Using Nanotechnology To Make Smart Devices
According to dictionary.com, nanotechnology is the science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules, and any fabrication technology in which objects are designed and built by the specification and placement of individual atoms or molecules or where at least one dimension is on a scale of nanometers.
By producing miniature electric and computer systems, via nanotechnology, smaller electronic gadgets become economically viable. Gadgets become smaller and lighter, may need to use less battery power, and can have increased functionality for less money.
Using nanocrystals, batteries could be fully charged in only six minutes. Socks utilizing nanoparticles eliminate bacteria and foot order. The list of possibilties for using this technology to create new or better gadgets is almost endless.
Nanotechnology can also be used in medical fields as well. For example, drugs using nanotechnology, can speed the delivery time throughout the body from three hours to 20 minutes. Or perhaps microscopic implants will travel through arteries to detect illnesses and fight disease.
There are many who oppose nanotechnology, fearing nanobots will self-replicate and take over the world, or may be used as the newest form of global weaponry. Obviously, as with all new technology and medical advancements, care must be taken to use the technology responsibly. Nanotechnology, however, holds huge potential for changing our lives and our products in ways that are still hard to even imagine.
