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Nanotechnology 纳米技术

Nanites, or tiny robots built on the small scale, were a concept first realized in science fiction and later researched by scientists in the hopes of making these minute robots a reality. Sometimes called nanomachines, nanorobots, or nanobots, these robots will one day have many real-life applications. Perhaps one of the first science fiction writers to imagine nanotechnology was Nikolai Leskov, whose 1881 story described imperceptible robots, requiring 5,000,000 times magnification to be seen.

纳米人，或小尺寸微型机器人的概念最早出现在科幻小说中，后来被科学家所研究，希望能将这一概念变为现实。这种机器人有时也被称作nanomachines、nanorobots或nanobots，未来它们将在生活中有很多应用。首次畅想纳米技术的科幻作家可能是尼古拉·列斯克夫，他在1881年的一个故事中曾描述过这种难以察觉的机器人，需要放大500万倍才能看见。