Nano Machines Now!
A breakthrough in nanotech sounds like just what was needed to make the serious applications possible. Like what? Think Star Trek Replicators and cures for everything from pollution to cancer and AIDs.
The new motor mechanism will enable scientists to do things that are much closer to what biological machines do.
Nanotechnology is already being used in cosmetics, computer chips, sunscreens, self-cleaning windows and stain-resistant clothing.
Leigh believes nanoscale science and engineering could have a huge impact on society—comparable to the impact of electricity, the steam engine and the Internet.
But quite how, is difficult to predict.
“It a bit like when stone-age man made his wheel asking him to predict the motorway,” he said.
“It is a machine mechanism that is going to take molecular machines a step forward to the realization of the future world of nanotechnology. Things that seem like a
Harry Potter film now are going to be a reality.”
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