Do you think that pushing the boundaries of science and technology can be disrup

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Do you think that pushing the boundaries of science and technology can be disruptive towards industries? If so provide an example. Nanotechnology is the science of basically making things really small (on the order of 10^-9). To get a perspective of how small the nano scale is, if you took the side of a piece of paper and evenly cut the side of paper into 10,000 increments, that increment would be at the nano scale. This is the size the understanding of science has allowed us to create machines to make circuits at this level. Nano technology is applied to other areas other than electronics. For example products produced at the nanotech level that is designed to prevent stains can be applied to apparel. Therefore your clothes will never get dirty. What industries or companies do you think will be affected negatively or positively from the application of this technology? Science has allowed us to understand matter at the atomic level. From one of the IEEE publications I received, one of the articles stated that it take roughly 1 million atoms to store a single bit (an on state) in memory. Bits are used to process information in computers, communication systems ect. What do you think will happen if scientists are able to produce a single bit of RAM or ROM using only a couple of atoms? What are the benefits? Will there be any disruption to technology using this science? I encourage you to respond.

Explanation / Answer

In my opinion, nanotechnology is proving its usefulness. you must have observed that in early days computers were almost 2 storied building large with very low RAM. But with advances in computer science and nanotechnology now it is possible to produce very large capacity RAM and ROM computers / devices which one can carry with them in form of laptops, tablets and mobile phones. if we keep investigating further it is possible that one can have a supercomputer which can be just a palm length. And it will be beneficial for both human being and industry as well.

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