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World's First Controllable Molecular Nano-Gear

sciencedaily.com — Scientists from A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), led by Professor Christian Joachim,* have scored a breakthrough in nanotechnology by becoming the first in the world to invent a molecular gear of the size of 1.2nm whose rotation can be deliberately controlled.

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  • raphaeltmnt, on 06/22/2009, -0/+6Digg #50. Woo-hoo!
  • Arturion, on 06/22/2009, -0/+4Time traveling gear to what?
  • rodon, on 06/22/2009, -0/+4"Nano Gear!?!?"

    http://www.videogamey.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/ ...
  • mohsenxp, on 06/22/2009, -1/+4For those wondering...this is the future right here.
  • MAXAMOUS, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.
  • b1kerguy, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2it moves that fast
  • mandarin, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2Tiny Joseph?
  • pe5t1lence, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2I got hit with a little man!
  • TheRealDj, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2The Nanorobotic Apocalypse is coming...

    Regular robots are doomed.
  • dafragsta, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2I certainly hope you were quoting something, otherwise, that is just crazy talk.
  • ucdbunny, on 06/23/2009, -0/+2Not really...we already have "nanomachines" that do everything this does except much faster (to the order of million times a second and those are the slow ones). They are called proteins.
  • Jack8274, on 06/23/2009, -0/+2"This achievement marks a radical shift in the scientific progress of molecular machines and is published on 14 June 20009 in Nature Materials."

    lol, radical shift makes me think of the Ninja turtles.
  • mohsenxp, on 06/22/2009, -1/+3Wow just wow.
  • b1kerguy, on 06/22/2009, -1/+2Said Prof Joachim, “Making a gear the size of a few atoms is one thing, but being able to deliberately control its motions and actions is something else altogether."

    no kidding, ive got countless numbers of gears a few atoms big i built myself...somewhere
  • sb66, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1Eventually we'll have injections of nanotech that augments the immune system, given at birth to prevent disease. All disease. Then the augmentations of other bodily systems will start. Sufficiently advanced nanotechnology should also be able stop and perhaps reverse aging.

    My bet is all this within 100 years. If we don't nuke ourselves first.
  • ilovetacos, on 06/23/2009, -0/+1That was a dumb comment.
  • iancgi, on 06/23/2009, -0/+1The future is now!
    People will be living inside cyberspace in 15 years time. Just imagine a PC game being played with full immersion virtual reality.
  • TheMachine1, on 06/22/2009, -3/+420009? Time traveling gear to.
  • sirdarksoul, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1Sorry I read Collectible Molecular Nano Gear...
  • Gumphlumph, on 06/22/2009, -1/+2The gray goo is coming!
  • orbz, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1So you and I are outta luck, but we're expected to be working the hardest on this stuff. Nice, eh?
  • frequentFlyer, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1This is what Zyvex has been trying to do for years. Ah well....
  • dafragsta, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1damn! That's smaller than the traces on most microprocessors.
  • fuzzybeard, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1@ cubicledrone:

    So, I take it you got burned last September? [innocent batting of eyelashes]
  • bloodhound01, on 06/23/2009, -0/+1Maximum Armor.
  • bloodhound01, on 06/23/2009, -0/+1Maximum Strength
  • bloodhound01, on 06/23/2009, -0/+1Maximum Speed
  • Serenity495, on 06/23/2009, -0/+0True, but human "nanomachines" can be hijacked and messed up so that our immune system could possibly get even worse! So human "nanomachines" are worse than the pre-installed proteins! And this will eventually show yet again that God knows best when it comes to messing with nature. We've already messed up the Earth, so now we're going to mess ourselves up. And then the Apocalypse will occur. Sorry. I watch too many sci-fi movies.
  • iamhemi, on 06/22/2009, -0/+0lol yeah i saw that too...
  • Tarmogoyf, on 06/22/2009, -1/+1Your timeline is WAAAY off. Think 30 at the most.

    Once we reach the Singularity in the next 15-20 years, everything else will follow effortlessly.
  • cubicledrone, on 06/22/2009, -3/+2Now that the project is complete, all the engineers, programmers and technicians will be fired and shoved from the building by an army of security gorillas. Then the rectangle-heads will replace their Spock-phone with wire-rimmed glasses and take to the podium in their long-sleeve blue shirts to announce the public offering.

    Then the real work will start.

    A team of management fatass will start humping Powerpoint faster and faster as they inflate the balloon of ***** around the company stock. Nobody will notice the stench until just before the whole thing ignites. As the fire alarms sound, the lying rat ***** will toss the remaining cash into a lifeboat and jump out a window, rowing away as fast as possible, leaving behind a note that reads:

    "Dear Government: The tried to shift paradigms, but the clutch pedal broke. There's cake in the conference room. Send money."

    It fills your heart with good American values, doesn't it? Let's all sing the company song.
  • HEAVYisSPY, on 06/22/2009, -1/+0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdsHn-IsFTg
  • yramc, on 06/23/2009, -1/+0Nano-gear?! No way!
  • frequentFlyer, on 06/22/2009, -6/+1not really. "nano tech" is a marketing buzz word, nothing more.

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