“Almost an alien thing.”

BuckyBall-Nobel-winner guy Richard Smalley, on nano and interfacing the non-organic and the organic.

“Bones are very impressive, and so are
teeth. But they aren’t steel—let alone what nanotubes can do with
strength and conductivity. So, being able to take a carbon nanotube and
get it into the molecular biology realm—whether it’s actually dissolved
and is one of the players, or as a probe, or as part of an implant, as
part of a new membrane—it’s really bringing something brand new to the
table in biology. Almost an alien thing. “

Wires of Wonder
Q&A with Richard E. Smalley – MIT Technology Review