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Lab mistake leads to Moscow, Idaho startup company – GoNano Technologies

A laboratory accident that was nearly discarded contained a discovery that sparked a high-tech start up company for one tenant of the University of Idaho’s Business Technology Incubator.

Idaho physics professor David McIllroy’s decision not too discard the graduate student’s mistake forms the foundation of his company, GoNano Technologies http://www.gonano-9.com/ .

The assistant wanted to spend $25 to look at the sample under a special high-powered microscope.

He found the substance was filled with nanosprings; structures that have the ability to receive and store vast amounts of electrical energy in very little space.

Full Story: http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2008/05/12/ap-state-id/d90jns8o0.txt

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