2007: the Year in Nanotech

To my advanced brain, nanotech is the most radical area of science in development today, since the work being done right now may change the very nature of reality, creating machines which assemble themselves, flocks of microscopic robots, and sheets of crystalline diamond, among other sci-fi ideas. The work being done now could be considered primitive compared to these imaginative leaps, and yet, the implications are far-reaching. Technology Review has gathered the most interesting work of the past year in their Year in Nanotech feature.

(Shown above: the microscopic pads on a gecko's feet [bottom] inspired this nanotech 'gecko tape' [top].)