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Nanotechnology researcher Dr. George S. Tulevski is asked to explain the concept of nanotechnology to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert. Nanotechnology is the study of objects at the nanoscale (between 1 and 100 nanometers in size). Objects at this size have a peculiar set…

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Nanotechnology researcher Dr. George S. Tulevski is asked to explain the concept of nanotechnology to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert. Nanotechnology is the study of objects at the nanoscale (between 1 and 100 nanometers in size). Objects at this size have a peculiar set of properties that differ from objects at the macroscale. Dr. Tulevski does his best to succinctly explain this phenomenon, adapting his language and tone along the way.

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  1. Mohammed Abdullah

    October 8, 2020 at 6:08 pm

    Hold on, Why can’t we make carbon nanotube by rolling graphene sheet physically instead of growing it using CVD process? To my knowledge graphene sheets are flexible right?

    Honestly, The more I rewatch this video, the more I understand it.

    • Davide Aezakmi

      October 8, 2020 at 8:23 pm

      Dude it’s not like you can grab a sheet and roll it to a radius of a few nanometers, and you also need new bonds to form anyway

  2. Pierrot

    October 8, 2020 at 6:12 pm

    And it turns out that nanotech is carbon non free tech!😅

    • Maryam Sharif

      October 8, 2020 at 7:42 pm

      عشان خاطر امك شوف هذا المقطع كامل ربي يحفظها لك قول امين و رد الاشتراك 🤍🤍احبك Pierrot

  3. Pierrot

    October 8, 2020 at 6:13 pm

    easy to manipulate, you guest

  4. Beloved Memories

    October 8, 2020 at 6:15 pm

    It’s Nanotech, you like it
    -Tony Stark

    • Maryam Sharif

      October 8, 2020 at 7:41 pm

      عشان خاطر امك شوف هذا المقطع كامل ربي يحفظها لك قول امين و رد الاشتراك 🤍🤍احبك Beloved Memories

  5. Alex Solivan

    October 8, 2020 at 6:20 pm

    Holy crap y’all got Angela Belcher :0

  6. melv douc

    October 8, 2020 at 6:21 pm

    this series is amazing

  7. Pedro Augusto Gomide

    October 8, 2020 at 6:22 pm

    Thank you guy who quoting in the comments

    • Maryam Sharif

      October 8, 2020 at 7:42 pm

      عشان خاطر امك شوف هذا المقطع كامل ربي يحفظها لك قول امين و رد الاشتراك 🤍🤍احبك Pedro Augusto Gomide

  8. katyrebel18

    October 8, 2020 at 6:49 pm

    That 6 year old is smarter than 22 year old me

  9. Marvin Boggs

    October 8, 2020 at 7:28 pm

    You lost me on band-gaps.
    She is smart.

  10. Maryam Sharif

    October 8, 2020 at 7:43 pm

    ❤️❤️❤️😳😳😳😳😳👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  11. Maryam Sharif

    October 8, 2020 at 7:43 pm

    Amazing
    Amazing
    Amazing

  12. Remaster

    October 8, 2020 at 7:58 pm

    Asian kids : *Amateurs*

  13. s3cr3tpassword

    October 8, 2020 at 8:17 pm

    the camera quality decreases with level of expertise

  14. Davide Aezakmi

    October 8, 2020 at 8:24 pm

    This series is so great, everyone can learn something

  15. Josi Dasilva

    October 8, 2020 at 8:45 pm

    A little note on the what tools are used to manipulate atoms at a nano scale and how, would be welcome (i.e. argon gas, lasers).

  16. p m

    October 8, 2020 at 9:00 pm

    Stop talking about my pp

  17. Mlondi Mahlangu

    October 8, 2020 at 9:22 pm

    Inspiring stuff

  18. Ghost Doose

    October 8, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    I want this guy as my dad😂😂

  19. Firhan H

    October 8, 2020 at 10:46 pm

    Hollywood mess with my mind…So weird to seeing that teen looks that young yang irl…Heck even the college student does’nt looks like a fully grown yet at all

  20. JonLimitless

    October 8, 2020 at 11:03 pm

    Thank you so much for breaking down Nanotechnology as this really does bring to light some amazing things that most people might not grasp otherwise.

  21. Zero Cartwright

    October 8, 2020 at 11:16 pm

    Nano chicken wire!

