Is it possible to do postgraduation in nanotechnology after an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering?
I read in wikipedia that “At the smallest scales, mechanical engineering becomes nanotechnology…”. So, can I study Mechanical Engineering and then go in for nanotechnology?
Nanotechnology is my main interest. If there are other undergraduate courses after which I can do postgraduation in nanotechnology, please let me know. Thanks a lot!
Introduction to Nanotechnology
Desktop Nanofactory
Welcome to Desktop Nanofactory. A desktop nanofactory is a proposed system in which nanomachines (like little industrial robot arms) would combine reactive molecules to build larger atomically precise parts. These, in turn, would be assembled by positioning mechanisms of assorted sizes to build macroscopic (visible) but still atomically-precise products. The concept is to build any physical item from the bottom up – using the smallest of parts – atoms and molecules.
When desktop nanofactories are built (we predict by 2015 to 2020), severe disruption to the world economy would ensue because the economic model since the dawn of mankind was based on scarcity. With desktop nanofactories in every home, the economic model would be turned upside down and be based on surplus. Products would be made from recycled “toner” – which are just the appropriately configured chemical compounds needed for the produced product – and the true value added component would just be the intelligence (software program) to run the desktop nanofactory.
A typical nanofactory would fit in a desktop box. Here’s a typical desktop nanofactory – this animation video was made in 2005.
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Introduction to Nanotechnology
Nanotech Risks
Andrew Maynard, chief science advisor for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, talks to Jorge Ribas about the technology’s risks.
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