Nanotechnology:

Please review the following article before class:

Plenty of room, indeed An introductory article from Scientific American.

 

Additional information can be found in the following links, in chronological order:

Plenty of room at the Bottom The famous visionary lecture by the great Richard Feynman from 1959.

Less is more in medicine  Ideas for use of nanotechnology in medicine from 2001.

Nanotechnology's Future  A brief overview of the current state of nanotechnology from 2006.



Here are some of the questions that we will discuss in class:
What does "nano" really mean?
Is the physics somehow different on nanoscale?
What kind of tools do we need to make nanostuff?
Can we cure cancer with nanotechnology?