A list of terms related to nanotechnology.
New technologies have the potential to accelerate a country's development, but a global technology gap remains.
An hypothetical scenario, described by Eric Drexler in 1986, in which self-replicating, destructive nanomachines escape control and take over the world. Grey goo contrasts with 'blue goo', which refers to 'good' nanomachines that battle the 'bad' ones.