Nanotechnology Builds on Past Hype
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Nanotechnology, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 12 14th, 2010 | no responses
This video from Dutch TV shows nanotechnology in action as a surface coating to protect clothing and other materials from getting dirty. Dockers stain-resistant pants were among the first to use nanotechnology in clothing.
A new collaboration between Swiss-based ETH Zurich and IBM signals a re-emergence of nano — beginning in Spring 2011. But what will the new public-private partnership actually do? Here’s a hint, based on what IBM is already doing with nanotechnology.
And then there is a the whiz-bang edge of nanotechnology. BBC is trying to get a sense of where nano is going.
Some day a tiny microchip which houses 50,000,000 transistors could deliver medical miracles in the form of a digestible electronic pill.
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