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Nanotech or Nano-Not?

Posted by michael on from the itty-bitty dept.

LabRat007 writes "CNN has a story on the current status and future of nanotechnology. This infromative overview on the technology talks about current research and when we can expect nano-parts for our geek gear."

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  1. I want a... by No+Such+Agency · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... "Young Lady's Illustrated Primer" for any female children I may someday have. That's all I ask.

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  2. Star Trek says not to trust them by DakotaSandstone · · Score: 3, Funny
    Pfft... Ever dince Wesley Crusher's nanobot project went awry and nearly destoryed the ship, I've never trusted nanotech.

    The only nanos I'm okay with are nanoseconds.

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    Nothing is so smiple that it can't get screwed up.
    1. Re:Star Trek says not to trust them by CGP314 · · Score: 4, Funny

      So what if Wil Wheaton's project went awry, MST3k told me that nanites are cute and friendly :]


      -Colin

    2. Re:Star Trek says not to trust them by Phurd+Phlegm · · Score: 2, Funny
      ONLY my editor is tiny, mind you!

      Editor is a euphemism for it I've never heard before....

  3. infromative by byrd77 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This infromative...

    maybe some nanotech spell bots for our keyboards would be more handy...

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  4. Anyone else excited? by doombob · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't know about you, but the prospect of moving a planet out of its orbit and into another sounds like a fun thing to try. I know this is an article about nanotech, but after hearing that example written in there, we should put more research into moving around planets. I think that would be awesome.

  5. Re:Possible dangers by ajs318 · · Score: 2, Funny
    its awesome, you will enough benefits and unless we get down to studying it, we will never really know. But all it takes is one slight mistake to cause a whole lot of bullshit and set us back really bad.
    I'm sure that was the sort of thing they were saying the first time a caveman snatched a burning stick from a lightning-blasted tree.
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  6. Re:The whole field at risk by rdsmith4 · · Score: 2, Funny
    I "think" you might be "right," but go "easy" on the "shift-apostrophe."

    -"Dan"

  7. Re:Nanotech and Biotech... by GileadGreene · · Score: 2, Funny
    I am hoping to persue a Ph.D.

    Perhaps before you attempt anything as difficult as PhD-level research you should work on something simpler, such as the use of a dictionary.

  8. Re:nanotech center by The+MESMERIC · · Score: 1, Funny

    What is the advantage of having a building measuring but a few nanometers in height?

    I just dont get it ...

  9. Re:Nanotech and Biotech... by GileadGreene · · Score: 3, Funny
    You're just a fucking irrelevent troll, that's all.

    Heh. Mr Coward you are either a master of irony, or you are also in need of a dictionary.

  10. Nanodamage by some+guy+I+know · · Score: 4, Funny
    there is a possibility that we may cause unwanted damage to people
    Did you see the episode of Itchy and Scratchy where Scratchy chopped Itchy up into tiny pieces and each piece became a nano-sized Itchy like the brooms in The Sorcerers Apprentice in Fantasia and then Scratchy inhaled the nano-Itchys and they chopped up his cells and he withered away?
    That's why some people are opposed to nanotechnology.
    So blame Matt Groening; it's his fault.
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  11. archaeological dig by Jimmy+Breeze · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't know what country this article comes from, but 'minus 455 degrees fahrenheit'? What third world country still uses that scale?

  12. I'm moving ahead to picotechnology by GlassMaster · · Score: 2, Funny

    10 years ago I missed the bandwagon on microtechnology.

    Now I'm missing out on the nanotech money.

    As of today, I am jumping the gun and writing proposals to study areas which will give insight into the upcoming picotech field. If things go well. I will be pulling in femptotech money by the end of the decade.