... perhaps as little as $1 billion today."4 There are many uses of nanotechnology and among the most important is that it can be used to produce better materials, improved medicine, lighter computers and large energy storages. Nanotechnology will enable us to make new materials that will be "stronger, lighter, and even interactive. The uses for these new materials are endless, from knives that never need sharpening to better space ships."5 In the field of medicine, where everyday new diseases are found, nanotechnology could mean the end of the disease. For example, "if you caught a cold or contracted AIDS, you'd just drink a teaspoon of liquid that contained an army of molecule-sized nanobots programmed to enter your body's cells and fight viruses. If a genetic disease ran in your family, you'd ingest nanobots that would burrow into your DNA and repair the defective gene."6 The uses of nanotechnology in the ...

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