  22. Zero Cartwright

    October 8, 2020 at 11:32 pm

    The last bit of this with genetic manipulation is scary af – biochemical mutational what now? You’re discussing the plot of a sci fi novel where a virus creates super soldiers in particular people who have a genetic propensity towards that evolutionary trait (just as there are those who are more likely to contract certain types of cancers or even coronavirus) my concern is the negative impact of engineering cancers or viruses to occur rather than towards elimination.

  23. Maddie B.

    October 9, 2020 at 12:02 am

    A baby ant!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love it!!! That’s pretty freaking small I would imagine!!

  24. Alex Nguyen

    October 9, 2020 at 12:47 am

    I thought I was slightly intelligent by society’s standards. Now, I feel like I’m a caveman compared to these people… 😵

  25. Mahmoud Ahmed

    October 9, 2020 at 1:05 am

    Oh. Do I see a Tag heuer monaco? Do I see a watch and car lover? love this series keep it up.

  26. Finlay

    October 9, 2020 at 1:53 am

    I tapped out after level 2.

  27. Himanshu Dixit

    October 9, 2020 at 2:02 am

    There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom: Richard Feynman

  28. W.P. Ginfo

    October 9, 2020 at 6:08 am

    Thank you! It is so nice to learn a little something about this topic! It sparks many many questions; thank you for that.

  29. Nofriendsdevyn KDP

    October 9, 2020 at 6:19 am

    Is there a way that you can use nano tech to create materials that are strong and can be used as say like solar energy

  30. Benediction

    October 9, 2020 at 7:33 am

    17:47 It’s not a virus, but the protein enzyme used in CRISPR (cas9) and other types of gene therapy (and editing) are building gene nano-structures. So It’s pretty well heard of.

  31. Jojo I

    October 9, 2020 at 8:29 am

    Could you please do a video of Erik Singer analysing Jodie Comer/Villanele in Killing Eve??

  32. Caitlin Braun

    October 9, 2020 at 10:19 am

    He is really good at explaining! A lot of people who are this smart have a hard time relating their knowledge to “normal people” lol but he did a good job!!!

  33. Jay Luck

    October 9, 2020 at 11:27 am

    17:14

    One day, her research will inspire the invention of Voyager’s, “Gel-Packs”.

  34. The O D

    October 9, 2020 at 11:53 am

    even though this video was very interesting.
    is it really the best time to show scientists playing lego with viruses ?

  35. Quack Quark

    October 9, 2020 at 12:01 pm

    With professor Belcher, the video editor either did an excellent job bringing it all together, or went totally nuts. I’m going to go with a superposition of those between 22:11 and 22:28.

  36. boy638

    October 9, 2020 at 1:15 pm

    They should have had Tony Stark as the expert.

  37. Filip

    October 9, 2020 at 1:57 pm

    Great episode, waiting for more!

  38. RE H

    October 9, 2020 at 1:58 pm

    These videos are so stupid.

  39. Danila1

    October 9, 2020 at 3:37 pm

    Also, the final discussion #5 is not at advanced level, he just asks/speaks about some specific and narrow issues. But he still speaks at a level of a non-professional student.

  40. nfuel900

    October 9, 2020 at 3:54 pm

    I basically zoned out after the second level of explanation. Damm

  41. Ren Nagata

    October 9, 2020 at 5:06 pm

    I felt it in my soul when Savannah said she thought there would be more chemistry in chemical engineering. I’m graduating with a BSChE in 69 days and I’m still waiting for general chemistry to come up

  42. happy40

    October 9, 2020 at 6:17 pm

    Hello, I just discovered this series, and I found it really interesting.
    I am a geology major and I’d like to hear someone’s opinion on some aspect. Earth related or not.
    Can we please have a geologist next time? Especially if they can presents some theories, I am deeply interested

  43. Brian D'Souza

    October 9, 2020 at 7:10 pm

    The last lady seemed much more knowledgeable than our expert over here.

    • Lucifer

      October 11, 2020 at 11:11 am

      He did mention reading her paper when he was still a student 16:07

    • Mutt

      October 12, 2020 at 12:58 pm

      This is almost always the case in this series

    • Alphhs

      October 13, 2020 at 7:25 am

      I think that’s the point

  44. Mr. vinoy

    October 10, 2020 at 6:38 am

    Hmm i really thought like if I had a meet on him via laptop so i could ask how iron man”s new suit made by nanotech is possible or not in the near future an we control the growth id we r growing the nanoatoms
    mann this is an amazing topic in total….

