The Next Big Thing: Nanotechnology - for iPad/Mac/PC

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How - and why - would you build a machine 10,000 times thinner than a human hair? This album features experts discussing the paradigm shift that is occurring in science. Scientists are learning to manipulate atoms on the scale of a billionth of a metre and control them to perform specific tasks. They can emulate biological and chemical systems to fabricate machines that will destroy cancer cells in the body, giving us nano-drugs of the future; and IBM is using nano-technology for information storage on a molecular scale. There are many other applications which will have a significant impact on the way we live. This album also provides an introduction to quantum computing and quantum mechanics. The material forms part of The Open University course S250 Science in context.

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    • Apr 12, 2010 LATEST EPISODE
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    Latest episodes from The Next Big Thing: Nanotechnology - for iPad/Mac/PC

    The Next Big Thing: Nanotechnology

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2010 1:08


    A short introduction to this album.

    Transcript -- The Next Big Thing: Nanotechnology

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2010


    Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.

    The Next Big Thing

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2009 3:04


    Atomic scale engineering – facts and the fiction. A panel discussion chaired by Colin Blakemore.

    Transcript -- The Next Big Thing

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2009


    Transcript -- Atomic scale engineering – facts and the fiction. A panel discussion chaired by Colin Blakemore.

    The Future is Bright

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2009 2:18


    The panel discuss the huge range of potential applications, from nano-computers to nano-devices to clean the body's arteries.

    Transcript -- The Future is Bright

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2009


    Transcript -- The panel discuss the huge range of potential applications, from nano-computers to nano-devices to clean the body's arteries.

    "Buckyballs": Triggering a Nano-Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2009 8:10


    The exciting discovery in 1985 of an unknown form of carbon, the building blocks of today's nano world. Introducing the Electron and Scanning Tunnelling Microscopes in Cambridge.

    Transcript -- "Buckyballs": Triggering a Nano-Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2009


    Transcript -- The exciting discovery in 1985 of an unknown form of carbon, the building blocks of today's nano world. Introducing the Electron and Scanning Tunnelling Microscopes in Cambridge.

    Quantum Mechanics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2009 5:08


    How we can re-position atoms one by one to build a structure, and the tools needed to do it.

    Transcript -- Quantum Mechanics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2009


    Transcript -- How we can re-position atoms one by one to build a structure, and the tools needed to do it.

    Robots in Our Bodies?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2009 4:35


    How we can begin to engineer nano-particles to fix medical problems inside the body.

    Transcript -- Robots in Our Bodies?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2009


    Transcript -- How we can begin to engineer nano-particles to fix medical problems inside the body.

    The New Machine Age

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2009 3:07


    The future of nano-technology; this mechanical revolution will emulate biological systems.

    Transcript -- The New Machine Age

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2009


    Transcript -- The future of nano-technology; this mechanical revolution will emulate biological systems.

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