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

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The Gartner Hype Cycle

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

So we're on the slope of enlightenment with nanotech, probably just past the peak with neural nets, and maybe right in the trough with cryptocurrencies. (The latter are up right now, but prototype tech Bitcoin still leading the pack tells me we haven't arrived at any kind of balanced perspective)