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Twitter implants, streetlight trees, programmable wine, acoustic  
botany and genetically engineered bacteria that heal cracks in walls.  
Welcome to another issue of the Next Nature newsletter, connected to  
the website http://www.nextnature.net which explores the nature caused  
by people.

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CONTENTS

-NANO Supermarket in Amsterdam
-Blog Highlights
-Next Nature Internships

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NANO SUPERMARKET IN AMSTERDAM

The NANO Supermarket is a mobile store with speculative nanotech  
products that might hit the shelves within the next ten years.

Think interactive wall-paint, medicinal chocolate, a wine which taste  
can be adjusted with microwaves, invisible security spray, a Twitter  
implant. Our products are both innovative and useful as well as  
uncanny and disturbing. They were envisioned by artists, designers and  
engineers to stimulate debate on nanotechnology and help us decide  
what nano future we want.

Come visit us to taste & test our products and experience the impact  
of nanotechnology on our everyday lives.

Dates: 28 Jan – 2 Februari 11:00-18:00
Location: Leidseplein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Opening: 28 January 16:00
Preview: 27 January 18:00 – 22:30 during Nano Festival, Nemo Science  
Centre, Amsterdam

http://www.nextnature.net/nano-supermarket



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BLOG HIGHLIGHTS

Nano Supermarket on Dutch TV News

The Dutch evening News payed a visit to our Nano Supermarket to  
familiarize the television viewers with the intricate world of  
nanotechnology and its potential impact on our economy and everyday  
lives.

http://www.nextnature.net/2010/10/nano-supermarket-on-dutch-tv-news

Streetlight Trees

Taiwanese scientists have created trees that could function as  
streetlights. They infused the leaves of Bacopa Caroliniana with gold  
nanoparticles which causes the chlorophyll to produce a reddish  
luminescence.

http://www.nextnature.net/2010/11/streetlight-trees/



Engineered Bacteria heal Cracks in Walls

Researchers have designed bacteria that can produce a special glue to  
knit together cracks in concrete structures.

http://www.nextnature.net/2010/11/engineered-bacteria-heal-cracks-in-walls/

My Fetal Pony: Neoteny in Girls Toys

Allison Guy observes how girls toys exhibit a strong trend towards  
progenesis: sexual maturity achieved in a juvenile state. A result of  
a cultural imperative for women to embody both the cute and the sexual?

http://www.nextnature.net/2011/01/my-fetal-pony-neoteny-in-girls-toys/

Acoustic Botany

With his speculative ‘acoustic garden’ David Benqué tries to explore  
our cultural and aesthetic relationship to nature.

http://www.nextnature.net/2010/12/acoustic-botany/

Disney, Playboy and the Next Nature of Sex and Death

Nature demanded that we make a choice between immortality and sex, but  
the Next Nature of the 21st century may not. For help, we can look  
back to the 20th Century, which had many storytellers playing with the  
parameters of the sex equals death equation.

http://www.nextnature.net/2010/11/from-main-street-to-the-mansion/

Next Nature Movie Top 10

Our carefully crafted list of the top ten next nature movies we  
recommend.

http://www.nextnature.net/2010/12/next-nature-movie-top-10/

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NEXT NATURE INTERNSHIPS

Are you a student looking for an internship? The good people of  
NextNature.net have positions available in our Amsterdam office for  
designers, editors, programmers and producers. Send us your cv.

http://www.nextnature.net/internships/

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The good people of NextNature.net are grateful to the TU/e, Mondriaan  
Foundation, NanoPodium and Stichting Doen for their kind support.

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