History Main / Nanomachines

** Neurons are the most basic components of the human nervous system, but they can conduct electricity. They're like highly efficient transistors, but with multiple dendrites and synapses, they each can receive and process a lot of data simultaneously, more than a mere silicon-based transistor can (A silicon microchip is just composed of AND, OR and NOT transistor switches that can't adopt to anything new, a neuron is a true nanite in that it can adopt to anything it learns, In fact, neurons can process 2.5 petabytes. Not only that, they can also produce chemicals (Neurotransmitters) that allows for humans to even have emotion. And the human brain has ''86 billion of them'' connected to over ''100 trillion synapses'', working together in parallel-processing. This is why we even have intelligence and sentience, why we conquered the world in the first place. This is why every researcher in ArtificialIntelligence now tries to pattern their programming after human biological neurology (see also: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_network Neural Networks]]) and even Deepmind, the world's leading institute in AI, admitted that they can't compare to the power of the Human Brain, the most advanced, Nanite-based supercomputer in the entire world.

** Neurons are the most basic components of the human nervous system, but they can conduct electricity. They're like highly efficient transistors, but with multiple dendrites and synapses, they each can receive and process a lot of data simultaneously, more than a mere silicon-based transistor can (A silicon microchip is just composed of AND, OR and NOT transistor switches that can't adopt to anything new, a neuron is a true nanite in that it can adopt to anything it learns, in fact, neurons can process 2.5 petabytes. Not only that, they can also produce chemicals (Neurotransmitters) that allows for humans to even have emotion. And the human brain has ''86 billion of them'' connected to over ''100 trillion synapses'', working together in parallel-processing. This is why we even have intelligence and sentience, why we conquered the world in the first place. This is why every researcher in ArtificialIntelligence now tries to pattern their programming after human biological neurology (see also: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_network Neural Networks]]) and even Deepmind, the world's leading institute in AI, admitted that they can't compare to the power of the Human Brain, the most advanced, Nanite-based supercomputer in the entire world.

** Neurons are the most basic components of the human nervous system, but they can conduct electricity. They're like highly efficient transistors, but with multiple dendrites and synapses, they each can receive and process a lot of data simultaneously, more than a mere silicon-based transistor can (A silicon microchip is just composed of AND, OR and NOT transistor switches that can't adopt to anything new, a neuron is a true nanite in that it can adopt to anything it learns)In fact, neurons can process 2.5 petabytes. Not only that, they can also produce chemicals (Neurotransmitters) that allows for humans to even have emotion. And the human brain has ''86 billion of them'' connected to over ''100 trillion synapses'', working together in parallel-processing. This is why we even have intelligence and sentience, why we conquered the world in the first place. This is why every researcher in ArtificialIntelligence now tries to pattern their programming after human biological neurology (see also: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_network Neural Networks]]) and even Deepmind, the world's leading institute in AI, admitted that they can't compare to the power of the Human Brain, the most advanced, Nanite-based supercomputer in the entire world.

** Neurons are the most basic components of the human nervous system, but they can conduct electricity. They're like highly efficient transistors, but with multiple dendrites and synapses, they each can receive and process a lot of data simultaneously, more than a mere silicon-based transistor can (A silicon microchip is just composed of AND, OR and NOT transistor switches that can't adopt to anything new, a neuron is a true nanite in that it can adopt to anything it learns). Not only that, they can also produce chemicals (Neurotransmitters) that allows for humans to even have emotion. And the human brain has ''86 billion of them'' connected to over ''100 trillion synapses'', working together in parallel-processing. This is why we even have intelligence and sentience, why we conquered the world in the first place. This is why every researcher in ArtificialIntelligence now tries to pattern their programming after human biological neurology (see also: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_network Neural Networks]]) and even Deepmind, the world's leading institute in AI, admitted that they can't compare to the power of the Human Brain, the most advanced, Nanite-based supercomputer in the entire world.

** Neurons are the most basic components of the human nervous system, but they can conduct electricity. They're like highly efficient transistors, but with multiple dendrites and synapses, they each can receive and process a lot of data simultaneously, more than a mere silicon-based transistor can (A silicon microchip is just an AND, OR or NOT switch, a neuron is a true nanite that can adopt to anything). Not only that, they can also produce chemicals (Neurotransmitters) that allows for humans to even have emotion. And the human brain has ''86 billion of them'' connected to over ''100 trillion synapses'', working together in parallel-processing. This is why we even have intelligence and sentience, why we conquered the world in the first place. This is why every researcher in ArtificialIntelligence now tries to pattern their algorithms after human biological neurology (see also: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_network Neural Networks]]) and even Deepmind, the world's leading institute in AI, admitted that they can't compare to the power of the Human Brain, the most advanced, Nanite-based supercomputer in the entire world.

