Most are probably too young to remember but nanotechnology was supposed to be the most super amazing thing ever.

    • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      This. You just don’t hear the word anymore. For example, it was instrumental in producing the COVID-19 vaccine.

    • Crackhappy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      101·
      1 year ago

      The reason pencils work as well as they do is because of the way they are constructed, of nanomaterials.

        • Crackhappy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          291·
          1 year ago

          Well it’s not suddenly a nano material. It’s always been one. We are still exploring it.

          • geekwithsoul@lemm.eeEnglish
            11·
            1 year ago

            Much like one of the ways stained glass was colored in the medieval period involved adding materials to the glass that acted as nano materials. For example this one particular shade of red needed gold.