Advances in nanotechnology have given flight to some seemingly fanciful, and also alarming, projections and fictional scenarios. Yet the applications of nanotech are so diverse and far-reaching that scientists agree that the widespread ability to manipulate matter on the nano scale — one-billionth of a meter — opens up possibilities to completely transform every sector of the world’s industrial, manufacturing and economic systems.
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The Perils of Nanotech, Part 2: Reining In Runaway Research
Posted by: Andrew K. Burger March 11, 2008 04:00 AMAdvances in nanotechnology have given flight to some seemingly fanciful, and also alarming, projections and fictional scenarios. Yet the applications of nanotech are so diverse and far-reaching that scientists agree that the widespread ability to manipulate matter on the nano scale — one-billionth of a meter — opens up possibilities to completely transform every sector of the world’s industrial, manufacturing and economic systems.