World's First Controllable Molecular Gear At Nanoscale Created
ScienceDaily (2009-06-22) -- Scientists have scored a breakthrough in nanotechnology by creating the world's first molecular gear of the size of 1.2 nanometers whose rotation can be deliberately controlled. ... > read full article
I've always been fascinated with nano technology. Being able to control something that small (1.2 nanometers, beyond tiny) has vast amounts of room for experimentation. Imagine if a dangerous operation needed to be preformed on someone and regular sized instruments severally increased the risk for failure. Instead of rolling the dice you send in these little guys to do the dirty work instead. What if scientists were to link billions of gears together forming a human suit that could monitor vitals and repair injurys on the fly or just have them injected inside of you. Yes, I too also thought about the fact that i could have billions of these little bots inside me sometime in the future. What happens if they go haywire and decide to turn on you? Buts that all for future speculation since we can only get to that when it becomes truly applicable. At current we already have nanobots that can clean windows by themselves and LED lighting that is more energy-efficient thanks to them. What about if we had vehicles that self-maintained themselves through these nanobots. You would not have to worry about getting ripped off at the dealerships anymore. Think about the applications they could have in the justice, military, education systems or even environmental uses. Whatever happens with this technology look for it to be big in the next 30 years or so down the road.
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