Nanotechnology: The High-Tech Revolution - with Dave Blank

What does nanotechnology look like today and what will it look like in the future?
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This talk is supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Minuscule laboratories that can fit on a postage stamp, efficient materials for solar panels and enhanced computer chips could help us solve some of the world's biggest problems.
Dave Blank is the Chief Scientific Ambassador at the University of Twente.
This talk was filmed in the Ri on 22 October 2019.
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[@SlowToe]

Outstanding . If you ever wanted a genuine glimpse into the future of humanity , here it is.

[@krassigor]

Brian Madden that's extremely well said

[@scarlet8078]

Really great presentation, thanks! In my area of biotech we use nanotechnology for medical devices that run themselves by producing electricity from a body's involuntary movement, e.g., muscle contractions of a beating heart. I think the term is piezoelectric nanogenerator. It's created from tons of nanowires made from a vapor mist that condenses onto a mold/ plate. In medicine we also use nanotech for "nano-positioning" which means using tiny tools (pipette, tweezers, etc.) to manipulate groups of cells on projects such as IVF. I think biotech will be the first place to create a so-called "nanobot" or nano scale nano-manufacturer. We can already engineer microorganisms such as bacteria to do a wide range of things, so it should not be too difficult to make them work as nano-manufacturers.

[@semb12]

Great talk, thank you for posting.

[@abathens]

Highly entertaining and informative. Great way to spend an hour.

[@chococandy8009]

Thank you so much 'The Royal Insitituion' for uploading such amazing videos for free on youtube making it possible for common students like me to study about such higher research topics. Thank you and keep uploading such videos. One of the best science and tech channel on youtube:)

[@dalitshiv834]

Ap IIT se ho?

[@bynumartistmanagementeveng342]

Outstanding tour! Thanks

[@iteerrex8166]

The science and engineering is very cool and could be very useful. A word of caution tho, that as we produce more and more of GMOs, synthetic materials, and now nano-particles. Particles that are cell size and can interact with sells. These interactions may not be "healthy", and the more we produce the higher the danger. In the near future the environment well be full of this stuff, potentially causing all types of mutations including cancers. Very high level of caution is warranted, and the stuff should remain in the labs until long term biological experiments have been conducted. IT SHOULD NOT BE ASSUMED BENIGN, and get it out the door ASAP to make some money.

[@MrFilip-qr1qk]

I'm starting on my nanotechnology master degree this year!

[@thephilosopherofculture4559]

To people who are wondering what version of English this professor is speaking, I can confirm it is Dinglish, Dutch English. In the 1970's there used to be a dictionary of Dinglish - English going from desk to desk of financial traders in the City as Dinglish was not always crystal clear to native English speakers and in finance one must be very precise in the wording of transactions, otherwise big losses may be incurred.

[@westerling8436]

hou uw bakkes: dat is Vlaams, janet

[@hinaharit7315]

Outstanding information

[@julzee111]

Absolutely terrifying.

[@morganophelia5963]

Agreed. Someone awake glad to see it.

[@julzee111]

@@morganophelia5963 It is mind blowing to me how few of us there are!

[@ilse3887]

This year..liberation day..many dutch will hang our flags upside down...that is what we do if democratie is no longer a fact!! That is because of vaccin an pandemic rules/ restrictions... I wonder how many more would follow if they knew our king is actively sponsor/ promoting and active in this technologie !! Kingsday that we selebrate every year..was a day of protest for a few..!! What was in origan.... made to do good...can be changed to do bad!!

[@kimmiecatluvinwilson2139]

@@julzee111 Many will be deceived.

[@wagoholics]

This is nightmareish

[@thamiribraheem4960]

thank you ...its really amazing...can i have your Lec and explain it to my friends

[@golden_infinity_harbinger8016]

Fabulous!

[@davidjp7197]

This is incredible

[@sylviablack4935]

mind blowing. very cool.

[@marcmarc172]

Excited to watch this talk later! The future of tiny machines is awe inspiring!

