Enhancements
To get inspired for your video, reflect on the following questions and have a look at the online resources listed here. You can find many other examples of nanotechnologies and additional support for your video at you local science center!
Nanotechnology can make food healthier and people physically stronger and could lead to greatly enhanced performance with little or no side effects. No dope or illegal and dangerous products are necessary to achieve that. In sports world records will fall. Would you like to be a nano-sportsman?
The military is investing a lot in nanotechnology, on the premises that the power that the countries will obtain through nanotechnology-enhanced armies will be a huge military force. What would be the effects of such a potential power?
Here is a list of currently available nanotechnology products: Nanotechnology consumer products inventory. Can you imagine new products and new functions?
Using nanotechnology in textiles means also the possibility to monitor your body via sensors distributed on a textile substrate and performing biochemical measurements. The European project BIOTEX is addressing exactly these functions.
Check the Institute for soldier nanotechnology at the MIT
Want to know more about how nano is used in textiles? Look no further: www.nano-tex.com
Look at www.nanoyou.eu for more experiments, games and activities on nanotechnology.
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