Kurzweil predicts at the point of Singularity, the use of medical nanobots will be common place and will modernize the way we use medicine to treat illnesses or disease. We will have nanochip red blood cells to monitor our bodily functions and overall health from inside our bodies. Medicines will be delivered directly to specific area of the body in need, certain cells, such as cancer, can be targeted and killed, and nanobots can even be used to absorb harmful toxins from the bloodstream. Nanomachines seem like such miraculous devices; however, nanotechnology, on the whole, raises many concerns as well. Nanobots are just that, microscopic robots, which can be hacked or reprogrammed to attack the systems in the body, including the heart or brain. They can malfunction, become toxic and rejected by our bodies. Also, in the wrong hands, nanobots can be used as a tool for …show more content…
Technology is the way of the future, there is no denying that, in the last 100 years there have been massive improvements on all types of technology, in the last 10 years, technology has exploded in it’s growth, something new is coming out every couple months and the rate of new technology is projected to increase the speed it is