What is Nanotechnology?

Answer 1

The study of molecular and atomic particles.
Billionths of a meter.

Answer 2

Nanotechnology is a broad field of applied science and technology focused on controlling and exploiting the structure of matter on a scale below 100 nanometers. Nanotechnology has as its goal the realization of novel materials and devices with features on the nanoscale, drawing from fields such as colloidal science, device physics, and supramolecular chemistry. Much speculation exists as to what new technologies might be invented based upon these lines of research, and what the implications for society might be if these become commonplace.

Answer 3

Nanotechnology involves the construction of useful structures and devices by controlling and observing matter on a nanometre scale (10-9 m), roughly the size of an atom.

Answer 4

It's what will have far more drastic effect on humans this century than all technology combined in the previous.

Nanotechnology is the building of materials, devices, and machines on an atom-by-atom basis, most of which the final products themselves will be sub-microscopic. Initially, this will result in things like computers that will get faster, smarter, and smaller at a very rapid rate; materials and coatings ideal for thousands of applications, such as diamond coatings for bearings and windows; replacements for many of the human organs that will be superior to the originals.

As the technology matures, amoung the most incredible possibilities is the introduction of billions of nanodevices into the human body which will be able to repair and maintain virtually every cell in your body, resulting in a cure for nearly all diseases, including aging. There's a good possibility that the majority of people alive today will have an indefinite lifespan because of this, provided the effort and money is invested.

The original classic book on this subject is "Engines of Creation" by Eric Drexler. Read it for some very amazing possibilities.

Answer 5

Nanotechnology is the design and manufacturing of mechanical and electrical devices that are very, very tiny. A nanometer is 0.000000001 meters! In general, any device whose size is under 100 nanometers is considered nanotechnology.

An interesting discussion and examples of nanotechnology are available at Wikipedia, the free, online encyclopedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology

Hope this helps!

Answer 6

Nanotechnology research has focusly primarily on molecular manufacturing -- the creation of tools, materials, and machines that will eventually enable us "to snap together the fundamental building blocks of nature easily, inexpensively and in most of the ways permitted by the laws of physics."

Answer 7

It's technology that deals with very tiny, intricate devices. And I'm not talking watch gears here, I'm talking far smaller even than that. Things like special materials that look smooth but cling to walls, or even (sometime in the future) clouds of flying machines that we can't see individually but which can repair our tissue or build houses or whatever.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nanotechnology

Answer 8

Here is a down side. What about nano robots for spying? Can any human be sure, when this technology becomes fruitful, that they have any privacy?

Answer 9

No clue!!!=D