In case you dont know what nanotech is here are a few links.

http://www.zyvex.com/nano/

http://e-drexler.com/p/idx04/00/0325nanoOverview.html

Basically, nanotechnology is he use of microscopic robots to manipulate objects on a molecular scale. Also, scientists say that these "nanobots" or nanites could be given the ability to self-replicate. This means that, theorietically, a swarm of nanites could exponentially expand, consuming all life on Earth. Just in case you were wondering, nanites run on carbon, what all life is made out of. That means, to self-replicate, they must consume carbon.

Nanites already exist, but they do not have the self-replication yet. It would be even worse if they were implanted with some kind of collective A.I.

However, if the nanites do not kill all life on Earth, here are some positive things that can come out of this:


Cures for almost all disease

Incredibly cheap and efficient manufacturing.

Overwhelming military might for the United States (cause we will be the first to figure it out )

Construction of a space elevator, which connects from a platform in the pacific to an international space station in orbit.

Fabrication of foodstuffs from raw materials like carbon.

Fabrication of pretty much any other substance.

Pretty much anything else that can be accomplished by the mass-scale altering of molecular structures.


To me, this would be the most important technological advancement in human history, and potentially more deadly than nukes.

Here is a link for that space elevator I was talking about:

http://www.space.com/businesstechnol..._020327-1.html

Make sure to read the part entitled Stronger Than Steel.

Wont the future be cool (if we don't die)?
smokinindausa Reviewed by smokinindausa on . Nanotech and the end of the world. In case you dont know what nanotech is here are a few links. http://www.zyvex.com/nano/ http://e-drexler.com/p/idx04/00/0325nanoOverview.html Basically, nanotechnology is he use of microscopic robots to manipulate objects on a molecular scale. Also, scientists say that these "nanobots" or nanites could be given the ability to self-replicate. This means that, theorietically, a swarm of nanites could exponentially expand, consuming all life on Earth. Just in case you were wondering, Rating: 5