In a mere fifty years we have been steered from the Empire of Production to the Empire of Consumption- from the Empire of Credit to the Empire of Debt. We were the Land of Abundance. Now we are the Land of Lack. How silly. How frivolous. How wasteful and shameful. Yet we are not here to curse the darkness, but to light a candle. We shall produce again – wisely and for great abundance – the best educated citizenry in the world, the healthiest populace, a new and sustainable energy and transportation infrastructure, smart, green molecular manufacturing – all to our enduring credit and benefit, engendering the gratitude and indebtedness of the whole world for generations to come. This is our National Optimists Party platform – a plan to at once regain our place and legitimize our legacy as the last great hope of earth. Video Rating: 0 / 5
For the 2010 Body Forward First Lego League season, we have chosen a project that is for patients with osteopenia (low bone mass) and a way to prevent osteoporosis. We have combined the current technologies of stem cell research, synthetic materials to mineralize the new bone quickly, and nanotechnology. Although nanobots seem like a way off in the future idea, the truth is they should be being used for medical procedures by 2020. In order to build nanobots, you would have to do what most people feel is impossible, but IBM has already achieved it! IBM has recently achieved the ability to build things 1 molecule at a time. This breakthrough is called molecular manufacturing. Up until now all we’ve known of is atomic level manufacturing, but all of that is about to change drastically. The stem cells that would be delivered by the nanobots or stimulated to reproduce themselves quicker in younger patients are called osteoblasts. Osteoblasts are new bone cells that start out soft, but mineralize over time with the help of minerals like calcium and phosphorus. Researchers have discovered that electro spun and elctrosprayed nanfibrous materials mineralize osteoblasts at a much higher rate than regular minerals. Nanobots will be able to be built with numerous different substances like synthetic hydroxyapatite. Hydroxyapatite is a new synthetic ceramic that actually promotes the growth of osteoblasts in test trials. The nanobots will deliver the stem cells, the electro spun … Video Rating: 5 / 5
On August 24 2005, the School of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Nottingham hosted a debate entitled “Nanotechnology: Radical new Science or Plus Ça Change?” This brought together leading British scientists and key proponents of the molecular manufacturing concept (originally put forward by K. Eric Drexler in 1981) to debate the science, feasibility, and potential of nanomachines. A variety of thought-provoking technical and societal issues were raised during the well-attended two hour session (which featured as a component of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council-funded 2005 UK Summer School in Surface Science).
