It is estimated that this technology can be used to solve some of the biggest problems facing humanity, such as world hunger, incurable diseases, and dependence on fossil energy sources.

All this will not be immediate. But nanotechnology will take us there.

First, they can be used to create new materials and devices.

For example, a “smart material” has been developed that can change shape based on temperature.

This material can be used for making body-fitting clothing, performance-enhancing sportswear, or structures such as bridges and buildings.

Secondly, nanotechnologies can be used for the creation of new systems, such as energy and transport systems.

For example, a “supercapacitor” has been developed that can store energy 1000 times more effective than traditional batteries.

Thus its application could be used to improve the energy efficiency of cars and means of transport, reducing fuel consumption, and CO2 emissions.

Thirdly, nanotechnologies can be used for the creation of new medical devices, such as prosthetics and diagnostics.

For example, a “chip” has been developed that can detect cancer in the blood.

This technology can be used to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment, reducing costs and treatment times.

Finally, nanotechnologies can be used for the creation of new production systems, such as food and energy ones.

A “microalgae” has been developed that can convert solar energy into food.

This technology can be used for the production of artificial food, reducing the consumption of water and land.

I hope these examples may have given you a better understanding of what nanotechnology is.

But I want to explain this differently, discussing our history. This evolution is similar to others that human beings have already experienced.

Nanotechnologies allow us to do something similar to what humans have already discovered with other compounds we have found on Earth.

Centuries ago we learned to mold iron, glass, and stone. We chemically invented concrete and were able to mold this hard material to create: pillars, bridges, buildings, roads, and other infrastructure.

We have evolved these discoveries: so it was no longer necessary to use objects found in nature and modeled by biology, ready-made as they were useful to us.

Before, houses were built with wooden poles. Then they were built with concrete and iron beams that we had learned to mold, melt, break down, and recreate.

Today, similar things are happening.

We are able to shape and create new material on a much smaller, primary level. Let’s say to its inception.

Do you understand that this new ability and breakthroughs of ours is upsetting? We will completely replace mother nature and biology.

THE ADVANTAGES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES