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CDBiker220 · 01-19-2010, 09:19 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/...nanotechnology

First nano dragster made. they said it can even pull wheelies.....idk if this really counts as car related but its kinda neat

*DGthe3* · 01-19-2010, 09:50 PM

this thread is the #2 google result on the subject right now ... lol

anyway, here is a rendering of it:

Sounds like these researches were having a lot of fun while developing it.

RedJewel2SS · 01-19-2010, 09:58 PM

is this what my taxes paid for?

*DGthe3* · 01-19-2010, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by RedJewel2SS

is this what my taxes paid for?

I don't know, do your taxes fund nanotech research at Rice University?

By the way, nano-construction has applications ranging from micro circuitry (well, nano circuitry) to creating a new class of super-materials. They built this car by removing parts from another and installing them onto this. The fact that it can do wheelies is a really cool bonus.

derklug · 01-19-2010, 10:44 PM

When the nanobots are released into your bloodstream to repair the torn ligament in your knee, or attack the cancer in your liver, you may very well be glad that they started as a dragster. Take it easy on the geeks, they gotta have some fun too.

Jinx · 01-20-2010, 06:27 AM

or turn your perfectly good black GT500KR into a riced out wing-sled.

2010 SSRS · 01-20-2010, 06:48 AM

Nanobots, to the Batcave

*CamaroSpike23* · 01-20-2010, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Jinx

or turn your perfectly good black GT500KR into a riced out wing-sled.

lmao...

jcamaro · 01-20-2010, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by RedJewel2SS

is this what my taxes paid for?

Quote:

Originally Posted by DGthe3

I don't know, do your taxes fund nanotech research at Rice University?

Federal Grants pay for this kind of thing, so it could be possible that our tax dollars are going to Rice University and paying for their research. Not saying thats a bad thing, just pointing it out.

The reason they are making nano-cars and now nano-dragsters is simple. Nanotechnology doesn't just levitate or hover and slide to where it needs to go. So they need to develop a means for the fixers to get to their destination. Think of it this way, this nano-dragster is the equivalent of a doctor getting in his Ferrari and driving to the hospital to perform surgery on a patient. The car is one type of nanotech and the doctor is another. But they have to work together to get to where their needed and fix whats wrong.

a_Username · 01-20-2010, 11:38 AM

This thing definitely has a LS3 under the hood.

01-19-2010, 09:19 PM	#1
CDBiker220 Drives: 98 camaro z28 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: pittsburgh, pa Posts: 189	Nano Dragster....50,000 times thinner than a human hair http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/...nanotechnology First nano dragster made. they said it can even pull wheelies.....idk if this really counts as car related but its kinda neat

01-19-2010, 09:58 PM	#3
RedJewel2SS 12.23s@113mph Drives: 2SS/RS, A6, just a few bolt ons Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,197	is this what my taxes paid for? __________________ RIP Cammie 7/15/2009 - 4/1/2011

01-19-2010, 10:44 PM	#5
derklug Drives: 12 Boss 302 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Grand Rapids, Mi Posts: 1,369	When the nanobots are released into your bloodstream to repair the torn ligament in your knee, or attack the cancer in your liver, you may very well be glad that they started as a dragster. Take it easy on the geeks, they gotta have some fun too. __________________ The biggest mistakes in life come when you know exactly what you are doing.

01-20-2010, 06:27 AM	#6
Jinx Owner of Shunt Drives: 2001 Mustang GT vert Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Trunk, NC Posts: 323	or turn your perfectly good black GT500KR into a riced out wing-sled. __________________ Support the "JINX CAMARO FUND" at http://www.zazzle.com/jinxdesign

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