Mass Production Nanotech

An engineering research group at Duke University have successfully adapted CAD-CAM software to atomic force microscope manipulation. Translation: cheap, mass-produced nano-tech is now possible.

The important thing here is that engineers, rather than research scientists, are now involved in nanotech research. Pie-in-the-sky research is necessary and (sometimes) nifty, but focusing on industrial applications is how we make real progress.

Bring on the nanites, I say!

Of course, there is a (very) small danger of the formation of a "grey sludge" nano-monster which devours everything in its path... which is why I humbly suggest that initial testing and prototype manufacturing be carried out in Berkeley.