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Nanosecrets of Everyday Things

Posted by michael on Wednesday September 4, 2002 @04:20AM from the attention-to-detail dept.

prostoalex writes "A recent issue of Berkeley Lab Research Review discusses the nanosecrets of everyday things. The article talks about common everyday applications of nanotechnology advances, as well as takes a look at tools used to manipulate itty-bitty widgets."

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I didn't know.... by I_am_Rambi · 2002-09-04 04:32 · Score: 4, Funny

"'If you're going to manipulate small things, you need small tools,' says Keith Jackson....Jackson, a physicist in the Materials Sciences Division's Center for X-Ray Optics"

It took a Physicist to figure that out? I thought little kids can figure that out. I am glad to learn the obvious from a physicist.
Eric Drexler ??? by zebadee · 2002-09-04 04:33 · Score: 4, Funny

Meg Ryan in the film Innerspace(1987)started the nano-craze for me!
Re:Blob? by regen · 2002-09-04 05:17 · Score: 4, Funny

The technical meaning of blob is Binary Large OBject. It turns out that at a small enough level the universe appears to be a database.

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