Technology of the

Future
Jon Cascio
Seth Williams
Kyle Barrett
How it works

 Nanotechnology works by three steps:

– manipulation
– create assemblers
– use replicators
Areas Affected By
Nanotechnology

Three Major Areas in Nanotechnology

Medicine
Environm ent
Com puters
Nanotechnology and
Computers
 Moore’s Law
– “The number of transistors on a CPU will
double in number every 18 months.”
Nanocomputers

 Nanometer
– 1 nm = 1 billionth of a meter
– 1/500th width of a human hair
 Transistors
– Not small enough
– Top Down  Bottom up
– Nanotubes
Nanotubes

 Sheets of graphite rolled into a tube

 50x stronger than steel
 1-2 nanometers in diameter
 Controlling
Nanocomputers

 Using microwave energy and magnets

– Computers 200 – 500 times faster
– More reliable
– Cheaper
– 5-10 years
Ferroelectric Materials

 Voltage changes polarity

 Use like Binary
 Non-Volatile RAM
 Make computers lighter and smaller
 Won’t need back-up batteries
Problems So Far….

 Not going to happen overnight

 Costs
– Production
– Programming
Nanotechnology and
Medicine
 Engineering of functional systems at
the molecular scale
 Hybrid of chemistry and engineering
 Purpose of nanotechnology is to align
individual atoms into the desired
structure
Medicine Intro

 Nanotechnology has several possible

medical uses:
– A combatant against cancer
– Improve oxygen circulation in the body
– Molecular level tissue mapping
Cancer Research

 Nanorobots identify tumor

 Attach to the tumor
 Release toxin for that type of tumor
 Systems allow nanorobot to travel the
body
Circulation

 Structures can house oxygen

 Oxygen is released at certain
conditions
 Possible to replace red blood cells
Tissue Mapping

 Nanotechnology can provide a much

closer look at tissues
 Tissues are fixed
 Nanorobot scans tissue
 Data processed by external computer
Nanotechnology and the
Environment
Advantages

 Help clean up toxic spills

 Detect pollutants
 Expand available resources
 Glean materials before they become
wastes
 Reduce energy consumption on the
demand side
Nanoenergy and a Green
Economy
 Harness solar energy with nanocells
 Membranes to convert sunlight into
energy
 High efficiency solar cells
 Nano-photosynthesis
 Nanotechnology will be pollution free and
use one-hundred percent recycled
materials.
Food Production

 Nano-photosynthesis produces paper,

sugar, and other materials to ease real
environmental products
 Super efficient nanobots will make
food last longer and have more
minerals and vitamins.
 Maintain greenhouses
Pollution

 One hundred percent biodegradable

and recyclable products
 Reduction of CFC’s and other toxic
materials
 Reduction of smog and acid rain
 Prevention of global warming by using
less fossil fuels
Future of Environmental
Nano-technology
 Solar cells
 Nano-particle transportation
throughout the environment
 Increasing food supplies
 Reduce and clean up of pollution
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