Nanotechnology : The Future is Coming Sooner Than You Think

Product DescriptionThis paper discusses the range of sciences currently covered by nanotechnology. It begins with a description of what nanotechnology is and how it relates to previous scientific advances. It then describes the most likely future development of different technologies in a variety of fields. The paper also reviews the government’s current nanotechnology policy and [...]

Exciting Medical Innovations Coming Soon

The field of medical research is one area that has seen remarkable growth and innovation. We have made great leaps in learning about genetics, diseases, and other areas that have resulted in remarkable inventions to help treat and cure severe medical conditions. It is an area where the possibilities of what we can accomplish [...]

Nanocosm: Nanotechnology and the Big Changes Coming from the Inconceivably Small

Product Description“An irreverant, comprehensive romp, by an experienced science popularizer, through the many fascinating details of the nano-world.” — The Wall Street JournalSince the dawn of technology, many tools have grown steadily smaller even as they have grown more powerful and complex. Now nanoscience takes technology beyond most popular definitions of reality, to a realm [...]

Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology

ISBN13: 9780385199735 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionThis brilliant work heralds the new age of nanotechnology, which will give us thorough and inexpensive control of the structure of matter.  Drexler examines the enormous implications of these developments for medicine, the economy, and the environment, and makes astounding yet well-founded projections [...]

The Coming Merging of Mind and Machine

Editor’s Note: This article was originally printed in the 2008 Scientific American Special Report on Robots . It is being published on the Web as part of ScientificAmerican.com’s In-Depth Report on Robots . Sometime early in this century the intelligence of machines will exceed that of humans. Within a quarter of a century, machines will [...]