Nano-tech
Nanotechnology
Quite simply, nanotechnology is technology on the
molecular scale, particularly the building of functional
machines of this size or of the building of machines that
directly manipulate molecules.
Nanotechnology provides
invisible little machines that can build, repair, or
destroy things at the molecular level, from buildings to
diseases. These little machines can manipulate the air
that enters our lungs, the bullet impacting our left arm,
and rejoin the torn fabric of our favourite shirt. |
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External nanites can be released to perform permanent jobs
in the real world, such as building a house, keeping a
knife sharp, or trimming the shrubs. Internal nanites can
be swallowed, sniffed, or otherwise ingested to destroy
diseases within the body, augment biological processes, or
reinforce or repair tissues. Utility Fog, or UFog, is a
cloud of buoyant nanites that surround a person and can
act as shielding or group together to form simple objects
like chairs.
Perpetuation and Upgrade
Groups of nanites that are intended to perform a job over
some length of time will often include nanoconstructors
that perpetuate the group. A percentage of the group will
exist for no other purpose than to replace functional
nanites that wear out. Upgrades to nanites can be
performed simply by introducing new nanoconstructors that
decommission old nanoconstructors and rebuild upgraded
nanites.
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Nanoconstructors
Nanoscopic machines, little more
than the size of a few atoms, designed and built to carry out
construction operations on the molecular level. Nanoconstructors
will generally build things in one of two ways. Matrix
nanoconstructors will bind themselves together to form buildings
and objects or act as the binding matrix in polymers.
Types of Matrix nanoconstructors:
Electrites – matrix
nanites that bind together through electrostatic charge
Magnites – matrix nanites that bind together through
magnetism or electromagnetism
Granites – matrix nanites that bind together through
gravity
Foglets - buoyant nanites, prevalent in UFog, with the
ability to form molecular bonds, used
to form physical objects
Manipulative nanoconstructors
will manipulate readily available natural materials such as
stone and build it up into objects or buildings. Manipulative nanoconstructors are generally
designed to use natural laws in the creation process,
encouraging materials to form real molecular bonds. When an
object or building is complete, the nanoconstructors either
self-destruct or remain active to provide cleaning and
maintenance routines. Ultimately, the object or building is identical to one
constructed by more traditional means.
Virile nanoconstructors exist to build other nanoconstructors.
Medically speaking,
nanoconstructors are essential. Without nanoconstructors,
medical science would be thrown back to the days of knives and
sutures. Nanoconstructors are programmed to identify and
eliminate undesirable entities like poisons and cancer cells.
They can carry, rebuild, and replace tissues to repair that which has
failed or been damaged. Specialized nanoconstructors can be
programmed by medical specialists to perform a variety of
interesting effects from rebalancing internal chemical levels,
to strengthening bone structure beyond normal, to rebuilding
damaged organs and tissues. All without the need for primitive
cutting.
Materials
Most modern materials rely on NanoMatrix
construction. Simply, the atomic bonds that hold things together
are formed by nanites. Nanoconstructors may be designed which
entice the formation of particular bonds between particular
molecules to create a natural or synthetic material. In more
active matrix materials, nanobinders
remain in place in the material and actually act as the bonds between molecules
which allows the combination of a wide variety of substances
with a wide variety of properties.
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