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NASA Supporting Nanotech Development

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the blinded-me-with-science dept.

It doesn't come easy writes "In laboratories around the country, NASA is supporting the burgeoning science of nanotechnology. The basic idea is to learn to deal with matter at the atomic scale -- to be able to control individual atoms and molecules well enough to design molecule-size machines, advanced electronics and "smart" materials."

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  1. Re:I say, awesome. by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, they seem to have trouble exploring the infinitely large, so they may have better luck with the infinitely small...

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    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
  2. hmm by NanoGator · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why do I have the feeling that before too much longer, 'nano' will be the next big buzzword? Buy the new 'NanoPod Video Player!'

    Okay, sorry, I have nothing interesting to say about this article. Just remembering the good ol' days when every new exciting tech began with an E.

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    "Derp de derp."
  3. Wow by unts · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nanotechnology is going to be huge!