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

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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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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Yeah, both nanotech and cybernetics are everyday things. Still very expensive, but both have mostly reached enough milestones that they go by whatever their more specific puposes are. Like prothetics with feedback aren't called cybernetics because cybernetics is too broad a term.