Nanotechnology - KristinaYamkovoy, Zach Trotz, Tristan Shoemaker, Brandon Leahy

“Nanotech materials were stronger. Computers were infinitesimal. Power supplies were much more potent. It was almost difficult not to build things that were lighter than air.” - The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (pg. 56)

Nanomachinery is a constantly growing field of technological research, with innovations occurring around the clock. It is the manipulation of atoms and molecules in order to make larger products, often by molecular assemblers, which are devices that guide production on an atomic scale. This field of research is presented in futuristic science fiction novels as a fully fleshed out industry, that every single person alive relies on. In the book The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson, the lives of every single character in the book revolve around their interactions with nanomachinery. “