The Future of Nanobiotech Predicted

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday January 12, 2006 @09:54PM from the molecular-deconstruction-deconstructed dept.

Quadraginta writes "Aharon Hauptman and Yair Sharan of the Interdisciplinary Center for Technology Analysis and Forecasting (ICTAF) at Tel Aviv University recently presented the results of a survey of 139 researchers on the future of nanobiotech. The presentation itself is only available as a PDF file, but there is a brief news announcement from the ICTAF. Interestingly, Hauptman and Sharan asked for -- and got -- specific predictions from the experts of the year in which various nanotech marvels will appear. For example, the experts say we can look forward to biosensors capable of detecting a single molecule by 2015, the direct construction of artificial human organs by 2020, and the use of nanomachines inside the body for diagnosis and therapy by 2025."

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Terminator is here by broothal · 2006-01-12 22:02 · Score: -1, Offtopic

"Living, self reparing abilities in artificial systems" by 2025, and only a 20% chance of this never happening.

I, for one, welcome our new super robot... ah - never mind
Re:10, 15, 20 years away? by jonnosan · 2006-01-12 22:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Wait, that was a good analogy
No, this is a good analogy.
Re:oxymoron by goombah99 · 2006-01-12 22:50 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Hey, it's 4 am. give me a break.

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