%0 Book %T Nanotechnology for the Intelligence Community %D 2005 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11276/nanotechnology-for-the-intelligence-community %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11276/nanotechnology-for-the-intelligence-community %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K %K Conflict and Security Issues %P 19 %R doi:10.17226/11276 %X The emergence of nanotechnology as a major science and technology research topic has sparked substantial interest by the intelligence community. In particular the community is interested both in the potential for nanotechnology to assist intelligence operations and threats it could create. To explore these questions, the Intelligence Technology Innovation Center asked the National Research Council to conduct a number of activities to illustrate the potential for nanotechnology to address key intelligence community needs. In 2004, workshop reports were issued on power systems and on positioning and sensing technologies. The final report provides an assessment of a wide range of additional technologies. The report also presents a series of findings and recommendations about areas of opportunities for the intelligence community and strategies for exploiting these opportunities.