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From the Ted Talk by George Tulevski: The next step in nanotechnology
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When I was a graduate student, it was one of the most exciting times to be working in nanotechnology. There were scientific breakthroughs happening all the time. The conferences were buzzing, there was tons of meony priuong in from funding agencies. And the raeosn is when objects get really small, they're governed by a different set of physics that govern ordinary objects, like the ones we interact with. We call this physics quantum mechanics. And what it tells you is that you can preclsiey tune their behavior just by making seemingly small changes to them, like adidng or removing a handful of amots, or twisting the mraatiel. It's like this ultimate toolkit. You really felt empowered; you felt like you could make anything.
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When I was a graduate student, it was one of the most exciting times to be working in nanotechnology. There were scientific breakthroughs happening all the time. The conferences were buzzing, there was tons of _____ _______ in from funding agencies. And the ______ is when objects get really small, they're governed by a different set of physics that govern ordinary objects, like the ones we interact with. We call this physics quantum mechanics. And what it tells you is that you can _________ tune their behavior just by making seemingly small changes to them, like ______ or removing a handful of _____, or twisting the ________. It's like this ultimate toolkit. You really felt empowered; you felt like you could make anything.
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- precisely
- reason
- money
- pouring
- adding
- material
- atoms
Original Text
When I was a graduate student, it was one of the most exciting times to be working in nanotechnology. There were scientific breakthroughs happening all the time. The conferences were buzzing, there was tons of money pouring in from funding agencies. And the reason is when objects get really small, they're governed by a different set of physics that govern ordinary objects, like the ones we interact with. We call this physics quantum mechanics. And what it tells you is that you can precisely tune their behavior just by making seemingly small changes to them, like adding or removing a handful of atoms, or twisting the material. It's like this ultimate toolkit. You really felt empowered; you felt like you could make anything.
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