Nano Nano

I meant this as a continuation from last week's authetic conversation with Prof Sow, but somehow I didn't get around to publishing the draft.

So Prof Sow mentioned about all the possibilities with nano technology, and in all truth it is a very new field and much of the $$ is put into. There are loads to be studied about and with better understanding of substance behaviour we can manipulate them for our use.

Silver is a good example. Previously, the use of silver is limited because of its high cost, but now being able to tap on the potential silver by using making nano "particles" of silver which essentially is very much smaller (hence cheaper).

Nano silver fights infections from PhysOrg.com
Silver nanoparticles could help fight hospital-related infections that afflict 2 million patients and lead to 90,000 deaths in the United States each year, experts told UPI's Nano World.[...]

(Nano) Silver coated wound care products are already patented and marketed in several countries. (see it here) Things like that is no longer just science fiction. And of course if you pop down to the electrical stores, nano silver washing machines are readily available (perhaps like this one). Silver poisons bateria but is harmless to us. With silver nano particles embedded into the fabric after the wash, clothing can remain almost 100% bacteria free for quite a while. All this without even using the traditional "heated wash" function.

I would like to leave you with this advice: Don't be drinking silver solutions to boost your immunity just yet. I am serious about this, cos you'd get argyria and turning blue just ain't funny. I've got an article to prove my point: clickie Notice that it IS recent news? More research on the effectiveness on such treatment needs to be done.