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'''Nanotechnology''' is, as the name inplies, technology on the nanometer (billionths of a meter) scale working at the mollecular and atomic levels, covering a wide field of disiplines from medical aplications to computer systems. The most well known varient of this is that of '''Nanorobotics''', which is the creation of microscopic robots (Commonly called 'Nanorobots', 'Nanobots' or 'Nanites') and is generally slated for aplications in medicine and in computer manufactuirng.
'''Nanotechnology''' is the technology of developing microscopic devices. The best known variant is '''nanorobotics''', the creation of microscopic robots, which are generally expected to be used in medical applications and computer manufacturing.


== Applications in fiction ==
==Nanotechnology in Science Fiction ==
Nanotechnology, especially nanorobotics, appears frequently in modern science fiction.


Nanotechnology, in praticular Nanorobotics is a common theme in modern science fiction. A few notable apperences of Nanotechnology include...
===Star Trek===
*[[TNG]] "Evolution" - Modified medical "nanites" infest the computer systems of the [[Enterprise-D|''Enterprise'']], interfering with ship functions and threatening a unique research opportunity. They eventually develop a sentient hive mind and negotiate their own release to an uninhabited planet.
*''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'' - The [[Borg]] assimilate victims from the [[Enterprise-E|''Enterprise'']] by injecting "nanoprobes" into their bodies that take control of them. These will be a feature of the Borg in all of their subsequent appearances.


*Evolution (Star Trek, TNG)-The computer systems of the Enterprise-D is infested by a network of self replicating nanites which seize control of said computer systems and eventually, through the establishment of a hive mind, achieve sapience. Said Nanites were eventually dropped off on an alien planet by the enterprise crew and could easily be destroyed by bursts of electromagnetic energy.
===Other Science Fiction===
*In ''[[Babylon 5]]: Crusade'', the alien Drahk release a plague upon Earth that is actually composed of nanotechnological devices.
*In ''[[Stargate]]'': The human form Replicators and Asurans are made up of nanites.


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Latest revision as of 05:02, 30 September 2009

Nanotechnology is the technology of developing microscopic devices. The best known variant is nanorobotics, the creation of microscopic robots, which are generally expected to be used in medical applications and computer manufacturing.

Nanotechnology in Science Fiction

Nanotechnology, especially nanorobotics, appears frequently in modern science fiction.

Star Trek

  • TNG "Evolution" - Modified medical "nanites" infest the computer systems of the Enterprise, interfering with ship functions and threatening a unique research opportunity. They eventually develop a sentient hive mind and negotiate their own release to an uninhabited planet.
  • Star Trek: First Contact - The Borg assimilate victims from the Enterprise by injecting "nanoprobes" into their bodies that take control of them. These will be a feature of the Borg in all of their subsequent appearances.

Other Science Fiction

  • In Babylon 5: Crusade, the alien Drahk release a plague upon Earth that is actually composed of nanotechnological devices.
  • In Stargate: The human form Replicators and Asurans are made up of nanites.
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