What happened to nanotechnology being the next big thing?

When someone says "nanotechnology", we tend to imagine molecule-sized robots swimming through our bloodstream and zapping viruses (Innerspace, anyone?). As cool as tiny blood-borne spaceships would be, they simply aren't grounded in reality and won't be for the foreseeable future. read more

"What will be the next big thing using nanotechnology". One can say "in biology" or "in chemistry" but "in nanotechnology" may not be appropriate. This is because nanotechnology is an evolution of our understanding of materials, chemistry, biology and so on. read more