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A Review of Nanotech's Future

Posted by michael on from the tiny-bubbles dept.

captainsaavik writes "A Washington Post article today reviews nanotechnology - 'Nanotechnology, the hot young science of making invisibly tiny machines and materials, is stirring public anxiety and nascent opposition inspired by best-selling thrillers that have demonized the science -- and new studies suggesting that not everything in those novels is fantasy.'"

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  1. still a dream by wmeyer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nanotechnology may yet become the AI of the 21st century. As the nightmare stories about the risks of runaway tech will undoubtedly appeal to the enviro folk out there, I anticipate heavy resistance to widespread adoption of the results.

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  2. Re:Unstoppable by RetroGeek · · Score: 5, Insightful

    new technology that has been abandoned, or even significantly delayed, through alleged (or real) risks

    Nuclear energy.

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  3. Re:Nanotech by DAldredge · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And thank God we live in a world where humans don't purposly try to kill millions of their own kind.

    Oh, wait....