User:Princekahree washington/Societal impact of nanotechnology

Summary
The advantages and disadvantages of nanotechnology being introduced into society. Nanotechnology growth will have a profound impact on life as we know it this change will be disruptive to society. Thought there is much speculation on whether nanotechnology will lead to an international nano-arms race or it might be used for human enhancement. The possible military uses are abundant from super soldiers to molecular manufacturing. The negative effects are the possible worsening of already unbalance societal power. The issues of patents on matter and intellectual property. There are potential benefits and risks to releasing nanotech and developing countries while it could improve their infrastructure it raises questions about health and power balance. Nanotech's effects on the labour force will be different there may be more job opportunities but less people qualified to take advantage of them.

OverView
Though the innovative part of nano-technology may excite people a lot of other worries about the societal and natural impact the advancement of nano-technology will bring. Studies have shown numerous positive results of applying nano-technology but public opinion is vital to its success at transforming society. A number of different socio and political factors will be crucial to deciding the destiny of nano-technology.

Nanotechnology has the potential to benefits all forms of work from daily life to medicine and biology. Despite these benefits, there are also health risks when it comes t human exposure to the nano material. Studies have shown that dangerous nano-particles can build up in the body after prolonged exposure. This is caused by a very complicated interaction between nano-particles and parts of the body’s systems.

Possible Military Applications
Military applications for nanotechnology are going to revolutionize modern warfare and while many benefits will come from the applications of such technology there are also some risks that we need to be aware of. The emergence of nanotechnology will greatly change the fields of science medicine surveillance and energy. While human engineering and arms control will be better there will also be strict regulations on all forms of nanotech especially autonomies to prevent any unfortunate incidents. All treaties will be upheld and there should under no circumstance be an arms race. Because of its constant fast growth countries should work together to solve the problem of hazard nano materials and to prevent an arms race as a result of social problems and poor communication.