Last night there were two presentations by accelrys … a company that is developing amazing software for nanotech and other areas. They are a public company (ACCL) and been growing … this page
from their web site has more about them.  I’m considering an
investment … they are trading below $10US and this is a huge market.

The first speaker presented their perspective of the tools that they
provide, and indicated the various levels at which they allow
researchers to experimnet and simulate.  They have a killer gallery
of the types of images they can create.  He talked about the ways
they can use approximation to simulate … and the types of solutions
they can provide.  He talked about how they can evaluate and
experiment on molecular structures to determine cause and effects.

Later in the evening one of their engineers did some real demonstrations of the types of work that can be done with Materials Studio … a tool where the average person running Windows can create all sorts of new molecular-level products!  😉

P.S. They also have regular Webinars on the subject … I was thinking of checking some of these out.  They have one coming up on the 20th – Quantum Mechanical Modeling of Chemical Reactions: a Practical Approach