Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology comprises technological developments on the nanometer scale, usually 0.1 to 100 nm. (One nanometer equals one thousandth of a micrometer or one millionth of a millimeter.) The term has sometimes been applied to microscopic technology. This article discusses nanotechnology, nanoscience, and "molecular nanotechnology."

Nanotechnology in fiction

In movies and TV series:

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Movies - TV series

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• the Outer Limits: In "The New Breed" episode, a terminally-ill cancer patient injects himself with nanobots which enable him to have superhuman abilities.
• the X-Files Episode 6x10 "S.R. 819", A.D. Skinner's blood is infected with Nanobots
• the Borg and also the race of Nanites in Star Trek
• the Replicators in Stargate SG-1. Several episodes also deal with various forms of nanotechnology.
• the T-X (Terminatrix) in '
• the Moonlight Butterfly system in Turn A Gundam
• the medical nanobots in The Island
• the Hulk in the film Hulk, DNA mutated by nanorobots
• the Jake 2.0 Jake gets the power to control machines because of nano-tech.
• the Nanomites in "Paranoia 1.0"
• the nanobots that can destroy metal objects in Agent Cody Banks
• the nanites in I, Robot
• the Nanogenes in the Doctor Who episode, The Empty Child
• the "Nanotick" in the Disney Channel Series Kim Possible.
• Nanobots in the CGI-Animated Show Max Steel, which allow a man to change his appearance and have superhuman powers.
• the 'nanoscopic probes' in the Apprentice arc of the Teen Titans animated series, used as a form of blackmail.

In Manga:

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• GUNNM

In video games:

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• Deus Ex: The player character, JC Denton, and several other characters, are augmented by nanotechnology.
• Everything or Nothing
• System Shock 2: Nanites are used as currency to purchase items from replicators, or directly used to perform certain tasks.
• Neocron
• Freelancer: Nanobots used to repair ship hulls.
• Anarchy Online
• Metal Gear Solid
• Ratchet & Clank series
• Planetside Nanites
• Hostile Waters
• Total Annihilation and : The commander and various construction units and buildings make use of the "nanolathe" which is essentially a stream of nano-robots that link together to create complex war machinery.
• Xenogears
• Red Faction 2: Although the technology used to create the supersoldiers is called nanotechnology, it is never revealed whether it works as true nanotechnology.
• : Raiden, main character in the Plant Chapter, has nanomachines that can apparently heal open wounds if the player has Raiden stand or lay still. They also work in a way to retranslate certain words. For example, when the Ninja tells Raiden that she works for The Patriots, Raiden hears the name, La-li-lu-le-lo.

In books:

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• Alexandr Lazarevich, The NanoTech Networkhttp://www.webcenter.ru/~lazarevicha/ntn_toc.htm
• Greg Bear's Blood Music and Slant
• Dean Koontz's By the Light of the Moon
• Stephen Euin Cobb's Plague at Redhook
• Michael Crichton's Prey
• William Gibson's Bridge trilogy
• Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age and Snow Crash
• Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space, Chasm City, Redemption Ark and Absolution Gap
• Peter F. Hamilton's The Night's Dawn Trilogy
• Ben Bova's Grand Tour novels.
• Robert Charles Wilson's A Bridge of Years
• John Robert Marlow's Nano
• Michael Marshall Smith's Hell Hath Enlarged Herself (short story in What You Make It)
• Sean Williams's ' & Orphans Trilogy (both with Shane Dix)
• Adam Roberts' Stone
• John Case's "The Eighth Day"
• Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle
• Jeffrey Anderson's Sleeper Cell