[@eythemischief4148]

Damn right it is =D

[@westerling8436]

did you watch it yet? I'm watching it. Tell me when you've watched it

[@globalvillage423]

He is a great speaker.

[@0VistaDelMar0]

Will this be applied in hospitals and assisted living homes now?

[@markgreen2170]

imo, it is applied to all medicine ...what's in your vax?

[@everhernandez6011]

great video 🏆 .I curiously think that this kind of tec would help people with cancer's and multiple sclerosis that I myself have and am looking forward to be having the cure with this kind of help that can help many millions more 😁

[@loukask.9111]

Volume a little higher would be greatly appreciated!

[@TheRoyalInstitution]

Noted and fed back to the editors!

[@SewayPL]

It got shrank, nanotechnology

[@hvar0908]

Please arrange for automatic foreign language translation.

[@sbalogh53]

18:32 Hmmm. Watching this during COVID-19 epidemic and seeing the virus in a video from last year. 38:11 This is most certainly a time machine. ;) 45:24 Which of these is the smartest? Obviously the very, very stable genius on the right. LOL

[@morganophelia5963]

Don't get that vaccine...

[@fouadmas5413]

Many thanks

[@zyspan]

Brilliant

[@AnalyticalReckoner]

Coding has become sloppy and bloated as a result of how many transistors are in the average PC these days. If we hit a wall with hardware there is still a lot of efficiency we can gain from the code.

[@Huntracony]

Don't get me started on how incredibly inefficient web technology is.

[@derderrr7220]

theres a thing called responsible use!!!! and a simple thing called asking permission

[@__________6597]

Well

[@yair2lavy357]

you are great i love you

[@reddragon2335]

I love you too

[@Content4free78]

will Nanotechnology create Superhumans (Demigods/Metahumans)?

[@Erwt64]

In 2010, the Netherlands had a queen, not a king. To avoid confusion with the constitutional title 'King', the husband of the Queen got the title of Prince of the Netherlands.

[@bplus2932]

just add Black to that MESA ;)

[@NoNameAtAll2]

hl3 confirmed

[@globalvillage423]

Ah, allusion to Half Life :-)

[@fouadmas5413]

Please explain

[@savvaandrew1316]

He talks about the nano dust being incorporated into the glass of water but doesnt say how and then makes a BIG statement that we have a cup of coffee or water and then we know everything about the person, but HOW do we know everything about the person, he does not explain this, to me this is important when it comes to privacy, I think the dust is also called Smart Dust. Has anyone got an explanation to his statement. Does it mean that the dust can you to your brain or different parts of your brain and start working its magic, because the brain can really tell you about a person, 17.45 min mark

[@brawndo8726]

12:29 FYI, here in the future, Europe has banned titanium dioxide from all food products.

[@v2xerxes580]

i want to control my own nanotech .....

[@cloudlounger6903]

Nanotech 'started' inside a single cell of anything that has ever...EVER, been alive. Carry on...🙃

[@amitanand7534]

He looks like David Gilmour

[@snapdragon6349]

I'll see you on the dark side of the moon 😂✌

[@derderrr7220]

ctrl z !!!!

[@anteconfig5391]

I have a headache. It's not because I don't understand any of this. I just have a headache about it. It hurts to listen to content like this. Even though I practically put a ring on it 'cause I just love Nanotech so much. I feel like I have to step in and pave my own path in nanotech, because this on is giving me a headache. I still need to learn more in order to do that but... I guess what I'm really trying to say is that this stuff is primitive nanotech. It's like we know so much more but this is the stuff that we the common folk see. I don't know. It's just giving me a headache.

[@gustavnilsson6597]

Go for it

[@iisthphir]

All we have so far is pretty primitive, nothing like Drexlers vision of it anyway, probably largely because of how funding 'works', but it is a huge playing field, if predictive computational models for quantum boundary phenomenon can be made it would go faster. There is so much more but every thing can't be made into a video you have to go and read papers if you want details usually.

