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Nanotechnology 納米技術

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.

納米人，或小尺寸微型機器人的概念最早出現在科幻小說中，后來被科學家所研究，希望能將這一概念變為現實。這種機器人有時也被稱作nanomachines、nanorobots或nanobots，未來它們將在生活中有很多應用。首次暢想納米技術的科幻作家可能是尼古拉·列斯克夫，他在1881年的一個故事中曾描述過這種難以察覺的機器人，需要放大500萬倍才能看見。