Tag archive: Nanotechnology

Quantum-dot technology has been on the verge of breaking into the mainstream for a while, with various companies exploring its use in all kinds of displays, and its advantages over LCD and OLED in televisions.  These advantages include lower power consumption, a longer lifetime and more physical flexibility. It's therefore only a matter of time before QD displays make it into stores, and British firm Nanoco has announced it's working… Read More

One of the most highly researched fields today is the production of carbon nanotubes. Carbon nanotubes hold high promise for many uses from a new generation of cancer treatment down to better electronic devices. The trick for researchers is to find a method of creating the nanotubes in bulk. Researchers at Rice University have discovered a method of industrial-scale processing of pure carbon nanotube fibers. The breakthrough is the result of a… Read More

Check out Part I and Part III in our series about life in the year 2020. Nobody delivers profanity better than Bruce Willis. Nobody. Perhaps that's why he's seen so much of it in practically every script he's tackled during the last 20-odd years. We don't have a final count on the number of F-bombs our man Bruce dropped in his latest flick, Surrogates, but we can say with some authority that a world filled with robotic… Read More

It may seem like a funny question to ask in the age of nanotechnology, but here it goes anyway: Can a gadget be too small? Most of you are probably saying “no, the smaller the better” reflexively – and I can’t say I rightly blame you, given that in most cases, it’s the wisest default answer. But I’m getting a little fed up with the notion that, as a rule of thumb, smaller is always better in the technology industry. It’s a trend that seems to… Read More