what is meant by nanotechnology?
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The term "nanotechnology" was defined by Tokyo Science University Professor Norio Taniguchi in a 1974 paper (N. Taniguchi, "On the Basic Concept of 'Nano-Technology'," Proc. Intl. Conf. Prod. Eng. Tokyo, Part II, Japan Society of Precision Engineering, 1974.) as follows: "'Nano-technology' mainly consists of the processing of, separation, consolidation, and deformation of materials by one atom or one molecule."
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Necessary technical break-through occurs gradually. A decade back, nano-technology was beyond imagination but today it is realistic. Same way, few years from now we end up with new technology which we havent heard now. \nTechnology is like ladder, you have to make one step at-a-time to reach next step.
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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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nanotechnology is working with microchips and tiny electrical stuff.
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Nano means "dwarf" in Greek and deals with technology (nanotech) on the truly small acale, like one billionth.\n\nNanotechnology tries to find new uses for material that is often highly pure and put together at the electron-microscopic scale.\n\nFor examply carbon Buckyballs are molecules that consist of 60 carbon atoms arranged by vapor deposition into what looks like tiny soccer balls.  It may be possible for these to hold and release medications, etc.\n\nSome say that when putting atoms together using nanotech, it is like adding new elements to the periodic table, thus predicting how they will react with other materials.\n\nMother Nature has always used her own nanotech to put together amazing substances (consider the diamond formed perhaps sixty miles down in a volcanic lab!).  Now we hope to do amazing things too in our much "coooler" labs.  Albany, NY is fast becoming a new center for the study and application of nanotechnology.  One company (Daystar) plans to start manufacturing cheaper film photovoltaic cells that could provide all the power we need if we shingled all our buildings with them.
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"Technological Questions and Issues:\n\nTechnology is Related to Science?"
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Nanomedicine is the preservation and improvement of human health using molecular tools and molecular knowledge of the human body.\nNanomedicine, an offshoot of nanotechnology, refers to highly specific medical intervention at the molecular scale for curing disease or repairing damaged tissues, such as bone, muscle, or nerve. A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter, too small to be seen with a conventional lab microscope. It is at this size scale – about 100 nanometers or less – that biological molecules and structures inside living cells operate. \nNanomedicine is the medical application of nanotechnology and related research. It covers areas such as nanoparticle drug delivery and possible future applications of molecular nanotechnology (MNT) and nanovaccinology.\nPlease try sites below, especially the last one.\nGood luck.
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HERE U GO\nThe Technology Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems will chart a path beginning with current nanotechnology capabilities to advanced systems. The Roadmap will detail a step-by-step course of development that must take place to move from one stage to another, with milestones for achieving each step. With the support and collaboration of our partners, The Waitt Family Foundation and Battelle, we will be able to identify the gap between the basic nanostructured materials of today, and the potential of productive nanosystems."\n—Marc Lurie, President, Foresight \n\n \nKeithley Instruments Taps into Pulse of Nano’s Next Wave of Test and Measurement Challenges\nNSTI Nanotech 2006 Highlights Keithley’s Three-Prong Effort to Speed Lab-to-Marketplace Path for Emerging Nano-Devices.\nBy Vance McCarthy \nTechConnect Summit Will Bring Together World’s Leading Technology Generators, Companies, and Investors to Boston in May\nSummit Will Feature Over Two Days Top Corporate Presentations and the World’s Most Promising IP and Venture Presentations Across Multiple Industries \nNSTI Nanotech 2006 Is Less Than 2 Weeks Away\nWorld’s Largest Nanotech Conference and Trade Show Will Feature More than 900 Business & Research Presentations, 300+ Exhibiting Companies, Comprehensive Ventures Program, and Job Fair \nOne Day Only: NSTI Nano Industrial Impact Workshop Taking Place at Nanotech 2006 Conference\nThe Nano Industrial Impact Workshop is a One-Day Intensive Program Designed to Educate Across a Range of Nanotechnologies and Its Impacted Industries. \nNano Science and Technology Institute and Museum of Science To Host Nanotech Awards Banquet and Education Fund Raiser Tuesday, May 9, in Boston\nReception and Dinner at the Hynes Will Honor Top Nanotechnology Achievements, With Proceeds Going to the Museum of Science for its Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network. \nNanotechnology Driving Big Advances in Cancer Imaging\nSpecial collaborative feature with National Cancer Institute\nBy Joe Alper\n\nNanotechnology generally refers to mechanisms or electronics built on a microscopic scale. Here is a good link that illustrates the point.
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Nanotechnology orignated by Richard P. Feynman in 1959
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Nanotechnology is everywhere already, most people just don't know it. For nearly one hundred years US spies have been using miniature gadgets cleverly sealed within everyday things, popularized by the James Bond movies and other spy-thrillers.  The term nano is anything that we deem reallyreallyreally small. IE Ipod Nano, etc. I think by Nano you mean, REALLY small, and alot of things already are, like the phone and watch analogie you used, one of the best ways to keep in-touch with nanotechnology and to understand its direction, is to study its past and present first, try livescience.com or wikipedia.org, good luck!
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there are alot of things that are currently associated with nanotechnology, its a big buzzword now. if you want the latest news from the nanotechnology world, check this page..\nhttp://www.nanotech-now.com/ \nI hope this helps..
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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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Nano technology is the science which deals with the particles of size measured in nano(10^-9) meters. Here you change the chemicals structurally right at the molecular level giving you the access to a set of entirely new properties...
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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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nanotechnology is the art of manipulating materials on an atomic or molecular scale especially to build microscopic devices (as robots).  biotechnology is biological science when applied especially in genetic engineering and recombinant DNA technology.  Since you want a biology course that will grow and pay with least amount of math i thing you should go with courses related to genetics, DNA, and as you said biotechnology.  \n\nHope you got what u needed.
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Nano technology is the latest buzz which have tremendous scope in coming future because we are going towards slimmer gadgets with greater features and nano technology is the only solution which can make this happen.\n\nGood luck
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Nano technology is science fiction at this point.  You may want to try watching The X-Files or old Star Trek episodes... or ask the Borg.