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October 28, 2002

Nano-Paint

Just read this article in Military & Aerospace Electronics Online. I have to admit I've never heard of this site, the link appeared somewhere else. It talks about how the military wants to develop paint which is actually made up of nano-robots that can change their own color, heal cracks, and alert operators of corrosion damage. The US Department of Defense estimates they spend $10 billion a year on corrosian-related problems, $2 billion of which is related to painting and paint-scraping operations. Damn! Thats a lot of money! I'm not huge fan of our military machine, but I am a fan of nano-tech. Nano-tech intrigues me. I personally believe it will likely be the next major tech revolution (after the net). A good sci-fi book which deals heavily in Nano-tech is Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age

Posted by wonko at October 28, 2002 08:54 PM

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