Top 10 Historical Uses of Nanotechnology
The trouble with the word “nanotechnology” is that it is mostly used to describe an idea from science fiction or the future: nanoscopic, self-replicating machines that can turn any piece of matter into another piece of matter within a few seconds. These do not exist. In the real world, materials scientists, physicists, and biology researchers have been working at the nanoscale to build everything from ancient metal coating to ancient planes to rice paper. This top ten list explores the 10 astonishing applications of nanotechnology throughout history. We mainly focus on ancient and medieval times when writing this article.
Ancient Goldsmiths had developed these thin-films of metals coatings which were applied on statues and other precious artifacts like gold, silver in order to make them more shiny and resistant to air and wear. These coating techniques are so incredible that not even modern technology has been able to achieve the level the perfection the ancient people did. It’s creepier because scientists still haven’t able to figure out the technique involved.
Archaeologists have discovered models resembling planes that are more than 2000 years old. Upon testing, we’ve found that they models can fly. No one really knows what they are or even what purpose they held. It’s a controversial piece of nanotechnology because it’s made some people speculate that the ancient Egyptians may have understood the processes of aerodynamics and that the Saqqara Bird (Ancient Planes) may have been a scale model of an actual working aircraft or glider of some sort. However, in 2002, glider designer Martin Gregorie built a similar model out of balsa wood and noted that the ancient bird is not stable enough without a tail.
8. The Iron Pillar of Dehi
The Iron Pillar of Delhi was built more than 1600 years ago and has been of great mystery to archaeologists and metallurgists because it has not rusted yet. Although scientists have figured out the mystery behind it, it’s still super interesting because it was made 1600 fucking years ago. How the ancient Indians ever got the rustless recipe is still a mystery.
7. Rice Paper
Writing on a piece of rice has been going on the internet as some new awesome thing for a while, but in reality it has been long practiced in India and Turkey for thousand of years. Back when there were no tools, an artist in Turkey was rumored to have been able to write 200 letters on a piece of rice with nothing but a piece of hair. How do you even come up with that kind of stuff.
6. Damascus Steel
Damascus steel was so highly revered that it became a legend of being the strongest and most feared weaponry of ancient times. Carbon nanotubes are said to be the most resilient material discovered by man, which are present in these seemingly primitive weapons. Scientists have attempted to recreate the esteemed steel, but have not mastered the techniques that our metal-working ancestors were strikingly proficient at creating.
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