tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post9177968484030571725..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: The A to Z of Fiction to Reality: NanotechnologyAndrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-11959184411130473262012-04-18T14:57:01.198-07:002012-04-18T14:57:01.198-07:00S.L.: I did love the little miniature zoo idea in ...S.L.: I did love the little miniature zoo idea in Spy Kids. That would be the coolest thing in the world to have as a kid.<br /><br />You should make it so that R2 does that sad noise when you get too far away. That would be hilarious. Speaking of R2, have you seen Beneath the Dome?Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-16592853414881234592012-04-17T20:23:27.783-07:002012-04-17T20:23:27.783-07:00You're right, a mini elephant just ins't t...You're right, a mini elephant just ins't the same, but my parents never got me the life sized one I asked for on my fifth birthday and I'm still devastated. This seems like the next best option. <br /><br />I changed my ringtone to R2D2 and that helped a little. But I really just need to put the darn thing on LoJack.S. L. Hennessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06514651403542719387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-73933844480546332502012-04-17T11:12:11.351-07:002012-04-17T11:12:11.351-07:00Sarah P: Yeah, me, too. That's why I have the ...Sarah P: Yeah, me, too. That's why I have the book (even if I haven't gotten around to reading it).<br /><br />Vero: That's probably a good way of looking at it. I do think scientists are often to practical to look at things with a creative eye. They get trapped in the box, so to speak.<br /><br />Alex: That's certainly possible and probably the largest area of research, at the moment.<br /><br />L.G.: Wow! 50mpg! Our Prious doesn't even get that. <br /><br />Rusty: Well, you know, that's not a technology we're -trying- to invent. I also didn't talk about AI taking over the world.<br />I do, however, want to read Engines of Creation, now.<br /><br />Grumpy: Actually, nanotech -could- help people get smaller. There is work being done with that in regards to the obesity issues in America.<br /><br />M.J.: But does it have more stuff in it? That's the big question.<br /><br />Briane: Have you seen Invader Zim? You really need to see Invader Zim.<br /><br />S.L.: There are some people that believe that making animals tiny is the only way to keep them from going extinct. My issue with that is that a tiny elephant isn't really an -elephant-. If that makes sense.<br />Maybe, you need an app where your phone starts beeping if you get too far away from it. Or it could yell, "help me! help me! Don't leave me!"<br /><br />Michael: Well, I wasn't really including people in the "things" category... <br /><br />John: Thanks! And thanks for stopping in!Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-20765106289271305482012-04-16T15:06:59.331-07:002012-04-16T15:06:59.331-07:00CRACKING BLOG HERE!CRACKING BLOG HERE!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-30824360117792375472012-04-16T13:45:32.563-07:002012-04-16T13:45:32.563-07:00Not everything is getting smaller. People are gett...Not everything is getting smaller. People are getting bigger. Obesity is on the rise and there are huge people everywhere. Maybe people will get so big that their fingers will get so fat that cell phones will have to start becoming larger to accommodate them.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-87412479892547921192012-04-16T10:24:47.576-07:002012-04-16T10:24:47.576-07:00I so agree with you. Magic isn't science (stup...I so agree with you. Magic isn't science (stupid muggles), but science is definitely magic. And I sort of wish they would stop making cell phones smaller. I keep losing them. Though I do hope they work on making elephants smaller. I always wanted a teacup elephant as a pet. Maybe nanotechnology can take care of that for me.S. L. Hennessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06514651403542719387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-58262835112679594242012-04-16T08:22:54.033-07:002012-04-16T08:22:54.033-07:00Wait, what's the Grey Goo problem? I was all s...Wait, what's the Grey Goo problem? I was all set to refer you to "The Office" and "Phineas and Ferb" because your post was very smart and well-written, causing me to feel threatened and therefore causing me to want to dumb it down, but I saw Rusty's comment and now I'm worried that there's something I missed about "the grey goo," and ergo, I feel MORE threatened and need to bring the dumb, MORE.