Future of Nanotechnology...
What is Nanotechnology?
The branch of technology that deals with dimensions and tolerances of less than 100 nano-meters, especially the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules or you can say it is science, engineering, and technology conducted at the nano-scale, which is about 1 to 100 nano-meters.
How did it begin?
The ideas and concepts behind nano-science and nanotechnology started with a talk entitled “There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom” by physicist Richard Feynman at an American Physical Society meeting at the California Institute of Technology (CalTech) on December 29, 1959, long before the term nanotechnology was used.
Who invented it?
Richard Feynman. The American physicist Richard Feynman lectured, "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom," at an American Physical Society meeting at Caltech on December 29, 1959, which is often held to have provided inspiration for the field of nanotechnology.
Future of NanotechnologyNanotechnology is a broad term that covers many areas of science, research and technology. In its most basic form, it can be described as working with things that are small. Things so tiny that they can't be seen with standard microscopes. The same stuff that has always been there, but we just couldn't see it. The building blocks of nature, atoms and molecules. Nano-technology involves understanding matter at the "nano" scale.
This illustration from nano.gov gives visual examples of the size and the scale of nanotechnology, showing us just how small nanotechnology actually is.
Richard Feynman. The American physicist Richard Feynman lectured, "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom," at an American Physical Society meeting at Caltech on December 29, 1959, which is often held to have provided inspiration for the field of nanotechnology.Future of NanotechnologyNanotechnology is a broad term that covers many areas of science, research and technology. In its most basic form, it can be described as working with things that are small. Things so tiny that they can't be seen with standard microscopes. The same stuff that has always been there, but we just couldn't see it. The building blocks of nature, atoms and molecules. Nano-technology involves understanding matter at the "nano" scale.
This illustration from nano.gov gives visual examples of the size and the scale of nanotechnology, showing us just how small nanotechnology actually is.
A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter. In comparison, a human hair is about 100,000 nanometers in diameter.
All dimensions are approximate. Nanoparticle is courtesy of the National Center for Electron Microscopy, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, US Department of Energy.
Another illustration of size comparison can be found here:
"The scale of things"
"The scale of things"
NANOBOTS
Nanobots do not exist yet, but when they do, futurists predict possible uses for nanorobots will include molecular manufacturing (nanofactories) and medical nanobots that steer autonomously through your blood stream making repairs and guarding against infection.
Nanobots
NANOTECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Nanomedicine is promising great things, including great advancements in the treatment of cancer. Imagine swarms of nanobots swimming through your veins, repairing cells or attacking viruses. On second thought, get that image out of your mind, it's a bit creepy. Just close your eyes and wait for the healing to begin.
Nanomedicine
I think that the nanotechnology has a bright future. It is an interesting topic and a lot of companies are funding startups that will improve the nanotechnology field. I think that it will revilutionize a lot of things.
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