  45. Alika Andrade

    October 10, 2020 at 7:30 am

    I’m only half-way through this video, and this college student is EXACTLY the kind of student I’d want if I was a professor of any sort: smart, humble enough to ask questions, curious, and excited about her field of study. What a cool thing to see. Most college students I know are just there because they think they have to be.

  46. Uncle Pids

    October 10, 2020 at 8:05 am

    Yo ChE here

  47. Christina Lieke

    October 10, 2020 at 9:27 pm

    I love this series, so interesting and educational 🙂

  48. nerdy nerd

    October 11, 2020 at 12:33 am

    Tony Stark be like :

  49. sobreaver

    October 11, 2020 at 2:25 am

    The feat would be to create a virus that can feed on and decay faster nuclear waste. And the problem would be anything else the viruses would be made to feed on and decay faster.

  50. icedan 115

    October 11, 2020 at 5:57 am

    I wish I had been more into science when I was a little bit younger so I could understand this a little better. I get it but some of the vocabulary is familiar but I don’t know what it is

  51. Adrián Hn

    October 11, 2020 at 6:43 am

    I am studying this major and after watching this video I feel more inspired for the world that’s waiting up for me and my fellow colleagues.

  52. Akshat Kumar

    October 11, 2020 at 7:16 am

    1:34 plz tell me dis is not scripted

  53. Debbie F.

    October 11, 2020 at 2:11 pm

    Very interesting!

  54. S. Wade

    October 11, 2020 at 4:37 pm

    Could you make a video on immunology, e.g., the basics of inflammation, the immune system’s role in autoimmunity or cancer, the complement cascade system, etc.?

  55. Greeshm Ganesh

    October 11, 2020 at 9:23 pm

    How does one get selected to be on a level of intellect on such a video?

  56. Alex Reveles

    October 12, 2020 at 4:06 am

    The guy looks like the little brother on “Good luck, Charlie”
    Very interesting videos here

  57. Teressa G

    October 12, 2020 at 4:39 am

    Very cool. I loved working on a SEM.

  58. Puregengar

    October 12, 2020 at 10:31 am

    I just started my masters in applied physics focusing on nanotech so this was really cool 🙂

    • Amelia Joy

      October 13, 2020 at 1:32 pm

      Nice! Congratulations!

    • Aswin Krishna

      October 13, 2020 at 10:12 pm

      hey may i know what your major in undergrad was

    • Puregengar

      October 13, 2020 at 10:26 pm

      @Aswin Krishna I have a bachelor in applied physics and I’m now in the same faculty’s master track but in the nanotech branch at the university of technology eindhoven

  59. Lex Harie

    October 12, 2020 at 12:07 pm

    I hope all can program viruses

  60. Namrata P

    October 12, 2020 at 12:25 pm

    Great explanation at all levels..

  61. Jaspher Dansalan

    October 13, 2020 at 6:30 am

    This is one of the best series on YouTube. I have been a fan since episode 1. I would love to see someone explain something Pharmacology related in the future.

  62. Amelia Joy

    October 13, 2020 at 1:31 pm

    Today I learned than I’m 28 and I need all things explained to me as a child

  63. TimeSpaceBeing

    October 13, 2020 at 1:51 pm

    Wow he’s very good!

  64. Arinjay Bhattacharya

    October 13, 2020 at 1:52 pm

    The people who are here only to make fun jump off a cliff because your life has no value . Talk somehting logical in the comments if you want to, dont say anything illogical like memes or jokes , dont do it for likes , do it because you want to share knowledge.

    • Zynel

      October 15, 2020 at 7:05 am

      I too want anyone who is using comedy in this comment section should be purged of existence and await termination.

  65. Aswin Krishna

    October 13, 2020 at 10:07 pm

    as someone who wants to do a master in nanotech, these videos are really helpful
    gg wired

  66. Tim A

    October 13, 2020 at 11:38 pm

    That is NOT a carbon nanotube. That is chicken wire. And these ppl call themselves smart. pfff

    • normal ly

      October 14, 2020 at 4:44 am

      You deserve a Nobel prize😂😂

  67. DON STRONG

    October 14, 2020 at 8:54 am

    Wow the tubing process is cool growing then picking them like a perfect strawberry for your perfect shortcake

  68. DON STRONG

    October 14, 2020 at 9:05 am

    I wonder how long until we can get a nanotech Ironman armor

    • Edie Callanan

      October 31, 2020 at 9:43 pm

      THE AMERICANS ARE WORKING ON IT

  69. Bader Alaraimi

    October 14, 2020 at 11:46 am

    Biology is Chemistry,,,,,,,

    Chemistry is Physics *Booom*

    • Subscribe to pewdiepie

      October 26, 2020 at 5:39 pm

      They are all related to each other in advanced level

  70. Annabelle Wicentowich

    October 15, 2020 at 5:09 am

    Lol, I thought my major was irrelevant! But look at this it’s on youtube

  71. Kristan Dela Cruz

    October 15, 2020 at 6:21 am

    Awesome! I’ve always wanted to do something in nanotechnology!

