Nanorobotics is the technology of creating machines or robots at or close to the scale of a nanometer – 1 billionth of a meter. More specifically, nanorobotics refers to the still largely theoretical nanotechnology engineering discipline of designing and building … Read the rest
Looking to the Future of Nanotechnology: A Snippet with Jeff Welser
In this Snippet from the Stories from the NNI podcast, Dr. Lisa Friedersdorf, Director of the NNCO, speaks with Jeff Welser, Vice President in IBM Research, about his view on the future of nanotechnology.… Read the rest
Exploring Nanotechnology and the Future of Renewable Energy
Exploring Nanotechnology and the Future of Renewable Energy. Imagine a future where every home, office or building is painted with solar panels and its bricks operate as batteries thanks to nanotechnology. There’s a lot of promise, but what is nanotechnology? … Read the rest
What is NanoTechnology?
What is NanoTechnology? Have you ever wondered what this is and what it is used for? Is it tech for health? Is it tech for finance? How will it change out world? Let’s find out now! We post the most … Read the rest
Nanotechnology in Food Science/Engineering
Food additives have been around for years, the initial goal was to extend the longevity of food. Nowadays the goal has broaden and recently nanoparticles have entered this field in a way to add smaller dosages for preservation as well … Read the rest
Nanotechnology Expert Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED
Nanotechnology researcher Dr. George S. Tulevski is asked to explain the concept of nanotechnology to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert. Nanotechnology is the study of objects at the nanoscale … Read the rest
Photolithography and Applications in Nanotechnology | Benjamin Chen
I have personally experimented with three lab experiments that deal with photolithography: microfluidics, microletters, and 2-photon lithography. Microfluidics is the field of science that encompasses fluid manipulation, taking advantage of the fact that fluids act differently at a microscale. One … Read the rest
The Tiny Guide to Nanotechnology
What’s the tiniest technology you can imagine? As small as a grain of rice? Or a grain of sand? Perhaps the width of an individual strand of spider web? Smaller still. Nanotechnology is so small, in fact, it is narrower … Read the rest
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A Small History of Nanotechnology
Author Andrew Maynard reads from Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies… Read the rest