http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/08/12/producers-notes-macro-concerns-in-a-nano-world/ Science, Environment, and Nature in the SF Bay Area Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:20:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/08/12/producers-notes-macro-concerns-in-a-nano-world/comment-page-1/#comment-59542 Remi Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:03:59 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=766#comment-59542 Nanotechnology, in its traditional sense, means building things from the bottom up, with atomic precision. By contrast, much of the work being done today that carries the name 'nanotechnology' is not nanotechnology in its original meaning. Current nanoscale technologies can and do include everything from lithography to optics to metrology, encompassing materials science, semiconductor manufacture, and even ranging into biotechnology. Nanotechnology, in its traditional sense, means building things from the bottom up, with atomic precision. By contrast, much of the work being done today that carries the name 'nanotechnology' is not nanotechnology in its original meaning. Current nanoscale technologies can and do include everything from lithography to optics to metrology, encompassing materials science, semiconductor manufacture, and even ranging into biotechnology.

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