Many are aware of the automaton known as the Mechanical Turk. It was a machine designed by Wolfgang von Kempelen which famously toured the world beating many at chess, including one notable Frenchman. Napoleon. The technology was at the time ground breaking and the design magnificent. Kempelen received plaudits from around the world with the functioning of the Turk being kept a mystery to inspire debate, until the secret was revealed in 1820. Fast forward around two centuries on and the creator of another miraculous design and technology has been rewarded with a noble prize in medicine. Prof. Robert G. Edwards pioneered IVF (in-vitro fertilisation.) This technique has been an amazing success despite attracting negative criticism for the ethical issues it brings up. The design and technology required to successfully perform IVF is a little more complex than that required for the Turk, however the fundamentals are the same. Forward thinking, ideas that could be attributed to science fiction, intellectual brilliance and sometimes shade of luck.
Everywhere you look science and technology has been implemented. From flat screen televisions to the fourier transform devices that make incredible calculations almost instantaneously, enabling technologies such as MRI. With the increasing complexities of household technologies, the question raised is what is next? In my opinion the creation and implementation of nanoscale devices will be the biggest advancement in science and technology for an age. The possibilities are endless. Medical implantations that could target the most aggressive cancers, new materials being lightweight whilst extremely strong and of course potential solutions to climate change through clean fuels.
Nanodevices and nanobots have been science fiction for years but are now being researched extensively due to their potential. It seems we have come full circle from the design and creation of a human sized automaton in the Turk to the current research on nanoscale robots and technologies.
What’s next? Get yourself a high powered microscope and watch this nano sized space...
Everywhere you look science and technology has been implemented. From flat screen televisions to the fourier transform devices that make incredible calculations almost instantaneously, enabling technologies such as MRI. With the increasing complexities of household technologies, the question raised is what is next? In my opinion the creation and implementation of nanoscale devices will be the biggest advancement in science and technology for an age. The possibilities are endless. Medical implantations that could target the most aggressive cancers, new materials being lightweight whilst extremely strong and of course potential solutions to climate change through clean fuels.
Nanodevices and nanobots have been science fiction for years but are now being researched extensively due to their potential. It seems we have come full circle from the design and creation of a human sized automaton in the Turk to the current research on nanoscale robots and technologies.
What’s next? Get yourself a high powered microscope and watch this nano sized space...
