Nanotechnology Introduction
"Nanotechnology is also known as ‘Molecular manufacturing’ or molecular construction. Each article processed using nanotechnology has certain characteristic features by itself. Nanotechnology deals with these properties taking one molecule of the material at a time and building them to the desired object" ... "Technically speaking nanotechnology deals with building molecule by molecule one of the following – a) incredibly small and highly advanced processors and chips of computers and machines or b) ordinary materials using highly advanced and extremely machines which are usually known as assemblers or fabricators.
Nanotechnology uses the molecular properties of an object to build a desired structure" http://www.nanotechnology-2007.com/nanotechnology-introduction.html
"Since the emphasis is on large-scale atomic precision, it is natural to seek a name that refers not to the nanometer scale of the parts, but to the number of distinct, designed parts in a macroscopic product, typically on the rough order of a sextillion (1021). Since the prefix "zetta-" denotes this number, the term "zettatechnology" naturally describes molecular manufacturing and its products (for comparison, the total world output of transistors has not yet reached one sextillion). One can thus speak of advanced nanotechnologies as eventually enabling zettatechnology,..." http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1349
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Looking 'out' for you...
I found this today:
In Pictures: How They're Watching You Read the full story Robert Ellis Smith
http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2007/11/21/privacy-surveillance-technology-oped-cx_res_1126privacy_slide.html?partner=yahoofp
Location-Based Technology
Deployment of computers and cameras not just to collect personal information but to collect images and keep track of individuals' locations. Closed-circuit TV, ATMs, global positioning systems, wireless telephones and Google "Street View" are examples.
Nanotechnology
Referring to miniature but highly sophisticated creations that permit "unprecedented control of the material world" on a nanoscale. Also called "molecular mechanics."
Ubiquitous Computing
The presence of computers everywhere we go, to collect and dispense information, to monitor, to capture images. A term to replace last year's "Internet of Things," which describes all-encompassing, constant connectivity of inanimate objects--meaning that computers connect billions more things than persons.
In Pictures: How They're Watching You Read the full story Robert Ellis Smith
http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2007/11/21/privacy-surveillance-technology-oped-cx_res_1126privacy_slide.html?partner=yahoofp
Location-Based Technology
Deployment of computers and cameras not just to collect personal information but to collect images and keep track of individuals' locations. Closed-circuit TV, ATMs, global positioning systems, wireless telephones and Google "Street View" are examples.
Nanotechnology
Referring to miniature but highly sophisticated creations that permit "unprecedented control of the material world" on a nanoscale. Also called "molecular mechanics."
Ubiquitous Computing
The presence of computers everywhere we go, to collect and dispense information, to monitor, to capture images. A term to replace last year's "Internet of Things," which describes all-encompassing, constant connectivity of inanimate objects--meaning that computers connect billions more things than persons.
Uberveillance
The pervasive presence of covert computers in all aspects of human life, leading perhaps to more cases of paranoia. The German word "über" means "over" or "super."

Zettatechnology
The next generation of nanotechnology? "Zetta" connotes sextillion. The capacity for taking over human functions is virtually limitless. my comment: do you know the power of someone changing your heart beat? 
see the technology at https://www-eng.llnl.gov/mir/mir_search_rescue.html
LLNL UWB radars have demonstrated applications for noncontact and long distance vital-sign monitoring. The mechanical motion of the human heart can be observed noncontact at close range and respiration can be observed over long distances through barriers.
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