechnology, Indiana and Illinois - A Region to Watch

A new center for the awaited sub-atomic revolution may well be spiralling into existence in possibly the most unlikely of places. If Sean Murdock, the former McKinsey wunderkind (now heading up the Nanobusiness Alliance - see photo), and Todd Vare, a Barnes & Thornburg attorney (fresh off of a major U.S. Supreme Court win), have anything to say about it, that new international development hotbed will bubble up in America's Heartland.

As Vare told the crowd at the monthly meeting of the Venture Club of Indiana on August 7, "Indiana is well-positioned to develop, explore and lead nanotechnology." Murdock opined that nanotechnology represents "the frontier of innovation," adding that with assets in the form of Northwestern University, the Argonne National Laboratory, and the James Franck Institute at the University of Chicago, the Windy City "is already a world leader."

Combine the All-Galactic nano resources at Purdue and Notre Dame with the neighboring Illini sub-atomic muscle, and there might well be something very much worth watching.