[@frhe1970]

'Transparent Aluminium' ? ''Aye! Thats the ticket laddie''....

[@bazsnell3178]

Great comment fellow Trekkie Fan.

[@DistantVision85]

Tesla cybertruck uses metallic glass.. Probably aluminium oxynitride glass. (Couldn't find anywhere that has information on the specific material Tesla is using, so pure speculation on my part) ceramics.org/ceramic-tech-today/ceramic-video/video-transparent-aluminum-from-star-trek-to-reality

[@KuddlesbergTheFirst]

Picotechnology is even more rare and advanced?

[@savvaandrew1316]

Do you know much about smart dust, the smart dust of now, and how it works against peoples privacy and can it work if consumed into the body

[@WhiteDevil-ku5bj]

Nano

[@user-rw8er6tm8w]

防水臘浸泡，，，像冷凍貨櫃食品，，，。

[@Idontwanttoask]

Do you think nanotech is advanced technology?

[@wagoholics]

This is very concerning

[@CharIie83]

new physics on the nanoscale?

[@scarlet8078]

Yes, quantum effects dominate at the nanoscale rather than physical effects at the bulk substance scale. It's largely bc of the dramatic difference in the surface area to volume ratio. As I understand it, there is also a difference in electron behavior. On nanoscale the free electron path, which in bulk substances imparts various properties, can actually be larger than a nanoparticle itself

[@tedtrees8113]

I have a Meteorite fragment and I took a picture with our microscope, and it clearly shows A Nanotube. If you send me your email, I'll gladly send you a picture of it.

[@ThunderBassistJay]

So sad to realise this technology can be used by bad guys as well.

[@ThunderBassistJay]

@@AustinThomasPhD Yep, that's the sad truth.

[@craigg4219]

Th bad guys always control technology. Ask Tesla.

[@Fredjoe5]

ALL technologies are. It's a poor reason not to use them. Never surrender any technology, no matter what excuse is put forth for it.

[@BenjWarrant]

This is hopeless. Picture after picture going too fast for him to explain what we're looking at.

[@daddylonglegs9193]

Whÿ ü büłłÿ më

[@globalvillage423]

Imagine computer more efficient than brain.

[@MrAnthony359]

Wtf is he saying

[@mariokajin]

To the naysayers, go find yourself a nice cave get some fur clothes and a big wooden club. And stop using the resources of the rest of the world. For the others this is the future, we don’t know what it will bring to us but it’s exciting.

[@Zen_Power]

Yes! AI too. Can’t wait for Skynet to arrive.

[@azarobert3926]

that is awesome we can put them in our vaccines

[@morganophelia5963]

Oh God shut up!

[@emilioperez6435]

Science playing god this has to be the mark of the beast.

[@neoking7989]

The content in the lecture is great..but the English accent very terrible it makes understanding him so boring.

[@pedrojunior982]

1.25x

[@ilse3887]

Dutch accent!!!!!...makes the englisch terrible!!! Kinda funny..mocking him...and getting it wrong yourself!!

[@daskapital3532]

Your accent is better?

[@pcowen79]

DONT READ THE COMMENTS HERE!!!!!!

[@TheRoyalInstitution]

Why? They're perfectly reasonable?

[@qwiddity]

@@TheRoyalInstitution Famous last words usually spoken before the Internet declares "Challenge accepted!" 😆🤷🏻‍♀️

[@geezermann7865]

Not going to happen.

[@isaacmandell-seaver7223]

Geezermann ??

[@eythemischief4148]

Do you mean that nanotech isn't a plausible technology? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applications_of_nanotechnology

[@deathpick2]

ok boomer

[@Chris_128]

What a narrow world view

[@xponen]

already happen, your own computer chip is already smaller than your own individual blood cell! how more "nano" do you want?

[@gfrenken2779]

The English language skills are abominable and that is really too bad

[@eveg67]

Psychopaths

[@suzannegoncalves9934]

16.7systemik227.9