“The Future is genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and, ultimately, robotics,” says Ray Kurzweil.
TEDxNYU – Christopher Bradley – Synthetic Biology: This Will Change Everything… “We’re using genes as programming languages,” says Christoper Bradley. “Biology plus engineering equals synthetic biology.”
Empire of the Ants is a good bad movie. At one point while watching it I thought nanoants. An ant would be a great way to introduce the topic of nanotechnology. Most people have seen ants. Ants are small, but we can see them with our naked eyes. A nanoant is one-billionth of an ant. In otherwords, take an ant and cut it into a billion equally sized pieces.
Most realistic android infant?… “They plan to add voice, body temperature, skin, body movements, and smell,” says KurzweilAI.net.