What is nanotechnology?

A short introduction to nanotechnology, and why you should care about it.
The video dives into materials science and advanced materials, and looks at how designing and engineering substances from the atoms they're made of upward allows novel properties to be developed and used. It also looks at responsible innovation when it comes to grappling with the benefits as well as the health and environmental risks of nanoparticles and nanomaterials.
Stand-alone copies are available on request from Andrew Maynard at [e-mail]
#nanotechnology #safety #risk #nano
USEFUL LINKS
NOVA nanotechnology resources: www.pbs.org/wgb...
Nanotechnology 101 - from the US Government: www.nano.gov/na...
K-12 nanotechnology lesson plans, from NISE Net: nisenet.org/sea...
24 questions and answers on nanotechnology safety: 2020science.org...
Nanotechnology basics - from nanotechnology for Dummies: www.dummies.com...
Nanotech rewards (video from Discovery): • Nanotech Rewards
Nanotech risks (video from Discovery): • Nanotech Risks
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This video was developed as part of the NSF-funded Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), under NSF Award Number EEC-1449500. It was produced in collaboration with Claire Cook.
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[@shuaibsalim6616]

"Where did this come from?" "It's Nanotechnology you liked it"

[@revered9631]

HULKK

[@connorkenway3654]

No i'm more like a private investigator lololololololololol

[@inaado5477]

How did grapes grower use this atove nano tech.

[@naghime]

Watch this amazing TEDx Talk about Nanotechnology: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2nHZKOui8dnmZY

[@IAmAlpharius20]

Nanomachines son

[@kevs6974]

"Dude, you're embarassing me in front of the wizards"

[@nomadnoparty3243]

Guess iam the only one here trying to discover what my future job should be and not because of ironman

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I am as well

[@ibrahimjahangir5560]

Same

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Jesus christ I don’t know what to do with my life

[@ibrahimjahangir5560]

@@Isabella-gq6xv same

[@samabraham863]

Same

[@user-uo1zd1wi9t]

If you knew nanotech before tony mentioned it you deserve a veterans discount

[@dawnultimate]

shrek the ogre i knew

[@zephyr1327]

shrek the ogre I didn’t even know tony said mentioned this.

[@jjayneartworkx]

Quantum 👍

[@jjayneartworkx]

Lol...I did not know the ironman reference...😄

[@saintmichael5253]

What if you learnt it from a Naruto character?

[@JesusChristDenton_7]

Sarif was right about one thing. It's in our nature to want to rise above our limits. Think about it. We were cold, so we harnessed fire. We were weak, so we invented tools. Every time we met an obstacle, we used creativity and ingenuity to overcome it. The cycle is inevitable... but will the outcome always be good? I guess that will depend on how we approach it. These past few months, I was challenged many times, but more often than not, didn't I try to keep morality in mind, knowing that my actions didn't have to harm others? Time and time again, didn't I resist the urge to abuse power and resources simply to achieve my goals more swiftly? In the past, we've had to compensate for weaknesses, finding quick solutions that only benefit a few. But what if we never need to feel weak or morally conflicted again? What if the path Sarif wants us to take enables us to hold on to higher values with more stability? One thing is obvious. For the first time in history, we have a chance to steal fire from the gods. To turn away from it now - to stop pursing a future in which technology and biology combine, leading to the promise of a Singularity - would mean to deny the very essence of who we are. No doubt the road to get there will be bumpy, hurting some people along the way. But won't achieving the dream be worth it? We can become the gods we've always been striving to be. We might as well get good at it. - Deus Ex Human Revolution

[@andyball7013]

This is a fantastic explanation of what nanotechnology actually is! Most videos just explain what it does or how it can be used. It's quick and to the point, and I really liked the animation and the audio too. I only wish it also explained how scientists have become to good at creating this nanotechnology. What do they use to build/alter these molecules?

[@cathyrivera5103]

Perhaps Graphene Oxide.

[@CookidyCook]

So how do I build an iron man suit?

[@clab232]

DannyMight Arrange the atoms

[@jarvisiron]

DannyP my buddy

[@Rbrezay]

You can’t.

[@jarvisiron]

Currently we can only build suite like mark 1 or 2

[@johnyboi1201]

BE TONY STARK INTELLIGENT

[@dylanb3882]

*"Nanomachines son!"*

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My metal gear is rising

[@amandam9049]

This video explains nanotechnology so well! You just saved my science grade, thank you for the great video!

[@SLVOICEOFNATURE]

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[@malisaahhh]

others: iron man's suit brought me here me: my science teacher brought me here

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That's actually true.

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😂😂😂

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Senator Armstrong brought me here!!

[@seeker_of_knowlage3568]

novel brought me here. (Si-fi novel)

[@jamesmcguckin7404]

Same 😂

[@ChristianApologeticsTruther]

I’m sitting here with a toilet paper roll in my hand mind blown. Think of the possibilities.

