No, not from nanobots, but taking a break from insulting Americans, Scotlands Institute of Nanotechnology sound the death knell for washing machine manufacturers in the UKs Daily Mirror. In an article that will delight Homer Simpsons everywhere, nanotechnology is predicted to put an end to the need to change your underwear, cleaning your car or washing your windows.
As the Institutes Andy Garland helpfully points out, “consumers could take time to adjust to the idea of underwear which never needs changing” and that this is “a disaster for the cleaning industry, manufacturers of washing machines and the like. It could be the end for them.”
We suspect that someone somewhere may have been imbibing too many nanobots.