NANOTECHNOLOGY

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NANOTECHNOLOGY

• By Pupils _at_ KNBS
• Frankfurt 2005

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What is Nanotechnology?

• Nanotechnology
• noun
• An area of science which deals with developing
  and producing extremely small tools and machines
  by controlling the arrangement of individual
  atoms.

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What is Nanotechnology?

• Nanotechnology is an umbrella term that covers
  many areas of research dealing with objects that
  are measured in nanometers. A nanometer (nm) is a
  billionth of a meter, or a millionth of a
  millimeter.

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What is Nanotechnology?

• In the next 50 years, machines will get
  increasingly smaller -- so small that thousands
  of these tiny machines would fit into the full
  stop at the end of this sentence.

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The Uses Of Nanotechnology
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Smooth Surfaces

• Ultra smooth surfaces can be produced atom by
  atom

• This means
• cleaning will be
• minimal as dirt will
• just glide off

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Nanoelectronics

• Nanoelectronics can be used to create small
  objects

• These small objects can hold much more
  information than usual electronic devices

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Nanotechnology Possibilities

• Nanotechnology could be programmed to manipulate
  the molecules and atoms after they have been made

• Nanobots could be the
• first to acquire these
• manipulating skills

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Nanobots in Medicine
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Nanotechnology for MedicineRespirocytes

• Respirocytes are artificial red blood cells, and
  move through the blood stream carrying precious
  oxygen and carbon dioxide.
• Despite all this each respirocyte is between 0.2
  and 2 microns in diameter.

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Whats in a Respirocyte

• As red blood cells must carry oxygen and carbon
  dioxide Respirocytes have been designed to carry
  both gases and keep them separate from each other
  as well.
• Respirocytes carry the gases in small chambers
  and have rotors around the edges to keep the
  constant flow of gas

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What could this do for us?

• In the future a respirocyte could serve as a
  universal blood substitute.
• It could also be used to cure diseases such as
  Anemia, lung diseases, asphyxia and other
  respiratory problems.

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When will this be available?

• Many scientists already know that human trail
  with nanotechnology began in December 2003.
• This could improve all life on earth and quite
  possibly increase the worlds life expectancy.

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