Nano technologies

In my research nano-technologies have become increasingly interesting to me. I have read about how a 'fog' of nano-bots could build any object or product for you, it could be used to create any 'reality' around you. This technology could also be used to reconfigure any structure and change the properties of different objects in an instant. 
The appearance of programmable nano-bots, capable of building any complex structure and change it at any time necessary, opens a world of possibility in a number of areas such as production (manufacturing) and architecture to name the two I am most interested in. 

When I apply this information to my investigation of our future scenario a lot of the ideas my group discussed can easily be intertwined and integrated with it. Nano-technologies could be applied to our idea of advanced waste management, we proposed that in our future scenario due to heightened resource scarcity there would be a societal attitude change towards waste management and consumption in general.
The technologies would allow for a sophisticated waste sorting system, nano-bots would sort our garbage, disassembling products into their base constituents which could then be utilised for the manufacturing of new products.

Another way this technology could be utilised is in the creation of my building design. Instead of the building being constructed in the traditional sense of today it could be constructed or rather organically grown with the building consisting of nano-bots in its entirety. The buildings would have the ability to morph and change in a response to the surrounding conditions of the site, if its too sunny then perhaps the windows change colour or become smaller according to the intensity.

Or alternatively the nano-bots could be an 'input force' in the building. For example the only thing the nano-bots may do to the building is act as the component that as discussed earlier in this post, disassembles and reassembles the materials in the building to suit its surroundings. This is not intended to be used as a 'this building can have any function' draw card, I intend it to allow the facilitation of change but only in so far as to respond strictly to the functions of the building.

reference: http://techains.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/manufacturing-paradigm-shifts.html
                 http://inhabitat.com/tomorrows-skyscrapers-today-daekwon-parks-symbiotic-superstructure/