<br /><br />PBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBLLLLLLLLLT!<br /><br />(That is a raspberry, in typing.)<br /><br />Anyhow, well done. Informative. And it made me go look up the "Health Care" episode of "The Office": <br /><br /><br />Dwight: Damnit! Damnit Jim!<br />Dwight: All right, who did this? I'm not mad. I just want to know who did it so I can punish them.<br />Jim: What are you talking about?<br />Dwight: Uh, someone forged, uh, medical information and that is a felony.<br /><br />Jim: OK, whoa. 'Cause that is a pretty intense accusation. How do you know that they're fake?<br /><br />Dwight: Uh, leprosy? Flesh eating bacteria. Hot-dog fingers. Government-created killer nanorobot infection.<br /><br /><br />As a person who suffers from "Hot-dog fingers," I took it personally.<br /><br />Also, on Phineas & Ferb, the boys created a submarine which they then shrunk to send into a chihuahua but their sister Candace ate the egg salad sandwich instead, and they had to try to make her throw up while she was on her date with Jeremy. I love that show. But now that I know it's not truly nanotechnology, is a little of the magic gone? It is.Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-61540809421612038852012-04-16T08:16:33.257-07:002012-04-16T08:16:33.257-07:00There's some technology that's starting to...There's some technology that's starting to get bigger again. My new phone is much larger than my old one. But you should see my friend's phone. I think it was responsible for sinking the Titanic.<br /><br />As usual, a great post.M.J. Fifieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15626475963328519693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-79341203042811213222012-04-16T05:52:27.377-07:002012-04-16T05:52:27.377-07:00I think people still like big cars in part because...I think people still like big cars in part because while technology makes machines smaller, it's not making people smaller. If anything by allowing us to sit on our butts all the time people are getting BIGGER. Plus it helps some people feel important to have a huge land yacht. For women giant SUVs and trucks have become like sports cars for middle-aged guys, a way to make up for their deficiencies, in this case of being short. You know, some woman who's five-foot-nothing gets a Suburban so she can feel BIG on the roads.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-88378853705393622662012-04-16T05:26:18.090-07:002012-04-16T05:26:18.090-07:00A whole post about nano tech and nary a mention of...A whole post about nano tech and nary a mention of the grey goo problem? I wrote a whole short story about that. <br /><br />Still, the last couple of posts have been exceptionally well done. Great stuff!Rusty Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887821877521181811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-36275566500229431292012-04-16T05:06:04.210-07:002012-04-16T05:06:04.210-07:00Fantastic Voyage freaked me out as a kid.
Also, ...Fantastic Voyage freaked me out as a kid. <br /><br />Also, if our roads were as narrow and restricted on both sides by stone walls and medieval buildings like they are in Europe, we'd drive small cars too! We'd have to. Also, the car I rented in the UK was a diesel and got 50 MPG. Wish we had that here as well.Luanne G. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762881276976395955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-54064398531333765442012-04-16T04:30:34.763-07:002012-04-16T04:30:34.763-07:00I think the medical applications are where we woul...I think the medical applications are where we would benefit most.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-9419412249325429002012-04-16T00:42:31.963-07:002012-04-16T00:42:31.963-07:00Very well researched and comprehensive post, Andre...Very well researched and comprehensive post, Andrew. :)<br /><br />I believe scientists are much more concerned with understanding the things they already know are there and are possible, while science-fiction writers (and fans) are more concerned with what's not yet possible but plausible. The relationship, in my opinion, is that science fuels sci-fi with accuracy, and sci-fi fuels science with vision.Veronica Sicoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741318844378921184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-25575132977362025232012-04-16T00:02:45.880-07:002012-04-16T00:02:45.880-07:00Oh. I always thought he wrote that. I've learn...Oh. I always thought he wrote that. I've learned something else new today :-)Sarah Tokeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273148070092101085noreply@blogger.com