What is nanotecnology?
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nanotechnology is working with microchips and tiny electrical stuff.
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Nanobiotechnology: applying the tools and processes of Molecular Nanotechnology to build devices for studying biosystems, in order to learn from biology how to create better nanoscale devices. Should hasten the creation of useful micro devices that mimic living biological systems. \n\nFor more info on Nanotechnology, check this link\nhttp://www.nanotech-now.com/nanotechnology-glossary-M-O.htm
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The science (and corresponding technology) that seeks to understand and control the atomic and molecular structure of matter. ... Traditional chemistry is perhaps the most extablished method ... out how. Nanotechnology is now bringing us the ability to ... of modern chemistry are an essential part of nanotechnology ...
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Nanotechnology sure does have an interesting plethora of uses ranging from its use in manufacture of smaller and faster transistors for use in computers, to use as inudstrial catalysts and to use as drug targetting agents in medicine.\nHowever as you say, there is also the danger of the unknown, of proper disposal methods as well as conservation of resources.As of now though, most countries are doing a great deal of research into the field.
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Have you read "Prey" by Michael Creighton? I read this several years back before the world had heard of nanotechnology. It was enough for me to decide that it scares the beejeezus out of me. Granted.......it was a book. But the thought that these atoms could almost take on a life of their own is a bit disconcerting.
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Because of the small size nano technology will help in making medicine/curing tools that is small enough to  flow in the blood streams and only kill harmful cells instead of healthy cells.This help not only physically but also mentalli because people doesn't really have to deal with that much of phisical pain such as injected , cut by surgery knifes etc but instead swallowing the necessary cure and thus aiding a much faster recovery.\nNanotechnology tools might also be used to study germs and how our immune system affect it whether inside our body or on the germs body concerned.
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The statements are true, and nanotech is currently being used in over 700 commercially available products. One of the primary concerns is that the technology is currently being used without consumer awareness. \nAlternately, the use of some, such as carbon nanotubes for water filtration, needs more research to ensure
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The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.
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Nanotechnology is a new technology just in its infancy and being researched in labs all over the world. In principle any device that is manufactured to a nano-meter or even micro-meter scale would be considered to be nanotechnology.\n\nAt the moment practical nanotechnology is limited to MEMs devices (micro-electromechanical systems). In the same way that you can etch and deposit onto a silicon wafer to create electric circuits, you can etch and deposit a bit more to make structures like micro-mirrors, cantilevers, micro-bridges and a whole host of other little things. Cantilevers for instance can be used to make very tiny accelerometers like the ones that initiate air bags in cars. Micro-mirrors will be used to make the next generation of visual displays after LCDs. There are many many more possible applications.\n\nYou can read more about this at www.memsstar.com
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NanoSys\nFounded by CEO Larry Bock, one of the biggest heavyweights in the small tech world, and who has funded and launched other successful biotech startups, Nanosys is Boston-based company that develops nanotechnology-enabled systems, with applications in molecular sensing, optoelectronics, and nanoelectronics. Bock's track record of launching over a dozen life science companies, and its IP, has helped Nanosys attract VC capital during one of the toughest eras for financing--last February the company announced $15 million in Series B financing from five top-tier firms. The company is relucant to disclose what it considers to be its smoking gun to enter the market, but has made considerable progress in nanometer transistors, which will thus enable a new generation of computer chips. \n\n\nHybrid Plastics \nA U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory spin-off, Hybrid Plastics made its mark in the industry for the development of a revolutionary plastics technology derived from sand which is extremely strong, efficient, and does not cause air pollution during production. 205 companies buy trademarked nanostructured chemicals from the now privately held company, which is a recipient of the 2000 CalTIP award. Hybrid Plastics, which was able to grow in its early stages through the assistance of government R&D funding, now sell materials for research and development. The company's products are utilized for a variety of clients--optical, computing and electronics, and beauty corporations. \n\n\nChemat Technology \nConsidered survivors of government-funded research and development, Chemat became a profitable business in 2000 (half of that attributed to customer sales), a decade since the sol-gel solution company was founded. Prior to that, Chemat's R&D Division was successful in completing nearly one hundred contracts for government agencies and industry clients. Its mission is the creation and commercialization of sol-gel based advanced materials and technologies, for its own use and to provide its clients with technologies they can use to create leading-edge products using advanced materials. \n\nLuxtera\nA Caltech-UCLA spinoff, Luxtera was founded by two leaders in the field of nano photonics--Eli Yablonovitch, the inventor of the photonic crystal, and Dr. Axel Scherer, who has led pioneering work in nanoscale fabrication. Receiving $7 million in an A round last February, Luxtera's product is based on Caltech developments in the field of nanophotonics. This technology\nis based upon optical structures which are an order of magnitude smaller than those traditionally used in integrated optical devices. This technology could thus reduce the cost of optical-electronic transitions and optoelectronic systems. \n\n\nBroadley-James\nBroadley-James has the kind of business dilemma that most companies would gladly take on--supplying a heavy demand for its product. Thanks to a distribution decision made by Beckman Instruments back in the late 1960's, the company was able to penetrate the pH sensor market and become a leading manufacturer over the next three decades. It has positioned itself favorably by entering the biotech-pharmaceutical market, an industry that has increased production drastically (and thus created strong market demand). In order to reach its next stepping stone, Broadley-James was awarded a Larta-facilitated CalTIP grant last year, and will use those funds, as well as SBIR and UC grant support, to work towards improving and creating a new generation of pH sensors. The funds, still being budgeted for the project, will go towards marketing and promotion, as well as production engineering. \n\nNano Devices\nIn 2001, Nanodevices was one of the Santa Barbara companies Larta awarded CalTIP funding. This helped the company to complete a 2002 launch date, and NanoDevices is now shipping its Active Probe™ technology on the Digital Instruments, Veeco Metrology NanoScope® IV. In a move calculated to increase the grow
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Nanotechnology has a wide variety of applications. One recent focus of research is the use of nanoparticles in imaging technologies. Nanoparticles can also be used to destroy cancer cells. This is achieved by injecting the particles into the tumor and exciting them with UV light. The particles vibrate and destroy the cancer.
