how will nanotechnology change society ?

makes Y2K look like a damp squid oh er

*i should add that the fascination was of the visiting-the-lunatic- asylum type.

For a horrifying second, I thought that said, "grow yr own bum". Which, sadly, is what I'd probably do.

What do they want to accomplish?

The vision of CRN is a world in which nanotechnology is widely used for productive and beneficial purposes, and where malicious uses are limited by effective administration of the technology. We believe that even a technology as powerful as molecular manufacturing can be used wisely and well—but that without adequate information, unwise use will be far too common. The mission of CRN is to raise awareness of the issues presented by nanotechnology: the benefits and dangers, and the possibilities for responsible use.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX-gTobCJHs&eurl=http://www.thoughtware.tv/videos/show/1531

"Morph is a concept demonstrating some of the possibilities nanotechnologies might enable in future communication devices. Morph can sense its environment, is energy harvesting and self cleaning .
Morph is a flexible two-piece device that can adapt its shape to different use modes. Nanotechnology enables to have adaptive materials yet rigid forms on demand.
It is also featured in the MoMA online exhibition "Design and the Elastic Mind". It has been a collaboration project of Nokia Research Center and Cambridge Nanoscience Center."

could also be used as mobile sensor to detect pollutions , gases and other toxic substances present in the environment (also viruses ?)

awesome I drew a picture of starship when I was 9, maybe I should put that on YouTube.

PAZ is a small monarchy in Europe (near Copenhagen, Denmark) named "Freezone" or "The Keep", run by Victor Van Damme. Inhabitants were given free housing, food, and other necessities. In return, they had to swear fealty to Doom. To ensure their loyalty, Doom had each inhabitant given the tattoo of a dragon, which contained nanotechnology in the ink that allowed him to control their minds. Eventually all Freezoners were freed by the Fantastic Four and left.

Paz vs. Pez

what will hit the market first within the next 10-15 years: touch-screen stretch phone or spaceship the bets are onnn

http://www.virgingalactic.com/

It will change society in small ways, I'd say.

the honey dripping on the phone made me think of some properties i heard about nanopaint (which incidently will soon deliver a serious blow to the tin foil hat market):
"Engineers have produced a prototype nanopaint that can block RF (radio frequency) fields in much the same way as a metal, such as copper, can do. When applied to the interior walls of a building, the material can selectively pass or impede signals to and from cell phones, portable radios or other wireless devices."

Paz vs. Pez

I have a cat named Pez. He's very dignified.

please extrapolate wildly !

There's already quite enough of that going around. First, nanotechnology has to build something other than a blob of atoms that spell "IBM" at a cost of $60 million or so. Then we can talk.

The most worrying thing about this technology is that all the assorted furries and body-mod oddballs will finally be able to turn themselves into a dog-man with three arses or a mermaid with a raccoon ears or whatever they're currently playing Second Life as.

I'm completely ignorant of nanotechnology, so someone tell me - is there anything in commercial production yet?

passive nanotech abounds, anything else not so much.

and passive nanotech is really just a branch of materials science.

is this still a thing?

passive nanotech is really just a branch of materials science

^otm. Nanotech, as in as 'controlling the nano-structure of materials', is definitely a thing, although it's still not scalable to mass production in most cases. the silicon wafers used to create computer chips is the best example of an application where it is economically viable.

all the wild fantasies about nano-robots designed to be injected into your bloodstream to repair your internal organs were never any more than wild fantasies to excite the public about The Future.

Sunscreen is another example of nanotechnology that had been commercially developed for some time. (As I understand it, which isn’t much, nanotechnology is any technology that is carried out at the nano-scale, and this can be in any sector - eg from materials to life sciences.

‘Is this still a thing’ is something I sometimes wonder about other emerging technologies that have gone very quiet - like graphene.

meanwhile the only good tiny robots:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH-ycguHLBU

https://dydza6t6xitx6.cloudfront.net/ci-radiant-pig-save-the-robots-east-coast-ipa-e3fff96edbd8f4c1.png

I am only interested in nanotechnology enabled by domesticated fungi

Move to Oregon in that case is what I hear.

Tombot: https://hostdefense.com/pages/who-we-are

My people

There’s so much cool mycelium tech. In the future, people will be looking for a house to buy, and they’ll say “does it have mold in the walls?” and the answer had better be YES

Last I heard, the Olympic peninsula in Washington state was the nearest thing to nirvana for mycologists.

What's the nearest band to Nirvana for crunchy psych-punks, Milk Music?