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Nanotechnology takes its name from a nanometer (nm), a billionth of a meter, or about one one-hundred-thousandth the diameter of a human hair. In common usage, it refers to an array of new machines and materials whose key parts are smaller than 100 nanometers and to the new tools, such as Veeco Instruments' atomic-force microscopes and Nanometrics' inspection tools for semiconductor makers, that allow the tiny parts and particles to be observed and manipulated. It is a mysterious realm in which the laws of classical physics yield to those of quantum mechanics, in which the powerful bonds...
...Harris Goldberg wants to revolutionize the $1 billion tire-sealant business, but until that goal is realized, he will settle for tennis balls. InMat, Goldberg's seven-employee company in Hillsborough, N.J., regularly ships to Wilson Sporting Goods 55-gal. drums filled with an environmentally safe liquid containing 1-nm-thick sheets of clay. When the material coats the inside of a tennis ball, it traps air far more effectively than standard rubber alone and doubles the life of the ball. Wilson's Double Core, which made its debut more than a year ago, sells at a premium...
Venture capitalists are investing heavily in nanotechnology, which promises industrial advancements, such as nanoscale powders that strengthen steel and materials that allow for smaller chips. Samsung is using carbon nanotubes, fibers just 2 nm wide, to develop high-resolution TV screens; dozens of newcomers will use them to build everything from next-generation transistors to stronger outdoor lights...
...nanobots coursing through our bloodstream, destroying our cancer cells within a generation or two. Few share his vision, but Kurzweil defends conceptual engineers like Drexler and points out that a University of Illinois at Chicago bioengineer is developing a capsule that secretes insulin through pores as small as 7 nm...
...what would have been his junior year, Gates moved to Alberquerque, NM to help his high school friend, Paul Allen, market BASIC...