"Nanosys, Inc. today announced that it has signed an agreement expanding its collaboration with In-Q-Tel, a venture group of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), to utilize Nanosys' high-performance thin-film electronics technology (Macroelectronics) to develop specialized antennas for the U.S. Government...[The technology] can be applied to numerous other application areas, including portable and large area flat panel displays and low cost RFID (radio frequency identification) tags." (ArriveNet Business)
In-Q-Tel Invests in Nanosys
CIA spinoff venture capital firm In-Q-Tel is investing heavily in nanotech, most recently in Nanosys, innovator of the super-thin 'paint-on' antennae required for the production of RFIDs and other ultra-miniaturized tracking devices:
