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What ever happened to nanotechnology? Seems like it disappeared. (kbin.social)

submitted 7 months ago by guyrocket@kbin.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Most are probably too young to remember but nanotechnology was supposed to be the most super amazing thing ever.

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I mean how uninformed of a layman are we talking about? Do they know the difference between a molecule and a micelle?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 7 months ago

Honestly I had to look that up, because while I know the concept the term was only vaguely familiar. I would say I know more about this stuff than 99% of people. Relevant XKCD