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300,000 words inscribed on a the head of pin

By Christina Crouch on Wednesday, Dec 26th 2007 No Comments

name on rice Nanotechnology is fascinating to me. I’m going to attribute that to the ‘girl/miniature’ gene of mine. The most current newsworthy item in the world of nanotechnology is apparently making tiny bibles.

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Hitachi is at it again, making all the other HDD manufacturers look bad with their 4TB HDDs

By James Allan Brady on Monday, Oct 15th 2007 No Comments

That’s right, by 2011 your laptop could have a 1TB HDD and your desktop could have a 4TB HDD. That’s all thanks to some nanotech thing that Hitachi has done that reduces Nanometer Recording by two times.

SeagateIDEdrive

You could actually see the technology as early as 2009, but probably not quite in those capacities. Basically what they did was shrunk the head (I KNEW IT WAS ALL VOODOO!) to a point where it’s about 2,000 times smaller than a human hair.

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Reach for the Robo-Raid: Bionic Hornet brings nanotech to war

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 17th 2006 1 Comment

I’m in two minds about this story – impressed, because nanotechnology is cool and tiny robots are even cooler, but more than a little disturbed at the idea of killer robots flying around and zapping people in the neck. Reuters is reporting that Israel are developing a bionic hornet that could chase, photograph and eventually kill enemy combatants or terrorists. Able to navigate tightly confined areas and so small as to be difficult to target by traditional weaponry, the concept is expected to reach prototype stage within three years.

Bionic fly

It’s uncertain as yet whether the robots would be remotely controlled or have some sort of AI, though a combination of both is perhaps most likely; general targeting by remote, while short-range sensors automatically manage obstacle avoidance, tracking and flight.

Israel developing anti-militant “bionic hornet” [Reuters]

Nanotechnology Strom Fishing Lures Catches More Fish

By Rue Liu on Wednesday, Sep 20th 2006 2 Comments

For all ye fishermen out there prone to over-priced shiny lures. Coming out in October is the shiniest of them all created by the major vacuum equipment manufacturer, Ulvac. The “Strom” lure as they call it is produced using advanced nanotechnology featuring a nanocoating that makes it reflective and shiny from any angle you view it. Yes, fish like em shiny things, but I think these suckers attract more humans than fish as with most lure products on the market. However, Ulvac claims these lures, under much testing, prove to attract four times more fish. Anyhow, if you got the money, these suckers go for $25 a piece and come in two sizes, 2.4g and 3.7g.

Nanotechnology Strom Fishing Lures Catches More Fish
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