Nano Tech Soon to be Biological Tech!

It's interesting how today we have taken huge strides in the advances of Nano technology. But, will the integration of human and technology prove to be a bumpy ride? Watch this clip from the history channel.

Smaller Machine helps make smaller measurements

As technology continues to shrink in size there ever increasingly needs to be a way to accurately measure said technology. Such a feat was thought to be extremely difficult until a entrepreneur couple from South Carolina developed a machine that does just that. The machine itself is excessively small and allows scientist to accuratly measure in the nanoscale. The full actricle can be found here:
http://www.ncnanotechnology.com/public/features/small-technology.asp

Nanotechnology Helps treat cancer

Nanoparticles are being use in exciting and new ways to treat cancers.

One way using "Gold" Nanoparticles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyhxRIvw_cY&feature=related

And another method using Magnetic Nanopaticles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUh1gHG2jns&feature=related

Nanotechnology helps doctors identify and treat Disease

Another use that is being developed for nanotechnology is the ability for doctors to actually make cures on the genetic level which will enable them to identify and treat a variety of diseases.
Full video found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jqQxuVncmc

Medicine gets smaller

The practices of medical professionals today are based on the understanding that there is beings so small they are invisible to the eye that effect all medical procedures. If this medical research of the smaller world didn't exist things like a common infection, virus's, bacteria, cancer, an understanding of the cell, would have never been discovered. Since this research of small has begun people live longer and longer. It makes the mortality rate of patients in surgery better by minimizing the risk of infection. This is because of the process of sterilization and the understanding of the small.

Nanomedicine

Another piece on our ongoing topic of nanotechnology, this time about medicine and its future. Imagine being able to head to your doctors office and receive and inject of nano-machines that are able to programmed to repair an unthinkable amount of ailments. Cancer, AIDS, paralysis and even the common cold would be a thing of the past. This microscope cell-like robot would be able to navigate our blood stream and destroy any invading cells, or repair any damaged organ. This is what we have to look forward to within the future of medicine. Below is a very outdated video that still, to this day, shows a great example of what we could achieve with this technology.



This is a great resource for a lot of nanomedicine articles and research.

Nano Fabric

With the summer months approaching I thought I'd put up an item relating to nanotechnology, since that has been a recent them here. A company by the name of Solestrom has created a line of swimwear that is coated with a nano-layer of water resistant around each fiber in the suit. This allows water to actually pass through the fabric, instead of being absorbed by it.

Here is a short example of the material in action:


The original article from the Telegraph.co.uk website.