How much nanotech is in your life already?

The burgeoning field of nanotechnology -the engineering of invisibly small particles to create new materials not found in nature-has been said to herald “the next industrial revolution.”
But how much nanotech is showing up in your life already? Earth & Sky spoke with Christine Peterson, Vice President of the Foresight Nanotech Institute.The nanotech that you probably notice most, she said, is its contribution to new materials.
Christine Peterson: These are just new substances to make old products with. And what we’re seeing are new coatings for automobiles, lighter weight materials to build transportation systems from. We’re beginning to see some advances in solar cells. People are most familiar, perhaps, with the new sunscreens. Probably we’ve all used them.Peterson said nanotechnology also shows promise in medicine, especially in treatments for cancer, which may become available in the next five to ten years.Meanwhile, she said, most of the nanotech’s advances have been in the industrial sector.Christine Peterson: We’re only beginning to see some of the more really important uses, perhaps uses that might make a big difference for, say, the energy issue. These are the solar cells, the batteries, fuels cells. All these kinds of things that will make a big difference to us in terms of the energy challenge...
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PS:"And knowledge shall increase...."(Daniel 12:4)
As in the days of Noah...