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Technology of the Future

Major Aspects of Nanotechnology

•What is it?

•How did it come about?

•What are the social implications?

•What does this mean for the future?

• Nanotechnology - Deals with moleculues between one and one hundred nanometers in diameter

Manipulating individual atoms and manufacturing from the bottom up.

• Nano means one billionth.

Major Aspects of Nanotechnology

•What is it?

•How did it come about?

•What are the social implications?

•What does this mean for the future?

History of Nanotechnology

• E = mc2

• Atomic bomb

• Biotechnology/Genetic Engineering

• Quantum Physics

• Nanophase materials

Nanotechnology Past and Present

(A) a hand holding a computer chip.

(B) computer chip (C) living cell placed on the chip (D) two nanocomputers beside the cell

(E) shows an irregular protein from the cell on the lower right, and a cylindrical gear made by molecular manufacturing at top left

(F) shows two atoms in the protein, (G) reveals the nucleus of the atom as a tiny speck

Below: 35 xenon atoms spell out a familiar logo

A demonstration on the

molecular level

A nano-motor manipulated by two laser beams

Major Aspects of Nanotechnology

•What is it?

•How did it come about?

•What are the social

implications?

•What does this mean for the future?

Positive Effects on Society

Above: Nanomachines

could allow for cleaner

energy production

Right: Nanomachines in

the blood stream

patrolling for viruses

Positive Effects on Society (Medical Applications)

Negative Effects on Society

Major Aspects of Nanotechnology

•What is it?

•How did it come about?

•What are the social implications?

•What does this mean for the

future?

The Future with Nanotechnology

Left: A nano-gear Right: A nano-universal-joint

The Future with Nanotechnology

Above: A nano-bearing

Right: A “nano-factory”

If it falls into the wrong hands

Genocide and ethnic

cleansing (pictures

from Kosovo)

Some Final Thoughts

• Still a young science, but could take off at any time

• Presents wonderful opportunities

• Presents terrible opportunities

Calvin - http://www.foresight.org/UTF/Unbound_LBW/chapt_1.html

Scale drawing - http://www.foresight.org/UTF/Unbound_LBW/chapt_2.html

IBM Atoms - Courtesy of IBM Research Division

http://www.foresight.org/UTF/Unbound_LBW/chapt_4.html

Nanofactory - http://www.foresight.org/UTF/Unbound_LBW/chapt_3.html

Graphite/Diamond - http://www.foresight.org/UTF/Unbound_LBW/chapt_3.html

Environment - http://www.foresight.org/UTF/Unbound_LBW/chapt_9.html

Patrollers - http://www.foresight.org/UTF/Unbound_LBW/chapt_10.html

Mike's Fav Pic - http://nano.xerox.com/nano/

Nanogear - http://www.nano-technology.com/nanozine/nanogear.htm

Mystery - http://www.nano-technology.com/nanozine/nanogear.htm

Blood video - http://www.ccs.ornl.gov/vizlab/nano.html

Blood still - http://nano.xerox.com/nanotech/nano4/tuzun/paper2/fig1paper2.jpg

Nanomotor video/still - http://www.ccs.ornl.gov/vizlab/nano.html

Garbled molecules - http://www.wadsworth.org/albcon97/abstract/guo.htm

IBM Radio - http://www.campus.bt.com/CampusWorld/pub/ScienceNet/soundofsci/solutions/ nano.html

Bearing - http://nano.xerox.com/nanotech/compNano.html

Debate - http://www.lysator.liu.se/lsff/confuse96/Nanotechnology.html

Yugoslavia - http://www.gov.yu/terrorism/index.html

Kosovo - http://www.cnn.com