** Neurons are the most basic components of the human nervous system, but they can conduct electricity. They're like highly efficient transistors, but with multiple dendrites they each can receive and process a lot of data simultaneously, more than a mere silicon-based transistor can. Not only that, they can also produce chemicals (Neurotransmitters) that allows for humans to even have emotion. And the human brain has ''86 billion of them'' working together in parallel-processing, to give us the intelligence and sentience to conquer the world. This is why every researcher in ArtificialIntelligence now tries to pattern their algorithms after human biological neurology (see also: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_network Neural Networks]]) and even Deepmind, the world's leading institute in AI, admitted that they can't compare to the power of the human brain, the most advanced computer in the entire world.

** Neurons are the most basic components of the human nervous system, but they can conduct electricity. They're like highly efficient transistors, but with multiple dendrites they each can receive and process a lot of data simultaneously, more than a mere silicon-based transistor can. And the human brain has ''86 billion of them'' working together in parallel-processing, to give us the intelligence and sentience to conquer the world. This is why every researcher in ArtificialIntelligence tries to pattern their algorithms after human biological neurology (see also: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_network Neural Networks]]) and even Deepmind, the world's leading institute in AI, admitted that they can't compare to the power of the human brain.

** Neurons are the most basic components of the human nervous system, but they can conduct electricity. They're like highly efficient transistors, but with multiple dendrites they each can receive and process a lot of data. And the human brain has ''86 billion of them'' working together to give us the intelligence and sentience to conquer the world. This is why every researcher in ArtificialIntelligence tries to pattern their algorithms after biological neurology (see also: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_network Neural Networks]]) and even Deepmind, the world's leading institute in AI, admitted that they can't compare to the power of the human brain.

** Neurons are the most basic components of the human nervous system, but they can conduct electricty. They're like transistors, but with multiple dendrites they each can receive and process a lot of of data. And the human brain has ''86 billion of them'' working together to give us the intelligence and sentience to conquer the world. Even Deepmind, the world's leading institute in ArtificialIntelligence, admitted that they can't compare to the power of the human brain.

** Given these examples, the cell is a complete nanite in the classical sense. Able to consume external resources, duplicate seemingly endlessly, massive data storage (via DNA), the ability to manufacture anything on its to do list etc. Some of the closest stuff to grey goo is bacteria, while most large multicellular organisms are large nanite colonies with hundreds of different types of nanite working in harmony from a single instruction set. That's right, forget {{cyborg}}s, [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie YOU are]] [[BioPunk a nanomechanical construct]].

** Given these examples, the cell is a complete nanite in the classical sense. Able to consume external resources, duplicate seemingly endlessly, massive data storage (via DNA), the ability to manufacture anything on its to do list etc. Some of the closest stuff to grey goo is bacteria, while most large multicellular organisms (us, for example) are large nanite colonies with hundreds of different types of nanite working in harmony from a single instruction set.

* In Adam Warren's version of the ''ComicBook/DirtyPair'', nanotechnology is strictly regulated to the point of being outlawed, after a GreyGoo outbreak called the "Nanoclysm" [[EarthThatWas destroyed the Earth]] years ago. One villain uses nanobots to grant himself a HealingFactor; the Angels beat him up so much that the waste heat from the repairs does as much damage as the beating.

** In this setting, "Makers", which use nanomachines to create food, clothing, and most other necessities, are commonplace. Spider Jerusalem sarcastically reminisces about his youth, where virtually everything he ate, wore, or owned was made from reprocessed lizard.

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* The ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' universe's [[spoiler:mutant gene]] is revealed to be these in ''ComicBook/UltimateOrigins'' via a mixture of Nick Fury's blood and Wolverine's DNA.

* ''ComicBook/{{Xombi}}'', from Creator/MilestoneComics, is about a scientist who becomes a superhero after being injected with a nanomachine "virus" that's [[HealingFactor capable of extensive tissue regeneration]].
* ''ComicBook/IronMan'': Tony Stark once killed [[YellowPeril the Mandarin]] with nanomachines. His Extremis and Bleeding Edge armors are made out of nanomachines, while his original armor was powered by "tiny transistors," the predecessor to today's nanomachines in terms of function and origin.

** Also there's the foglets, who are people who [[BrainUploading download their consciousness]] into a cloud of utility fog. Notably, the first story to feature this concept also features a fog person spontaneously assembling a flower out of... air? His own particles? Nanotech can't transmute elements or create mass, so it isn't clear where it came from or what it's supposed to be made of.
* In Adam Warren's version of the ''ComicBook/DirtyPair'', nanotechnology is strictly regulated to the point of being outlawed, after a GreyGoo outbreak called the "Nanoclysm" [[EarthThatWas destroyed the Earth]] years ago. One villain uses nanobots to grant himself a HealingFactor; the Angels beat him up so much that the waste heat from the repairs does as much damage as the beating.

* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': Flash's enemy Abra Kadabra is a time traveler who [[MagicFromTechnology uses technology to simulate magic]]. At least one recent story described most of his tricks as being based on nanotech.
* The magic behind virtual reality in ''ComicBook/Kimmie66''.
* The villain's tech in the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Third Doctor miniseries, although in keeping with the 1970s setting (and the Doctor's avoidance of providing too much future knowledge to UNIT), the word itself is never used, the closest being "micro machines".

* In ''Film/{{Virtuosity}}'' an evil A.I. named Sid 6.7 enters the real life by creating itself an avatar using nanotech. He/It [[AppendageAssimilation absorbs glass to heal]].

* Nanobots are the subject of the appropriately-titled Music/TheyMightBeGiants song [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Nanobots".]]

** Flowstone, the rocklike substance that made up most of the artificial world of Rath in ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', is made of DungeonPunk-style nanomachines that can be controlled by the mind, usually by Rath's ruler, the evincar. It can be shaped into semi-sentient beasts or unleashed as a viscous tidal wave. Flowstone is not self-replicating, though; it was produced in a factory in the now-destroyed stronghold, the evincar's fortress at the center of the plane.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}} 2020'' has a variety of nanotech, to go along with its various cyberware. Things get more interesting in ''Cybergeneration'', its sequel. ''Cybergeneration'' introduces the 'Carbon Plague,' a nanite-based disease of uncertain origin. (How uncertain? The writers [[LyingCreator intentionally made incompatible statements to fans]]). At first, the Carbon Plague horrifically deforms and kills people, but later, [[OnlyFatalToAdults kids]], then adults, start to survive. Some of the kids aren't quite the same after, now possessing one of several super-powers; morphing limbs, wireless net-hacking, electrical blasts, pseudo-telepathy (via brainwave scanning), matter manipulation, or whatever power a GameMaster can figure out a way to justify with the little [[{{Unobtainium}} hexite]]-manufacturing and manipulating nanobots that is the Carbon Plague.
* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' tech level progression is explicitly based on the idea that nanotechnology will take off between [=TL9 and TL10.=]
* Averted in ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' except as an occasional {{Macguffin}}. Sourcebooks explicitly state that this was done to [[RuleOfCool protect their system]].
* Eden Games' ''TabletopGame/ConspiracyX'' supplement ''Atlantis Rising''. The Atlanteans (immortal aliens) use nanotechnology for everything, including altering themselves.
* Ubiquitous in ''TabletopGame/EclipsePhase'', [[MatterReplicator Nanofabricators]] are used to produce most goods, nanoware (most healing medichines) are an entire category of implants, and non-self-replicating nanoswarms are used for a variety of purposes. The TITANS also made frequent use of sentient GreyGoo.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'':

* Nanotechnology is uncommon but exists in ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'', or at least it did in Fourth Edition; most nanotech-built structures inexplicably collapsed at the end of Fourth Edition's metaplot, from guns to aircraft to entire office towers. Explained in Fifth Edition: artificial intelligences being held captive in the Matrix are using nanotech to break out. If they write themselves into a metahuman, they can take over the body; if they write themselves into an office tower, their efforts tend to cause it to collapse.
* By the time of the Ninth Age shown in ''TabletopGame/{{Numenera}}'', nanotechnology has essentially integrated into every aspect of the world and become as ubiquitous as microbes; this is part of the reasoning behind how the world's scientifically-powered pseudo-wizards, Nanos, can do their thing - their "spells" just reprogram or reactivate the nanites in the surrounding area to seemingly-miraculous results. The setting even includes a pseudo-GreyGoo phenomenon called the Iron Wind, in which a wave of malfunctioning nanobots swarms through an area, reconfiguring everything it encounters, with generally-fatal results on living creatures.
* In ''TabletopGame/RocketAge'' the Ancient Martians had access to nanotechnology. Succession, an utterly undetectable poison created by them, is in fact a nanobot infection.
* Given ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'s'' dabbling with ScienceFantasy elements, nanotechnology pops up in many forms. Perhaps the most peculiar is the nanite bloodline -- sorcerers who developed their inherent magic as a result of nanotech influencing their conception and inhabiting their bodies (culminating in you becoming a nanite swarm while retaining your personality and, most of the time, appearance).
* In ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'', Baron Blade has a card called Repair Nanites that is a set of these. He later uses them to fake his death.

* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'': [[IncrediblyLamePun very small]] subversion, the inhabitants of [[spoiler:Mata Nui]] can be considered this. Given that [[spoiler:Mata Nui]] is a 40,000 foot tall HumongousMecha, the human-sized inhabitants who were built to maintain his systems are like nanobots to him. Also, in a more literal sense, the microscopic Rahi, Protodites, could be seen as nanobots. Zaktan's body is entirely composed of them after a unfortunate encounter with the Shadowed One.

