Today all of the “impossible” grouped up in one auditorium, and shared its ideas. It was interesting, and amazing to listen to these new perspectives others had of the future, where nanotechnology played a large role in society. A couple of these projects included the nandage, a zombie hand-grenade and a bioluminescent nano-gel. The nandage consisted of a material similar to a band-aid that would be able to stretch and compress to fit any wound. This project impressed me, since it seemed extremely well thought-out and important for the future. These nandages would be able to revolutionize the world of medicine, and we’d be able to save thousands or millions of lives. As for our project, we threw out the concept of “what if… our lungs were surrounded by nano-bots that could filter out air and allow us to breathe underwater?” With this concept in hand, we presented our ideas in the form of a rap, led by Marcus. Our presentation was more on the artistic side, but we lacked certain technical details on how our nanobots would function. For example, at first we wanted the nanobots to be expelled through the digestive system. But, later on, a question was thrown out as to whether the intestines would digest the nanobots and the particulate matter that they were supposed to collect. Therefore, many alterations will have to occur in our project. However, we will certainly be able improve our science portion of our project throughout the next week as we film an infomercial.
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