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amplifying human capabilities (it can be considered as an “intelligence amplifier”, in the same way that muscular power is amplified by a traction
engine, etc.).
With any nanosystem, it needs to be considered how its function can be made useful for human beings. Scaleout—massive parallelization—
eliminates the barriers associated with traditional scaleup.
Any viable, integrated technological system requires standardization, first of vocabulary, then of the components used in constructing the artifacts of
the technology.

Nanotechnology offers magnificent opportunities for creative design, possibly allowing a new era of innovation to nucleate and grow. Such growth
will be driven not only by the possibilities inherent in the technology but also by the fact that a far greater proportion of the population than hitherto
should be able to contribute to conventional design and realization.

Manufacturing variability represents a considerable challenge at the nanoscale and feasible, high-volume production routes have yet to be
achieved.
10.14 Further Reading

Sayle, D.C.; et al., Mapping nanostructure: a systematic enumeration of nanomaterials by assembling nano building blocks at crystallographic
positions, ACS Nano 2 (2008) 1237–1251.