Soooooooooooo?Why is this not in use????????

[BrklynLiberal]

Why isn't this being researched like crazy and having funds poured into it???

http://www.wimp.com/mitseaswarm/
MIT's Seaswarm: Nano tech fabric carried by self-powered robots can clean oil from water.

See animation..

[femrap]

1. That's

a great new technology. Maybe the Oil Boyz don't want clean water? Or maybe they want the patent on it? Goddess knows how these idiots think.

[Lorien]

2. Brilliant technology. If they had not sprayed Corext it would be an ideal solution.

[Nederland]

3. Probably because...

MIT just unveiled it a few weeks ago and government by nature works at a snail's pace?

[TheWraith]

5. Not to mention there's a big difference between "possible" and "practical."

There's plenty of interesting things that you can do in a laboratory that you can't do in the real world, at least not without lots more research. Sometimes that additional research proves you can't really do it practically at all. Not everything is a big conspiracy.

[Recursion]

4. Grey goo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_goo

Caution about nano comes from that scenario.