Technologies branded with the term 'nano' are little related to and fall far short of the most ambitious and transformative technological goals of the sort in molecular manufacturing proposals, but the term still connotes such ideas.
2006-12-09 14:16:23 · 7 answers · asked by .whatever. 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
can anyone make this sentence a lil' shorter and simple?
btw, thanks anne c
2006-12-09 14:30:09 · update #1
The word "nano" used to be said to describe the most ambitious goals in technology when companies wrote proposals. Now, technologies that are called "nano" do not live up to the term. They fall short of their goals.
Hope this helps! Wordy little sucker, eh? :o)
2006-12-09 14:20:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anne C 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The sentence has too many big words which do not really mean much until you break it down into simpler words. Then you can lift up your eyebrow and say "ahhh I got it"
It's worth pointing out that the word "nanotechnology" is used to describe many types of research where the characteristic dimensions are less than about 1,000 nanometers. Itis therefore anything that is that little in size.
To be able to fit all the essential components into that size, there must be no excess molecules, therefore manufacturing has to make sure to:
* Get essentially every atom in the right place.
* Make almost any structure consistent with the laws of physics that we can specify in molecular detail.
* Have manufacturing costs not greatly exceeding the cost of the required raw materials and energy.
-- With that background, the sentence you said merely wanted to say that
...there are technologies that brand themselves as "nano", but their products fall short of their most ambitious goals to transform the technologies they belong to, and yet these companies use the term "nano"despite falling short of any real nano technology.
it is a roundabout way of saying that these companies fudged the advertising.
2006-12-09 22:43:17 · answer #2 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The prefix 'Nano' is usually used to describe devices that are build on the Nanometer scale, or 10 ^ -9 th power. While very few of these devices are this size the word was used to imply smallness as smallness is sometimes desired. Do not be fooled, there has been many dollars spent and much headway made in the Nanotechnology sector in the last 5-7 years. I would consider it the second 'final' frontier!
2006-12-09 22:28:37 · answer #3 · answered by oxmmdox 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that while nanotechologies give us the impression that we are on the edge of innovation, they do little more but reinvent the very same tools we still use; they just make them a little smaller. Therefore we aren't honestly progressing. Think about it, what real improvement is Blue Ray Disc from a DVD? What's the difference between the iPod, and the iPod Nano if they are both MP3 players? Yet you always hear people talk about the original iPod like it's ancient technology.
2006-12-09 22:38:22 · answer #4 · answered by klnichollsrn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nano is a word from the metric system. It is an abbreviation for the fraction for one billionth (1/1000000000 ). It is used just like other metric prefixes such as mega or kilo micro. Nano is a very tiny measurement but not the smallest in the metric system. A pico is a thousand time smaller than a nano.
2006-12-09 22:36:13 · answer #5 · answered by Greg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even though both nano-technology and molecular biology are terms used interchangeably, they do not accurately describe some of the most leading edge applications in this field.
2006-12-09 23:13:18 · answer #6 · answered by xayuq 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Technological advances in molecular manufacturing has been infiltrated by glamorous, yet meaningless terminologies which rely more on sizzle than on substance. Regrettably, this sizzle almost always falls short by quantum leaps while offering less than a nanosecond of satisfaction.
2006-12-09 23:37:42 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