  72. Jimnesstar Lyngdoh Nonglait

    October 15, 2020 at 9:35 am

    👶🏻👧🏻👨🏻🧔🏻👴🏻🎲🎓🎓

  73. Trần Huyền

    October 15, 2020 at 12:35 pm

    Do kids in these kind of video act naturally or they go through the script before?

  74. Brian Mbogo

    October 16, 2020 at 1:32 am

    Can’t wait till 1 atom is too big

  75. Aj Ajaj

    October 16, 2020 at 10:41 am

    Great idea

  76. Timothy Pham

    October 16, 2020 at 1:36 pm

    bro that lady at the end really knew her stuff lol. she looked at the guy and was like “biology is chemistry” and the guy was like 🤐

  77. Henrique A. H.

    October 17, 2020 at 2:52 am

    Nice. But the thing is, when are you guys bringing complex topics of the humanities and social sciences to be explained by experts in the 5 levels?

    • Simple Folk

      October 18, 2020 at 10:59 am

      WIRED seems to be mainly dealing with hard natural science, and some foraying into arts (practical or creative) I suppose for this series.

      Humanities and social sciences could get fiesty and political even more, though it has already happened on some manner in the hacking video on this series concerning China and Iran.

  78. Diabolical 64

    October 19, 2020 at 10:31 am

    Coronavirus

  79. Jiang En

    October 20, 2020 at 6:23 am

    4:46 I appreciate that he’s holding the super advanced Lego transistor with gloves on

  80. Rafael Lavrador

    October 20, 2020 at 8:39 pm

    A baby ant is a perfect answer

  81. SpookyDoobyDew

    October 21, 2020 at 4:44 am

    Do global warming or the greenhouse effect next!

  82. SpookyDew

    October 21, 2020 at 4:44 am

    Do global warming or the greenhouse effect next!

  83. Siddarth

    October 21, 2020 at 7:04 am

    Love the concept of this series 👌

  84. Mike Garcia

    October 22, 2020 at 5:57 pm

    o_0 Try placing that mesh in between the wafers boards for faster archive speeds.

  85. randomstring

    October 22, 2020 at 6:10 pm

    Haha, that little girl was so cute when she told about the atoms!

  86. Luis Iturbe

    October 26, 2020 at 7:07 am

    Political scientist explains the government

  87. garyhsk8

    October 26, 2020 at 8:42 am

    God i love this series

  88. Petar Banovic

    October 26, 2020 at 8:34 pm

    Dude when they show the college girl in full screen and she like lags or slows down for a second I think I’m flash

  89. K R Rangarajan

    October 27, 2020 at 10:09 am

    Iron Man mastered all this in a Day

  90. Aaryan

    October 30, 2020 at 4:47 pm

    How do you see those materials? I mean the wavelength of visible light is 500nm+. So you must be using some kind of electron microscopes to see them right?

    • akmal harry

      October 31, 2020 at 1:47 pm

      They use STM

  91. The Goodly Dragon

    October 31, 2020 at 7:52 pm

    That college girl is hot.

  92. TheElderOne28

    November 1, 2020 at 10:36 pm

    I really like this series, I would love to see Depression explained in 5 levels of difficulty. It’s exactly one of those subjects that seems way simpler than it actually is…

  93. Vaughan Adlem

    November 2, 2020 at 10:44 am

    I’m pretty sure that the first medical application will be robots that clean cholesterol out of blood vessels…..

  94. Annadxscent

    November 3, 2020 at 2:48 pm

    As a dancer I love that the college student had tap shoes on her wall lol

  95. VerucaPumpkin

    November 5, 2020 at 3:32 am

    This video rules. More like this forever.

  96. Super J

    November 5, 2020 at 4:18 am

    We are literally bio nano tech

  97. Ernest Mészáros

    November 7, 2020 at 1:54 pm

    Next lawyers please. 😀

  98. Abhijeet Singh

    November 10, 2020 at 1:42 pm

    I waited your call since 8 Nov

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