The Committee was tasked with evaluating the implications of current trends in micro- and nanotechnologies ... The committee applied rigorous technical scrutiny to claims for the potentials of these technologies, evaluated the state of the technologies today, and assessed their value ... [looking] for trends in scientific and technical advances with the potential to change the nature of warfare ... Nanotechnology ... is an exciting and relatively unexplored scientific and technological frontier offering many new insights and applications but at the same time giving rise to much speculation and hyperbole. From an applications perspective, microtechnologies and nanotechnologies offer a particularly powerful combination [and] deserve careful consideration. Read the full text of this National Academies Press book online. Implications of Emerging Micro and Nanotechnology | 
