When worlds collide. (The Bleeding Edge - Technology for Tomorrow).(nanotechnology)(Brief...

We might be talking about the old sci-fi thriller or perhaps the ongoing media clash (convergence) between television and computers. The colliding worlds could be any of a dozen confrontations within the worlds of technology, culture or ideology. But our topic is not a big battle of planets, countries, societies or titans. In fact, it's the impending clash within the Brave New Nanoworld. Then again, the nanoworld is constantly colliding with our macro-world as it strives to become the darling technology universe of the 21st Century. Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices co