PROFESSOR WHU AND NANOMACHINES
27 September 2009
The professor Fumihiko Whu, sitting in a comfortable business class seat on the Tokyo-Rome flight, picked up his palmtop and took advantage of the Wi Fi connection offered by the airline. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, almost all over the world, telephone and internet connections were banned on airlines. But slowly the companies had begun to make these services available to passengers on their flights. The Japanese flag carrier had been one of the first to offer the possibility of a Wi Fi connection on board its aircraft, either for the marked efficiency that distinguished it, or because in any case the technology of its country, in terms of electronics and information technology, had always been at the forefront compared to
