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A.

Ast het echnol ogyisev olvi

ng, t
herear ealsoal otoft hi
ngshasbeeni nventedt
hough
technol ogy.Thr oughoutt hi
st al
k, RayKurzwei l explainsexponent ialgrowthandhowi t
rel
atest ovarioust hingsi nthewor l
dsuchast echnol ogy,li
feexpectancy ,andmedi cine.
Iti
sal soment ionedi nt hetalkt hatthere'
sspeci fi
ct echnologicalredbloodcell
st hat,
whenr eplaci
ngnat ural humanr edbloodcel l
scanf oral li
ntensivepurposescreatet he
ulti
mat e, r
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ivesuper human.I t'
skindat erri
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ngt oknowandwhi l
eIacknowl edget he
factthatt hebenef i
cial possibil
iti
esoft hi
snewt echnol ogyar eapparentandgreat ,
Ial so
beli
evet hatthepossi bleconsequencesgr eatlyoutwei ghanygoodi tcoulddo.Ifthis
everbecomesagener alpartofev erydaylife,Idonott hinkitwoul dbet oooverl
y
dramat ict oasser tthati tcouldv erywellprov et obet hebegi nningoft heendfor
humani tyasweknowi t
.

B.

1.Gene-
del
i
ver
y(Tr
ansf
ect
ion)

2.Dr
ug-
scr
eeni
ng(
Label
i
ng)

3.Ther
anost
ics(
Seeandt
reat
)

4.Tar
get
edt
her
apy(
Cancer
)

5.Moni
tor
ing(
Biomar
kmappi
ng)

6.Det
ect
ion(
Mol
ecul
arI
magi
ng)

7.Di
seaseDi
agnosi
s(Dev
iceandl
abel
i
ng)

C.

1.Whati
snanot
echnol
ogy
?

-Nanot
echnologyi
sthestudyofmanipul
ati
ngmatt
eronanatomicscale,i
tref
erst
othe
constr
uct
ingandengineeri
ngofthef
uncti
onalsy
stemsatvery
microlevelorwecansay
atat
omiclevel
.
2.Whyshoul
dweut
il
izenanot
echnol
ogy
?

-Costsaredecreased,str
ongerandlighterwi
ndturbi
nesareproduced,
fueleffi
ciencyi
s
i
ncreased,andenergysavingsarepossibleduetosomenanocomponent s'abi
li
tyto
i
nsulat
eheat .Somenanomat eri
alscouldproduceadvancementsinmedicaltr
eatment,
pharmtech,foodtransport
ati
onandt heelectr
oni
csindustr
y.

3.Cannanotechnol
ogybeappl
i
edf
orhumanwel
far
e?Ci
teanexampl
eandexpound
youranswer
.

-Yes,i
tcanbeappl iedforhumanwel far
e.Healthcarehasalreadydramat i
call
y
i
mpr ovedthankstonanot echnol
ogy.Nanopart
iclesarebei
ngusedbyr esearchersin
medicati
ondeliver
ysy st
ems, medicali
maging,andtumortargeting.Somemedi ci
nes
basedonnanopar ti
cleshav esev
eraluses;
theycanbot hdetectcancersandt ransport
drugstotreatt
hem.

4.Iny
ourownper spect
ive,
whati
sthemai
ndr
awbackofnanot
echnol
ogy
?Ci
tean
exampleandexpoundyouranswer
.

-Presently
,nanot
echnologyisv eryexpensiveanddev elopi
ngi tcancostyoualotof
money .Iti
salsopret
tydiff
iculttomanuf act
ure,whichispr obablywhyproduct
smade
wit
hnanot echnol
ogyaremor eexpensive.Potenti
aldisadvantagesincl
udeeconomic
di
sruptionandpossibl
et hr
eatst osecuri
ty,pri
vacy,healthandt heenvi
ronment.