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'''Nanotechnology''' is any [[technology]] that works on the scale between atoms and bacteria, typically measured in [[nanometer]]s (there are 1,000,000 nanometers in a [[millimeter]]).

'''Nanotechnology''' is any [[technology]] that works on the scale between atoms and bacteria, typically measured in [[nanometer]]s (there are 1,000,000 nanometers in a [[millimeter]]).

The idea was first proposed by the physicist [[Richard Feynman]] in a lecture entitled "Plenty of Room at the Bottom".<ref>http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/feynman.html Plenty of room at the bottom</ref>.

The idea was first proposed by the physicist [[Richard Feynman]] in a lecture entitled "Plenty of Room at the Bottom".<ref>''There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom, An Invitation to Enter a New Field of Physics'', by Richard P. Feynman, transcript of a talk given by Richard Feynman on December 29th 1959 at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society at the California Institute of Technology, first published in the February 1960 issue of Caltech's ''Engineering and Science'' [http://www.quantiki.org/wiki/index.php/What_is_Quantum_Computation%3F]</ref>.

== Examples of Nanotechnolgy ==

== Examples of Nanotechnolgy ==

===Solid State Physics===

===Solid State Physics===

In [[Solid-State Physics]], nanotechnology is being used to engineer the next generation of computer components, which will exploit quantum mechanics in order to perform certain operations much faster than current technology.<ref>''There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom, An Invitation to Enter a New Field of Physics'', by Richard P. Feynman, transcript of a talk given by Richard Feynman on December 29th 1959 at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society at the California Institute of Technology, first published in the February 1960 issue of Caltech's ''Engineering and Science'' [http://www.quantiki.org/wiki/index.php/What_is_Quantum_Computation%3F]</ref>

In [[Solid-State Physics]], nanotechnology is being used to engineer the next generation of computer components, which will exploit quantum mechanics in order to perform certain operations much faster than current technology. This idea was again first proposed by Richard Feynman, in a conference keynote speech, later printed as an article in the International Journal of Theoretical Physics<ref>Simulating physics with computers, R Feynman, International Journal of Physics, 21, 467. http://www.springerlink.com/content/t2x8115127841630/?p=4c2181eb362349dcbae9f86495d82f03&pi=1</ref>.

===Medicine===

===Medicine===