This document discusses nanotechnology and its applications. It begins with an introduction to nanotechnology, defining a nanometer and describing how nanotechnology works at the molecular scale. It then outlines several key applications of nanotechnology, including improving medicine through targeted drug delivery and artificial organs, enabling more powerful supercomputing through molecular circuits, and using nanotechnology to clean the environment and purify water and air. The document provides an overview of the goals, pioneers, approaches, techniques and many potential benefits of nanotechnology.