NANO

one-billionth of a meter
10
!9
meters
Theres plenty of room
at the bottom
Richard P. Feynman
1959
How can we see nano?
scanning tunneling & atomic force microscopes
Volume vs Surface
Special properties of nano
Conducting
electricity or heat
Change colors or reect light
better
Stained glass
Controlled heating and cooling
Top down
BULK MATERIAL
Bottom up
INDIVIDUAL ATOMS
NANOROBOTS
0.110 micrometers
Killing cancer
Killing healthy
CELLS
WITHOUT
Nanobot rebuilding the neuron
Tooth repair
By the year 2015 the annual global market for nano-
related goods and services will top $3 TRILLION
Raj Bawa, PhD
Green technology
0
waste
2020s
Text
begin to
appear in
clinical
treatment
Robert A. Freitas
Grey Goo
Eric Drexler, 1986
I wish I had never used the term Grey Goo
Eric Drexler, 2004
Fear
&
Governance
We must do more thinking up
front if we are not to be similarly
surprised and shocked by the
consequences of our inventions.
Bill Joy, founder of Sun microsystems
Bright future
Beginning of the end
OR