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Nanotechnology Harnesses the Power of Light

Posted by michael on from the synthetic-photosynthesis dept.

madirish2600 writes "There's a Washington Post story running about some German scientists who have used light to create a nanotechnology spring. 'Scientists have for the first time used the power of light to create mechanical energy for a microdevice, making a single molecule of plastic drive a tiny machine.'"

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  1. Info about Nanotechnology... by dwheeler · · Score: 5, Informative
    Presumably many readers know a little about nanotechnology, but in case you're looking for beginning information about it, here are a few places to look:
    1. Nanotechplanet's Nanotechnology FAQ
    2. Foresight's FAQ about Molecular Nanotechnology
    3. Richard Feynman's ``There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom'' (an old classic that essentially started the field).
    4. Engines of Creation (by K. Eric Drexler, Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1986)
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    1. Re:Info about Nanotechnology... by Saeger · · Score: 3, Informative
      And below are links to the full texts of Drexler's Engines of Creation, and Unbounding the Future. If you've got the time, they're both great reads, especially since it reads like scifi, but isn't.
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