Table of Contents Hello Emerging Tech Careers Biomedical Engineer Chemist Molecular Biologist Nanotechnologist Physician Research Scientist Can You Imagine Glossary Index About the Author 4 6 10 14 18 22 26 30 31 32 32
Hello Emerging Tech Careers In the past In the present Groundbreaking inventions made life easier in many ways New technologies are changing the world in mind-boggling ways The future is yours to imagine WHAT COMES NEXT 4
Who would have thought Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone in 1876 In 1879 Thomas Edison invented the first electric lightbulb The Wright brothers successfully flew the first airplane in 1903 And don’t forget Henry Ford He invented a way to make cars quicker and cheaper These brilliant inventors did things that people once thought were impossible To go from candles to electricity From horse-drawn carriages to automobiles and airplanes Wow The sky’s the limit Now technology is being used to do even more amazing things Take nanomedicine for instance Nanomedicine involves engineering teeny tiny machines to prevent and treat diseases in the human body It can be used in endless ways from treating cancer to providing needleless shots Some day it may even be possible for nano-robots to perform surgery This book explores the people and professions behind nanomedicine Some of these careers like nanotechologist are so cutting-edge that they didn’t exist just a decade or so ago Others like chemist offer exciting new twists using nanomedicine Read on to explore exciting possibilities for your future 5
