Nanotechnology: Here and Now
So what will life be like in the heyday of nanotechnology? How will its development actually impact people's day-to-day lives? The advances in creating ultra-fast computers, molecule-sized mechanical parts, and super-strong materials all sound grand, but what do they ultimately mean to me in my life?
These questions are coming from people who see the nanotechnology hype but aren't necessarily technophiles or long-term planners. Mentions of nanotechnology in the press have grown exponentially (see the nanotechnology hype index in Figure 5.4) as nano has become hot, but when will nanotechnology actually enter our lives and become not the next big thing, but the current one?
To some extent, the answer is “now.” The original ...
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