[@tonystark6585]

this comment is underrated.

[@STICKITINYOUREAR]

Garrett Weiss- Well we won't be able to get Iran that way because they are a non toilet paper country.

[@naghime]

Watch this amazing TEDx Talk about Nanotechnology: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2nHZKOui8dnmZY

[@seanmarquez9944]

Thumbs up if you are here after watching infinity war and seeing tony's mark 50 !!!

[@hamatoyoshi7601]

Sean Marquez that is exactly what I was going here

[@ektabhatt3836]

Sean Marquez I am here coz one of my friend got enrolled in PhD in nanotechnology

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YA 4 months ago I saw

[@ChazSeamus28]

I'm here for Morton Downey Jr and Ozzy Osbourne

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SAME LMAO

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2017: wow that great thank u 2022: NANOMACHINES SON!

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You can't hurt me Jack

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@InsertnameHere YOU WERE JUST LIKE ME

[@nicholasmarshall8430]

I read all your research on nanotechnology, really brilliant.

[@riskbites]

Thanks!

[@bloxidy8752]

You know, I’m something of a scientist myself.

[@SpeederCraft1020]

Impressive.

[@nikolaidreyer5079]

Thanks for the video, It contains 676 words. I am going to use it for my English oral exam tomorrow. I will keep you posted on my grades!

[@Dankstv]

so? update please...

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he got such good grades that he is now jeff bezos and doesn’t need to use youtube and uses his private social media

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His grades are so good he's no longer Nikolai Dreyer, he's now Nikolai Tesla

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Please update 🙏

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Did bro even make it to school ?

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Iron man new suit brought me here

[@Rbrezay]

jeffrey hernandez you’re welcome Hernandez.

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Me too ,lol!!!!!

[@infinity_sh4816]

same

[@connorkenway3654]

Tony Stark same hehehe

[@AfterthymeGaming]

Same. I'm just curious how all the weapons came out of him. And why they look like an Autobots/Decepticons arm merge into a weapon.

[@tadiwosadane9048]

Very clear Explanation, been browsing youtube for an hour. Thank you

[@4orrcee]

"Where'd that come from?" "Its Nanotech you like it?"

[@janellefarrell9332]

yes all under 5 min. Love it!!!

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Really great videos With great power , also comes great responsibility

[@SLVOICEOFNATURE]

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as a nanotechnology major: don't

[@dragonmastertheedgeking1595]

I've heard they harden in response to physical trauma

[@sfclancyphd]

Nicely done, as always. Regarding the evaluation of the technology, the concepts of benefits, unintended consequences and intentional misuse should be applicable to any technology. Do you agree? Are there things that are unique to nanotech that are not applicable to other technologies?

[@riskbites]

Thanks Shaun, yes - while nanotech is the focus of this video, those broader questions can be applied to pretty much any emerging field I think - there;s nothing special about nanotech beyond it leading to capabilities that we don't have much prior experience with (which also holds true in many other areas).

[@SocietyInside]

Hi Shaun, yes, as Andrew says the issues are not unique to nano, in fact many of them are identical to many different strands of tech and innovation - though often they change on a product by product basis. This is beginning to be known as Responsible Innovation - we are now working in nano, synbio, robotics, GM, AI and others to learn cross technology lessons. If you are interested here are our draft Principles for Responsible Innovation for businesses - www.matterforall.org/principles-for-responsible-innovation-january-2016/

[@dripbingus4224]

Nanomachines, son.

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great stuff! very simple and understanding content for any ages.

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This was a really well-made video.

[@IAmAlpharius20]

Can it harden in response to physical trauma?

[@thedook1915]

So with this im guessing with nano technology we will be able to create web shooters in the future. We can engineer the web fluids to be stronger and harder to break?

[@Tyleradams1301]

Uganda Knuckles we could make Iron Man’s bleeding edge armour

[@sohailislam3416]

That is the only reason why I want to find put about nano technology from Infinity war lol

[@thedook1915]

TylerAdams that may be too advance for our technology today. It may possibly happen though. Maybe in a few years .

[@Tyleradams1301]

Uganda Knuckles yeh I know that I was just sayin

[@clydez007]

Cant wait to see a nanotech that can boost human strenght

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Thanks for a putting basic video to understand 👍

[@kire5356]

I looked at this after watching infinity war

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Not only you

[@connorkenway3654]

Same

[@sagarpatel3962]

When I was 15 years old I was taught about nano technology in science class ,here I come after infinity war , I am wondering where is Bucky ball , nano tube and nano sheet

[@bororobo3805]

Everytime I hear nanotechnology I always recall "Cloak engaged"

[@ElenaTsip]

Your video is extremely good but as a material scientist I have to say that our science is closer to physics and we don't always know about biology.

