JS> > JS> > JS> > Nanotechnology is still many decades away.
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JS> > JS>We are aware of its potential, and are actively working on it. 
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JS> > JS>I would venture to guess we are not decades away, but only a dozen 
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JS> > JS>or so. Why do you think it will take decades?
JS> > Because the smaller things get, the more we deal with the quantum world
JS> > and not the classic one. There are major hurdles that need to be
JS> > overcome. To effectively use nanotechnology, we must understand and
JS> > control individual atoms and even quarks (subatomic). The the laws of
JS> > physics are completely different at those distances than the 
classical"
JS> > ones.
JS>I didn't know the laws of physics as we known them can change under ANY
JS>circumstances.
What I meant is that at those small distances, classical laws do not
apply - we have to resort to quantum theory. Classical laws are Newton,
classic electromagnetism, etc.
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