Thanks to nanotechnology, there could be a major breakthrough in the field of transportation with the production of more durable metals.
These could be virtually unbreakable, lighter and much more pliable leading to planes that are 50 times lighter than at present.
Those same improved capabilities will dramaticIy reduce the cost of traveling into space
making it more accessible to ordinary people and opening up a totally new holiday destination.
In terms of technology, the computer industry will be able to shrink computer parts down to minute sizes.
We need nanotechnology in order to create new generation of computers
that will work even faster and will have a million times more memory but will be about the size of a sugar cub.
Nanotechnology could also revolutionize the way that we generate power.
The cost of solar cells will be drastically reduced so harnessing this energy will be far more economical than at present.
But nanotechnology has much wider applications than this and could have an enormous impact on our environment.
For instance, tiny airborne nano-robots could be programmed to actually rebuild the ozone layer,
which could lessen the impact of global warming on our planet.
That's a pretty amazing thought, isn't it?
On a more local scale, this new technology could help with the clean-up of environmental disasters
as nanotechnology will allow us to remove oil and other contaminants from the water far more effectively.
And, if nanotechnology progresses as expected—as a sort of building block set of about 90 atoms，
then you could build anything you wanted from the bottom up.