http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2011 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2011#comment-5640 Anonymous Wed, 24 Aug 2005 20:16:23 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2011#comment-5640 Insted of thinking to define nano-technology, extensive research should be carried out in all the aspects and parts of nanotechnology like nanotubes,naoelectronics switches based on ionic conductors,organic electronics at nano level and so on. Insted of thinking to define nano-technology, extensive research should be carried out in all the aspects and parts of nanotechnology like nanotubes,naoelectronics switches based on ionic conductors,organic electronics at nano level and so on.

]]> http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2011#comment-5635 John Novak Wed, 24 Aug 2005 05:41:50 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2011#comment-5635 Let us posit for the sake of argument that the definition does matter. What would you propose to do about it? That could be you, Christine; you, Foresight; or you, reader. Let us posit for the sake of argument that the definition does matter. What would you propose to do about it? That could be you, Christine; you, Foresight; or you, reader.

]]> http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2011#comment-5598 Anonymous Coward Sat, 20 Aug 2005 00:46:39 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2011#comment-5598 If you allow inclusion of all nanometer-scale technologies, then obviously you'll include all of chemistry and materials science. A proper distinction between those and Drexler's ideas of real nanotechnology is the same as that between piles of scrap metal and piles of machine tools: a deliberate mechanical function, achieved by mechanical, electrical, or chemical means. By this definition, a nanotube is not nanotechnology. A motor made from nanotubes is. Likewise, any nanostructured material is not nanotechnology, but a nanosensor that uses it to convert temperature, light, or chemical potential into mechanical motion is. If you allow inclusion of all nanometer-scale technologies, then obviously you’ll include all of chemistry and materials science. A proper distinction between those and Drexler’s ideas of real nanotechnology is the same as that between piles of scrap metal and piles of machine tools: a deliberate mechanical function, achieved by mechanical, electrical, or chemical means. By this definition, a nanotube is not nanotechnology. A motor made from nanotubes is. Likewise, any nanostructured material is not nanotechnology, but a nanosensor that uses it to convert temperature, light, or chemical potential into mechanical motion is.

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