in this video we'll explore
nanotechnology the world is shrinking
meaning among other things robots will
soon be traveling in your bloodstream so
let's get started the world is getting
smaller so let's talk about
nanotechnology we're talking about the
nanometer the nanometer this is a
billionth of a meter we're talking about
small here just give you an idea of how
small a nanometer is one hundred
thousand nanometers is the size of a
human hair so take that hundred thousand
and drive it all the way down we're
talking small we're talking about the
atomic level let me give you an
illustration here the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers says that
nanotechnology will leave virtually no
aspect of life untouched and is expected
to be in widespread use by 2020 this was
all predicted by Richard Feynman with a
world-famous
physicist who said in 1959 there's
plenty of room at the bottom what was he
talking about well computers used to
fill an entire building now they fit on
your wrists transistors are shrinking as
we've seen earlier getting down by the
mid-2020s
to a single atom in size what scientists
have discovered is that the difference
between one thing and another is not its
atomic makeup it's simply the order in
which the atoms are put together this is
how they convert sand into silicon it's
how we convert coal into gold how we
take old sick people and turn them into
young healthy ones
okay that's off into the future
near-term nanotech it's already here
we already have devices that by 2018
your smartphone will have a video
projector in it that will produce 3D
imagery yeah 2018 it's coming by 2025
it'll be the end of laundry
nothing will get dirty by building
textiles where dirt literally fluffs
right off
we're already saying robots in
technology robots are now building other
robots why do we need a robot building
another robot because the robots that
the robots are building are really
really tiny down to the molecular level
this is having huge benefits ultra
high-yield agriculture zero pollution
manufacturing cheap power environmental
remediation even eventually personal
space craft we're seeing medical nano
robotics as well we're looking at
artificial red blood cells artificial
white blood cells when they find an
infection they devour it already in the
marketplace look at what's going on in
one type of eye surgery right now the
the traditional methodology painful
injections big risk of infection and
very expensive being replaced by
nanoparticles that float in eyedrops you
self treat at home you just give
yourself an eye drop quick painless same
results as the surgery no risk of
infection 90 percent cheaper that's the
promise at hope of nanotech what you're
looking at here every dot you see is an
atom we're looking at tiny robots that
will be able to perform glaucoma surgery
gastric bypass surgery even provide
dental repairs let me illustrate with
you one of the most promising
technologies on the marketplace it's
called graphene to help you understand
what graphene is it is the thinnest
material ever built
when I say thin it has no height it has
width it has length but it's only one
atom tall how do you make graphene well
take your ordinary number two lead
pencil not quite sure why they call them
lead pencils they're made of graphite so
you take that lead pencil draw it across
the page and you've now got some
graphite on the page imagine if you
could take a layer of the graphite away
and then take another layer away and
another you keep healing off layers of
the graphite until there's only one
layer left a single atom tall
that's graphene it's made from ordinary
graphite a very plentiful cheap material
but graphene when you get it down to the
one atom height it's suddenly the
strongest material ever measured it's a
hundred and fifty times stronger than
steel it's almost completely transparent
transmits almost 98% of the light that
passes through it it's as pliable as
rubber you can stretch it to 120 percent
of its size it's highly conductive 150
times more so than silicon it's the only
substance we know of that is completely
impermeable to liquids and gas but it
weighs almost nothing it's been
theorized for decades graphene is but
finally in 2004 they have isolated it in
the lab now ten thousand patents exist
today there are over 25,000 patents let
me illustrate for you some of the
potential uses of graphene for computing
ultra long life batteries and
photovoltaic cells power everything from
mobile devices to your home computers
that are a hundred times faster than
today's fastest machines touchscreens
liquid crystal displays organic LEDs for
your smart phones tablets and TVs super
thin smartphone bendable unbreakable how
about for the environment we can
eliminate radioactive waste and toxic
spills water filtration systems for
desalinization creating biofuel improve
solar cells how about for aviation
conductive paint that removes ice from
aircraft weight saving inflatable slides
and rafts for industry we can improve
the electric effect we can provide
lubricants radio wave absorption sound
trend users thermal management
structural materials faster chemical
reactions fluids that increase the
efficiency of oil drills
how about 4D printing as well
wondering what 4D printing is aren't you
well we all know what 3D printing is
that's three-dimensional printing 4D
printing is basically printing on demand
upon a change in temperature change in
humidity change in light suddenly the
device prints itself how about for the
military body armor for military
personnel and vehicles how about for
healthcare scaffolds for spinal cord
injuries blood glucose testing cheaper
medical imaging faster and efficient
devices that monitor glucose hemoglobin
cholesterol DNA sequencing body sensors
to measure breathing heart rate and
movement MRI contrast agents implantable
medical devices and sensors microbial
detection and diagnostic devices drug
delivery agents for cancer therapy
Bionic devices we can place into living
tissues connected directly to neurons
allowing paralyzed people to move tissue
regeneration antibiotics cancer
treatments and how about for fun tennis
rackets that are lightweight and strong
already on the market by the way bottom
line is this there's a huge amount of
money being poured into nanotech
research venture capital funding has
skyrocketed over the past 20 years what
does all this mean for personal finance
it means you're going to want to spend a
lot of money on nanotech products the
latest greatest stuff how would you like
to buy genes that you never have to wash
pretty cool huh how would you like to
buy the latest tennis racquet
lightweight more powerful than ever
nanotech products are in your future
you're gonna want to buy them that means
creating enough money to be able to do
so and recognize that advances in health
care as exciting as they are they're not
going to be free so you're going want to
a lot money for what many people are
calling participatory voluntary
healthcare we'll talk more about that in
an episode to come because you're
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that's it for this video in our next
video we explore 3D printing you'll see
the tech already in use from printing
running shoes to houses this series is
based on my New York Times best seller
The Truth About Your Future
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