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Abstract/Introduction
This paper focuses on Nanotechnology with the implications of this technology towards the field of Medicine and advanced technology. It provides a glimpse into the physical changes that can occur in humans and their tools by using this technology. Another objective was to define and explain some of the benefits and disadvantages of this emerging technology, and the ethical implications, and complications as well. Furthermore, this papers holds the consensus that this advanced technology could hold the key for all technical advancements of the 21st century, especially pertaining to the ability of medical field and for our species to achieve true transhumanism.
Keywords: Nanotechnology, Human Augmentation, Transhumanism, Nanochips, Prosthetics, Neural Augmentation, Moore’s Law, Nanomedicine, Cybernetic Augmentation, Bioethics, Biological Engineering, Cloning, Genetic Modification, Nanocircuitry, Nanodrugs, Dip-pen Nanolithography®, Carbon Nanotubes, Buckminsterfullerene, Quantum Dots, Nanocrystals, Nanobiology, Nanocomputers.
Nanotechnology “is the science and technology of small things in particular things that are less than 100nm in size. One nanometer is 10-9 meters or about 3 atoms long (Rathbun, "What is Nanotechnology?" NNIN, 2005).” As stated above by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, Nanotechnology is technology that is reduced from traditional sized technology into the atomic level, with more space and reduced components it enables faster use and other abilities. Many forms of our current technology, from laptops to toys employ aspects or technology resulting from it. Future “nano” applications, can focus on the Biomedical field . Within this medical application Nanotechnology can incorporate the idea of Human Augmentation: increasing the exploration of knowledge of upgrading the human body to levels beyond normal human capacity . An example of Human Augmentation today would be using Nanochip implants in eyes of the blind.