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Nanotechnology comprises technological developments on the nanometer scale, usually 0.1 to 100 nm (1/1,000 µm, or 1/1,000,000 mm). \nNanotechnology covers a wide range of industries, and therefore the potential benefits are also widespread. Telecommunications and Information technology could benefit in terms of faster computers and advanced data storage.\n\nFor the near-term, critics of nanotechnology point to the potential toxicity of new classes of nanosubstances that could adversely affect the stability of cell membranes or disturb the immune system when inhaled, digested or absorbed through the skin.\ninformation taken from the following link:(also, go there for additional info)
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When the term "nanotechnology" was independently coined and popularized by Eric Drexler, who at the time was unaware of Taniguchi's usage, it referred to a future manufacturing technology based on molecular machine systems. The premise was that molecular-scale biological analogies of traditional machine components demonstrated that molecular machines were possible, and that a manufacturing technology based on the mechanical functionality of these components (such as gears, bearings, motors, and structural members) would enable programmable, positional assembly to atomic specification (see the original reference PNAS-1981). The physics and engineering performance of exemplar designs were analyzed in the textbook NanosystemsThe National Science Foundation (a major source of funding for nanotechnology in the United States) funded researcher David Berube to study the field of nanotechnology. His findings are published in the monograph “Nano-Hype: The Truth Behind the Nanotechnology Buzz.” This published study (with a foreword by Mihail Roco, head of the NNI) concludes that much of what is sold as “nanotechnology” is in fact a recasting of straightforward materials science, which is leading to a “nanotech industry built solely on selling nanotubes, nanowires, and the like” which will “end up with a few suppliers selling low margin products in huge volumes."
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Nanotechnolgy is basically very small robots made to work.\nThat's in layman's terms but if you really want some good info i suggest you google it out, you cannot find better answers anywhere else. The areas as far as i know are in every field possible, from surgery to textile. You will find some really great answers if you get in touch with HP guys, They know this in and out.
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Mork from Ork... \n\nNano Nano
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The science of developing materials at the atomic and molecular level in order to imbue them with special electrical and chemical properties. Nanotechnology, which deals with devices typically less than 100 nanometers in size, is expected to make a significant contribution to the fields of computer storage, semiconductors, biotechnology, manufacturing and energy.\n\nEnvisioned are all kinds of amazing products, including extraordinarily tiny computers that are very powerful, building materials that withstand earthquakes, advanced systems for drug delivery and custom-tailored pharmaceuticals as well as the elimination of invasive surgery, because repairs can be made from within the body.\n\nLarry Bock, CEO of Nanosys, who helped launch more than a dozen successful biotech companies in his career, believes that nanotech will impact even more industries than biotech. In an excerpted article from the March 2003 Nanotech Report, he compared nanotechnology with the microelectronics industry. Bock said that "a single chemistry graduate student can create novel devices and device architectures not even imaginable or manufacturable by today's biggest microprocessor companies. That is because these devices are fabricated chemically, or from the bottom up. Existing microelectronics technology is fabricated by etching wafers, or from the top down."\n\nBy 2020, scientists at Rutgers University believe that nano-sized robots will be injected into the bloodstream and administer a drug directly to an infected cell. This robot has a carbon nanotube body, a biomolecular motor that propels it and peptide limbs to orient itself. Because it is composed of biological elements such as DNA and proteins, it will be easily removed from the body. For more information, see http://bionano.rutgers.edu/Mavroidis_Final_Report.pdf.
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Nano means 10^-9 (i.e. 10 raised to -9).\nNano materials are the materials that are of the size one-billionth of a metre.\nRobotics refers to the science of robots.\nNano Robotics refers to the science and technology which uses robots of the size of a nano particle to perform various actions such as curing a disease or detecting a tumour, etc.