Before going further, it is essential to understand the size of a nanometer. A nanometer is a billionth of a meter. To imagine it easier, take a strand of hair. The width of that strand of hair is eighty thousand to one hundred thousand nanometers. Today, nanotechnology carries pretty much two meanings. The first would be the traditional meaning, which is the engineering of functions from a molecular scale using atoms, no more than one hundred nanometers in size , that carry special properties. The other meaning would be the vague meaning that most people know it as, which is anything really tiny and interesting, basically. Nanotechnology has a variety of uses. The book has a couple of examples. Zai uses nanomachines such as ships to battle or collect enemy intelligence. Just as well, Zai obtains a nanosuit which he described as ants that automatically adjusted to his body. The importance of nanotechnology is incredible. If nanotechnology is perfected, a revolution in technology would occur that would make the invention of the computer seem like a small change. It would create various brand new technologies. Using nanotubes, various advancements would occur. Nanotubes are much stronger than other materials. As a matter of fact, it is one hundred times stronger than steel. Not only does it have special strength …show more content…
With history, one must begin with the past. Of course, like most things, nanotechnology was just an idea or concept; a concept that was proposed by the physicist Richard Feynman in 1959. He stated that he wanted to build tiny factories all manufacturing simultaneously. He continued to say that it does not violate any laws of physics and has not been in practice only because humans are too big. The practice of it began to develop when the scanning tunneling microscope was created. This enormous microscope allowed humans to view the height of individual atoms. What was seen looked like some alien landscapes. However, using the same machine, they could also move, pick up, and place the atoms, rearranging these landscapes into their own. Nanotechnology is starting to skyrocket these days. It is one of the major studies right now. Many products are already using nanotechnology. These products are batteries that have longer life spans, sunscreen that doesn’t whiten the user’s face and bandages that kill bacteria. But what will there be in the future? There are chances that the uses of nanotechnology in The Risen Empire can become real. There may be nanosuits and nanoships, but most likely not until the distant future. Other possible products in the distant future may be disease killing nanotechnologies that roam the body, destroying threatening bacteria or viruses.