I myself work with Dr. Suncara at the University of Louisville on this very subject. Nanotechnology is not one thing but millions of things about 1/1000000000th of a meter in size and can vary in importance. The category of Nanotechnology that I am associated with is medical transport relays which is a system that a foe-blood vessel, a"nanobot" if you want, that is injected into your blood stream along with thousands of other "nanobots," which all fit into about 3/100ths of a small IV needle. The ones I am working with carry either Ritalin, seratonin, Daytrana, or adderall enough for 1 month. The "nanobot" travels along your blood stream supplied with the medicine to the location of the problem in your brain, in my case ADD which is a dysfunction in which ritalin/saratonin is not being made and supplied and the problem is on the right side of the brain almost beside the earlobe. The "nanobot" knows where to go using electrical impulses in the brain, better known as brain waves and after each "nanobot" has transferred the medication properly it is put back into the bloodstream and along the way sent to your urinary tract where it is discarded through urination. I know these "nanobots" sound like what you have heard in sci-fi movies but it is nothing close.
2006-11-28 08:37:01
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answered by jamescroft7 1
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Nanotechnology research has focusly primarily on molecular manufacturing -- the creation of tools, materials, and machines that will eventually enable us to use molecules like legos in most of the ways permitted by physics.
2006-11-28 08:20:31
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answered by steelerspride24 3
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Grandmothers?
2006-11-28 08:35:43
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answered by Ranto 7
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology
if you mean nanotechnology.
2006-11-28 08:16:38
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answered by parsonsel 6
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