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Sorry, my inner Coog got out. Don't downvote it, please.

They already have nano-cars. This nano drag-racer is somewhat revolutionary, but the difference in speed compared to older car models is "negligible", pun intended.

Hopefully, nano-assembly machines will be the next "big" thing, pun intended. Here's hoping for the best.]]>Jan 25th 2010 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/
Jeez...y'all haters. How about moving away from nano-transportation and more towards nano-assembly? I don't dislike nanotechnology's potential.

I still stand by my comment. Ruck Fice.]]>Jan 25th 2010 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/Jan 25th 2010 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/
Scientist 2: *shrugs* Dunno, but I made this really sweet drag racer!]]>Jan 25th 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/
Nanomachines -just- like this one, are the key to cell manipulation. So, in a way ..

Scientist 2: "But we found a great way to use this sweet drag racer to smash cancer cells in a demolition derby!"]]>Jan 25th 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/

Sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY!]]>Jan 25th 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/
Because cancer research and nanoassembly are totally done by the same groups of people.

@Editors

What's a 'Univerity'?]]>Jan 25th 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/A univerity is the One Truth. And that's PAUL PIERCE!!
*eagerly awaits the debut of the new NBA - Nano Buckyball Asswhopping*]]>Jan 25th 2010 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/Jan 25th 2010 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/Jan 25th 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/Jan 25th 2010 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/Jan 25th 2010 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/Jan 25th 2010 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/Jan 25th 2010 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://pubs.acs.org/appl/literatum/publisher/achs/journals/production/orlef7/2009/orlef7.2009.11.issue-24/ol902312m/images/large/ol-2009-02312m_0006.jpeg
With the information shown here, and assuming a dragster of around 8 meters, I find that the car actually would move around 56 km/h, so only slightly quicker than your estimate ... it would also be hilariously wide, but...]]>Jan 25th 2010 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/Jan 25th 2010 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/
Ewww, really? Spinners? Let's leave it be xD]]>Jan 25th 2010 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/Jan 25th 2010 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/
So if your math is correct, and I am really awake enough to do my arithmetic properly (which is questionable because I just rolled my ass out of bed and am in pre-coffee mode) then these things need to pick up the pace and move around 10x faster to be a scale dragster.

Maybe someone can check my numbers. I don't trust myself to put my socks on right now, let alone do simple math.]]>Jan 25th 2010 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/Jan 25th 2010 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/Jan 25th 2010 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/
Only question I ever thought was hard
Was do I like Kirk or do I like Picard?
I spend every weekend
at the renaissance fair
I got my name on my under wear!]]>Jan 25th 2010 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/When you consider the possibility that they may one day replicate, distance isn't too big of a factor vs speed of replication.]]>Jan 25th 2010 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/Jan 25th 2010 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/Jan 25th 2010 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/
I hate to be the rain on the parade, but this stupid sh*t never leads to anything ever. how many times have they taught bacteria to spin a gear, or form a star and rotate to the left (quite a few if you keep up with this stuff)? I'm afirad this is just some university students trying to make an interesting thesis]]>Jan 25th 2010 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/Jan 25th 2010 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/Jan 25th 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/Chevrons got techron? Well mobil fuel has tiny dragsters in their fuel that deliver your gas right to where it needs faster]]>Jan 25th 2010 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/Jan 25th 2010 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/"FILED UNDER: Transportation"

Why is this filed under transportation??? who is planning on riding this bad boy?

And after doing a little math and don't quote me since is all approximations the nano drag-racer will only go about 4 mph]]>Jan 25th 2010 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/Jan 25th 2010 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/rice-univerity-nanodragster-rolls-on-carbon-buckeyball-wheels-l/Jan 25th 2010 6:51PM