Todays Technology

When people talk about today's technologies i think about computers, cell phones, and of course the Internet. The thing about the Internet is that information is seconds away and travels so fast. You can look up anything and get information on it, you can read books online instead of even going to the library. But one other technology I also think about is nanotechnology. The government spends more money every year on this yet many people don't know about it. The budget for nanotechnology in 2008 is $1.5 billion. Nanotechnology is a field of applied science and technology covering a broad range of topics. The main unifying theme is the control of matter on a scale smaller than 100 nanometers, as well as the fabrication of devices on this same length scale. Nanotechnology uses a process by which the ability to manipulate individual atoms and molecules might be developed, using one set of precise tools to build and operate another proportionally smaller set, so on down to the needed scale. The newest news is that nanotechnology will soon be able to turn dirty salt water into pure drink water in seconds. They say that they will make nanos that will be able to disintegrate the trash in all the landfills. This could really help the people across many countries. Nanotechnology is a technology that could help a lot of people. I believe there is almost constant change in technology and will be till I die, so everyone must keep learning and growing to adapt to it.