Nanotechnology
"Every industry that involves manufactured items will be impacted by nanotechnology research. Everything can be made in some way better—stronger, lighter, cheaper, easier to recycle—if it’s engineered and manufactured at the nanometer scale." - Stan Williams, Director of Quantum Science Research, HP Labs (Source 1) |
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Nanotechnology is the engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale of 1 nanometer to 100 nanometers. A nanometer is unit of measure that is one billionth of a meter and, they are used to measure atoms and molecules. A nanometer is a hundred-thousandth the width of a human hair. Nanotechnology has not been around for long but it has already made impossible advances, has many uses and has much potential to make the world easier to function. On December 29th, 1959 Richard Feynman gave a lecture about the idea of manipulating atoms and molecules. So came the idea of using man power to create microscopic robots to go in and eliminate life threatening dangers by "fixing and arranging the atoms how we want." (Source 2)
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Top Left diagram explains a nanometer. Photo above shows how small a nanometer is compared to the rest of the world.Bottom left is a photo of a buckyball. Want to know what a buckyball is? Click Here. |
Nanorobots
Nanorobots are nanodevices that will be used for maintaining and protecting the human body against pathogens. Their size ranges from .1-10 micrometers that are constructed of nanoscale or molecular components. Even though for their micro size their strengths are almost limitless. Want to know more? Click here. (Source 3)
This video will give you a brief preview-introduction to nanotechnology and help you understand nanotechnology works before continuing. Nanotechnology in California Cal Nano is one of the world leaders development and production of nano materials. Continue to modify properties to include the ultimate strength, power, resistance and, operation. To learn more about more nanotechnology companies in California click here. 
| Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jqQxuVncmc A Journey Into Nanotechnology: Contact Information: Angelica Sanchez 10th Grade, Sheldon High School Email Address: sleep_eat_soccer@yahoo.com Teacher: Mr. Jason Brennan E-Mail Address:
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