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The third unit shows that nanotechnologies have been empirically used by nature and men for a long time. But above all : some applications are already present in everyday life ! Cosmetics, tyres, scratchproof paints, self-cleaning window panes, tennis rackets…

These uses have an important impact on the economy and will have an increasing impact on the human being when completely integrated in uses in a relatively close future

In this unit, the visitor gets to know the use of nanostructural proprieties in nature: by the blue Morpho Cypris butterfly, the gecko and the lotus. Several glass cabinets present already commercialised « nano-inside » applications.
The macroeconomic impact as well as the socio-economic influence of nanotechnologies are demonstrated. The visitor is then confronted to the multiple possibilities of future uses in his everyday life. Many applications are presented through a prospective scenario.