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in a very simple way you explained it

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Good crash course video!

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Tony stark's mark 50 brings me here .

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Nanomachines, son

[@smcs]

I thought I'm going to learn about nanotech but it gave me more questions

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What an awesome video

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This is so good!

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"It's nanotechnology,you like it?? :)"

[@Opgaming.485]

Iam Kumar from Bangalore India really the easiest way to understand about atom. nice tq

[@stevenatubiga5791]

If Iron man's suit is really made from nanotechnology show me a piece of nanotechnology

[@THE_PATMAN_87]

Honestly tony starks nanosuit brought me here haha. this is very interesting thank you. i wanted to understand more :)

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I really like the way of explaining... Do more sir...

[@yulopthegreat]

Can nanotech build suit like Ironman?

[@chankanyy924]

No u will need a lot of power and it's gonna be too weak

[@user-tq6fx7tl7e]

@Ali H Nah rich ppl like Bill Gates would already make it. It's gotta cost a WAYYYYYYY more. Like 1 Trillion or something

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I made a real nano tech iron man suit I haven’t told anyone besides everyone that looks at the comment I made and it really hard to do the atoms things it took a long time like a long long long time

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@@f.b.i6635 lol ik its a joke but dont say things like that people think that ur an idiot

[@quoc3145]

Short answer: No. Long answer: No because the stuff that you see in the movies is an extremely exaggerated use of nanotech. Real nanotech is just fabrics and tiny robots, they don’t come out of thin air.

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You’re powered up! Get in there!

[@pedrobordalo4901]

Great Video!!!

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Now that makes me wonder: Should I use it in an iron costume to be a superhero, or use it to be strong as f*ck as a senator who is about to fight some armored dude?

[@jimmywatts3874]

Great video

[@paxamericana2.046]

There's apparently a new way to use nanoparticles to diagnoze and assess kidney function

[@cubing3656]

2:09 Iron man tshirt...so this is were marvel got the idea of nano tech

[@elderwet273]

Is nanotubes the same as graphene?

[@JesusChristDenton_7]

We've been throwing the word "nanotechnology" around for decades yet, despite only our bests effort, we are only inching closer to that molecular-scale frontier when in fact we should be racing towards it. In the decades to come, the enhanced beings -- post humans who are our progeny -- will look at the mechanical devices we rudely bolted onto our living flesh or buried inside our grey matter, and they will mock us for our crudity. They will look upon what we have made with the same curiosity, the same disinterest, as the pilot of a veetol aircraft would look upon an ox cart. The future of human augmentation lies in the small - in fact, the smallest. In the next thirty years, the molecular frontier will be broken and true nano-scalar programming and biological reorientation will be possible. There will be no tedious instances of severing limbs to replace them with steel proxies. We will drink in these tiny machines, inject them - and be transformed. - Deus Ex Human Revolution

[@takalaninethavhanani4437]

Brilliant, Love it!

[@irishspartanstudios]

To be honest, nanotechnology sounds incredibly dangerous!

[@Stroyer123]

It really is not more dangerous than any other fields of natural science. - A nanotechnology bachelor's student

[@irishspartanstudios]

@@Stroyer123 A) I do not intend hostility. B) How? From my understanding, nanotechnology is a bunch of tiny machines that can change matter on a molecular level or at least close to that, that sounds incredibly dangerous if it ever got out of control. C) Are you referring to yourself as this student?

[@Stroyer123]

​ @ERROR 404 Neither did I, sorry if my reply sounded harsh in anyway. Without meaning any offence, your understanding is very wrong. Nanotechnology simply deals with any technology at the nano scale (usually in the 1-100s nm). We cannot create machines at this size. It is physically impossible. A good example of nanotechnology would be the mRNA vaccine, which utilises mRNA (which is usually at the scale of 2-300 nm). This mRNA is used to induce an immune response in the receiver, allowing for immunity against whatever disease the mRNA is manipulated from. This is a branch of nanotechnology called nanobiotechnology. Another branch is nanophysics, which is often more technical and theoretical, but an example would be how we utilise carbon nanotubes (which are usually 0.4-40 nm in diameter) to make stain-resistant materials. We also utilise silver nanoparticles in many products due to their antibacterial and antiviral properties. Like I said, it is physically impossible to create machines at this size. The smallest made robots are the size of a rice grain, I believe, which are completely impossible to put into the body in any way. And yes, I study nanotechnology for a living. If you have any questions, then please feel free to ask!

[@irishspartanstudios]

@@Stroyer123 Ah. Okay. I understand, I think. Well, thank you for clearing that up. And good luck with your studies!

