Nanotechnology Revolution
27 May 2008, 15:00
Categories: responsible-nanotechnology
Nanotechnology manufacturing has a promise of producing new materials a hundred times stronger than steel, and more efficient and cheaper to produce as compared to the existing production techniques. Mind boggling examples of some of these products include: very small devices that can be implanted under the skin, and pincers that can be injected in the veins to perform medical procedures; self-contained portable factories ready to make cheap products efficiently at the molecular scale; and development software that can process enormous amounts of data involving diverse sources of science. However, while nanotechnology has a promise of great benefits to the future, there are some very serious risks.
Posted by: The Editors
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