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Nanotechnology:
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Nanotechnology: what is it? By definition, nanotechnology is defined as any manufactured product with substantial technology under 100 nanometers (nm). Device technology such as this is easily microscopic. Small bacteria are about 200 nm in length; much larger than any nanotechnology found today. Nanotechnology has such a large impact on all facets of society that many refer to it as "general purpose technology." As with any technology, nanotechnology presents advantages and disadvantages depending on the utilization of the product produced. The future is a blank sheet and nanotechnology is more than prepared to fill in the space.

As its most basic premise, nanotechnology aims to advance and scale down modern computers and electronics and to make modern products more efficient. Such advances have to take place in the quantum world, where things must happen in a precise fashion, or not at all. Nanotechnology "represents the state of the art in advances in biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, computer science and mathematics"[1]. It will become an integral of daily life, if not already, and redefine the capabilities of a species.

In many cases with nanotechnology, as with modern technology, something that is in fact very large could be classified as nanotechnology due to the advancements that can be made on small, individual parts and chips. However, the first step is almost certainly in the way of Molecular Nanotechnology (MNT), which is defined as small advancements utilizing capabilities of nanoparticles.

[1] http://www.nanotech-now.com/introduction.htm

Researchers discover that electrons can travel over 100 times faster in Graphene than in silicon. Graphene, which is an atom-thick sheet of graphite, has much less resistance than copper. Graphene would make communications faster, as well as more reliable. The material is quick and is capable of processing extremely high-frequency transmissions. Although the material is easily affected by trapped electrons in a type of “atomic-scale dirt” researchers are hopeful that this new material will accelerate both computer engineering and also the bio-medial fields.

Currently hard drives are served with only one head, that can only read one area of data at a time. Due to this limitation, disk read/write speeds cannot increase in the future. Researchers are currently working on memory based on probes, which would enable disks to become much more dense. The probes would be independent of one another, drastically increasing disk speeds. Measurements show that a small current can be used to maneuver the probes, but not touch the disk surface. Although this seems to be a good solution, it is not currently practical, as the method is unreliable.