[@Stroyer123]

@@irishspartanstudios No worries! It's a very niche field of science, and it is often demonised, because people do not know, what it is. I'm not saying there's no danger in it. There is potential for danger in all branches of natural science, but I do not think one is much more inherently dangerous than the others. Nanotech has incredible potential, and is - in my biased opinion - probably one of the most important fields of natural science in this day and age. Thanks! Hopefully I'll be able to bring something incredible to humanity like my fellow scientists before me!

[@TheHOBGamer]

So is nanotechnology ANYTHING like what we’ve seen in recent movies?

[@EmblemYT]

*tony stark wants to know your location*

[@sarahsontour]

Apex Emblem it’s more like we would like to know his location

[@sairamt5342]

Plz provide engineering 4-1 nano technology.

[@DiTheTrash]

You just need to know that it harden in respond to physical trauma

[@renegadegator9714]

Risk bites: ok grab an object anything near u doesn’t matter Me:*hold the item until end of video* My hands hurt

[@user-tq6fx7tl7e]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm It's good lol something non-original that I dont see everywhere

[@deadmanrunning6670]

Great presentation!

[@heckervarun]

i even don't know how it works...but i thought of several ways ...what i thought is exact same here...i am a genius😎😎😎

[@sephikong7880]

Nanomachines son, they harden in response to physical trauma

[@Sabrinephy]

thx for information i like this part of science more day by day

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Sir! Please can you tell me which kind of art you are making on white board. I want to learn it. is there any site from where i can learn it.

[@erikalmadrid4779]

Came here cuz Peter said he did a paper on nanotechnology to dr Osborn (Spider-Man1) wow nice video Peter is smart

[@yumingsu7557]

I am using this for my IRP

[@CupofTea-2000]

"Why won't you die?!" Me with the Nano T-Shirt: "Nanomachines, son. They harden in response of Physical trauma."

[@seer7138]

People: iron man brought me here Me: I just wanted to see if I can become bloodshot 😂

[@skullium5920]

Now I have question? Can this make me into Iron man?

[@ShireStudios_Sun]

Everyones saying thanks for the explanation but im GLAB BECAUSE THEY MADE A POKEMON REFERENCE

[@cryptomoneyuk]

Is regeneration possible with nano tech ?

[@TiffanyHughes-wd6er]

I'm pretty sure yeah.

[@prakashhk4344]

Wow brilliant!!!

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Sub title needed

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miss you 3000 brother

[@bootleghungarian2890]

Infinity War.

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can you please put undertekster please

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Awesome video

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We boutta become iron man after this 🔥😎

[@RasyaTvOfficial]

This is how the mark 50 and mark 85 are made

[@technoman9568]

and he frickin predicted it 6 years ago 2:09

[@Civv17]

Well..... i think i will learn about this

[@HowTo5min-co3ni]

Perfect Job!!

[@MohamedGigua]

You're too Brilliant bro , Thanks; that'll Really help me with my project Tomorrow

[@gerrard1144]

Me:'hears nanotech' Also me:'thinks about Ironman Mark 49....

[@aminaabdelhafiz8424]

gennaro gerrard it’s mark 50 :)

[@Rbrezay]

Amina Abdelhafiz Thank You.

[@gerrard1144]

@@Rbrezay you are welcome

[@manikantamaddirala3712]

I have one question? acctually nanotechnology diagnosis is mainly on the cancer cells.may I know the other diseases diagnosis rather than the cancer.. plz clarify my doubt......

[@riskbites]

Nanotechnology is being developed to be used in many different biomedical applications -- cancer detection and treatment is a large one, but not the only one.

[@manikantamaddirala3712]

Ya but may I know what other biomedical treatments the nanotechnology used

[@wanjora1]

I’m trying to research a product AG nutrition , it’s a nanotechnology. Trying to find out the side effects

[@edgarmartinez3106]

makes me wondering if covid comes from a nanotechnology work mistake

[@kth381]

Everyone - iron man made me come here Me - my science teacher made me come here

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OG video mate

[@GCRANDOMVIDEOSHD]

I just want a helmet that can go one and off with the thought of my mind

[@cjanimationstudio3666]

is it weird that I’m sketching blueprints for a nanotechnology suit called red blaze

[@TiffanyHughes-wd6er]

IIIITS SUPERHERO TIME

[@hypermangi8265]

Quick Science!

[@LizetteReyes]

Curious about a CBD that has it in it.. Green Compass product I bought it at a health convention but now I’m hesitant 😞

[@jadumonigogoi403]

Nano technology means minute scale not at power of only 9 it may be any thing but smaller scale?

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SafeMoon pushed me to here with you scientist 👨‍🔬 i will solve your problem

[@ningningprecious943]

THANK YOU SIR!! WELL PUT!!

[@borealis444]

i wanna study this.

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zoo wee mama!!!!!!!