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.

Recent Episodes
  • The Next Big Thing: Nanotechnology
    Apr 13, 2010 – 00:01:08
  • Transcript -- The Next Big Thing: Nanotechnology
    Apr 13, 2010 –
  • The Next Big Thing
    May 19, 2009 – 00:03:04
  • Transcript -- The Next Big Thing
    May 19, 2009 –
  • The Future is Bright
    May 19, 2009 – 00:02:18
  • Transcript -- The Future is Bright
    May 19, 2009 –
  • "Buckyballs": Triggering a Nano-Revolution
    May 19, 2009 – 00:08:10
  • Transcript -- "Buckyballs": Triggering a Nano-Revolution
    May 19, 2009 –
  • Quantum Mechanics
    May 19, 2009 – 00:05:08
  • Transcript -- Quantum Mechanics
    May 19, 2009 –
  • Robots in Our Bodies?
    May 19, 2009 – 00:04:35
  • Transcript -- Robots in Our Bodies?
    May 19, 2009 –
  • The New Machine Age
    May 19, 2009 – 00:03:07
  • Transcript -- The New Machine Age
    May 19, 2009 –
Recent Reviews
  • Jschum21
    Outstanding
    This cast gets you past with what we are working with today and let's you actually feel where we'll be in the near future. Simply put in a way that guides you past conventional thinking. After watching, I can now understand the things I'm ready to watch next on nano technology. I feel like I took one gigantic step towards understanding this field.
  • Wadesha
    hope it
    the title attracts me
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