Nanotechnology has the potential to impact our lives immensely, whether it be making everyday household items more efficient, or finding ways to make us live longer. Not just in the field of nanotechnology, but the world of biotechnology as a whole has made outstanding breakthroughs within the last years as it burst into the scene as a "hot field." 

     As exciting as all these predictions and promises may sound, there are still those out there that disapprove of what they think is happening in the field. When people who are uneducated on the topic hear the phrase "genetically modified," they don't think of fish engineered to reproduce faster, or products made to work more efficiently. They automatically get tied to the idea that these biotech researchers and scientists sit in their labs all day and create fish with four eyes, or chickens with three legs. It is this lack of knowledge of a subject that leads to people's unsupportiveness in areas that could possibly change their lives for the better.

     In the case of nanotechnology, it is another topic very few people are educated on, yet alone have even heard of. When they find out that nanoengineers and researchers make these tiny robots that go inside of you, or go into your consumer products, they get skeptical. This misconception of the field could be what is holding so many researchers back from making breakthroughs they are on the verge of.

     Although the field seems to have limitless possibilities, there are still lots of kinks to be worked out, lots of loose nuts and bolts to be secured, before the technology will even come close to contact with the majority of the population.