loki@relay.eu.net (Never Kid A Kidder) (02/14/90)
The BBC popular science program `Tomorrow's World' ran a feature on nanotechnology last night. It was on their theme of technology in 2020, and featured current miniature mechanical devices, and projected molecular ones. That's the first time I've ever heard it mentioned outside the net. What is the current position on nanotechnology WRT public awareness? Are the books `popular' books? Has there been much media coverage in the US, or anywhere else for that matter? [For the science-oriented, yes; nanotech has been mentioned in Scientific American, Science News, the science columns of various magazines (particularly science-fiction ones), etc. It hasn't shown up much in the general media, however.]