* In ''Webcomic/TheGodOfHighSchool'' all of the fighters in the titular tournament are injected with nanomachines that constantly monitor their vitals and heal them between matches.
* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': Nanomachines, generally referred to as "nannies," have been mentioned on various occasions, and several {{Story Arc}}s have featured them heavily. They vary between mil-spec soldier boosts (illegal outside the military) that increase all physical abilities, civilian strength and immune-system enhancements, and the Lazarus SuperSoldier boosts that can turn someone into a killing machine strong enough to punch through a tank, with the side effect of near-perfect immortality. Various human black ops projects spend generations trying to keep the immortality while getting rid of the SuperSoldier part, but progress was hampered by the fact that they found it incredibly useful as a secret weapon to let them put highly trained agents in the bodies of sleeper agents scattered around Terran space. [[spoiler:The main characters ultimately solve the problem practically overnight, and give immortality to everyone]].
-->'''Dr. Bunnigus:''' The military research agency in control of the project did the only logical thing.\\
'''Breya:''' Oh let me guess... and I'm going to go with irony here: They kept it a secret "in order to save lives."\\
'''Dr. Bunnigus:''' Correct. Also, they deployed it so they could kill people.
* ''[[http://www.littlelevers.com/Angels/ Angels and Aliens]]'' is based on a secret group of humans given nanotechnology-based abilities such as speed, strength and healing by mysterious aliens. Drawbacks include rapid depletion of energy and oxygen while using the abilities, and the one-size-fits-all female template for the transformed humans - even if the recipient was [[GenderBender originally male.]]

* Gavia from ''Webcomic/AliceGrove'' uses nanotechnology that lets her, among other things, levitate and create force fields.
* Both used and subverted in ''Triquetra Cats'', nanites are a miracle cure for most any medical condition however each use increases your chances of contracting a disease called NCDS (nanite cellular disintegration syndrome) where the nanite user's cells can no longer support themselves and break down.

* Similarly, much of Earth's technological superiority over New Abilene in ''Webcomic/AfterlifeBlues'' is based on nanotech.
* Featured prominently in the ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' StoryArc [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=000101 "Kiki's Virus,"]] where nanobots turn into a deadly virus thanks to the MillenniumBug. Nanotechnology is also used by Dr. Crabtree for more outlandish, {{shapeshift|er}}ing purposes.
* In the ''Webcomic/BladeOfToshubi'' a nano-virus was used in [[WorldWarWhatever World War IV]] to rid the Earth's surface of humans and is believed to have caused [[AnimalIsTheNewMan the mutation of animals to a sentient, humanoid form]].
* At least two types of nanomachines showed up during the ''Webcomic/CrossoverWars'', mini-gnomes from ''Webcomic/MagicalMisfits'' were sent to the Evil Overlords headquarters to sabotage things and nanite versions of ''Webcomic/{{Mindmistress}}'' were left there to monitor things.
* In ''[[Webcomic/UmlautHouse Umlaut House 2]]'', nanites first appear when [[MadScientist Sissy]] steals some assemblers from [[MadScientist Dr. Lyse]] to build her fortress. Later it seems that nanotech is used for home replicators and when Peggy Seus asks the Dragon what it is it tells her to "ask Dr. Lyse about foglets". [[spoiler: And now it seems that Lyse has replaced every cell in his body with foglets and the Dragon tried to take over his body.]]
* There is of course an ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/865/ about this.]]
* Though they don't play a large part in the plot, [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2012/01/01/seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time/ nanomachines are brought up]] in ''WebComic/CommanderKitty'' as the means of [[CloningBlues turning a freshly made clone]] [[UnwillingRoboticisation into a "perfect" android]].
* Averted in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}''. Mark [[AllThereInTheManual has said several times]] that he avoids using nanomachines because it's become an equivalent to magic.

* Some of the characters in ''Webcomic/WeAreTheWyrecats'' are physically augmented with nanobots.
* Played with during the "The Island and the Idol" arc in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' Bob and Voluptua are both injured. Hibachi comes to their rescue, and Jean is excited to see him spray medical nanites on their injuries... until the nanites form themselves into rather boring-looking ''casts'' around those injuries. Voluptua explains that even with the nanites helping, healing an injury takes ''time.'' Jean is still disappointed.

* In the ''Roleplay/LeagueOfIntergalacticCosmicChampions'' the heroes fought both an AI that used nanites and a minor villain from the future had nanotechnology, amongst other uses.
* ''Literature/TheJournalEntries'' seem to use nanotechnology mostly for medical purposes. Pendorians owe their enhanced health and immortality to being, effectively, nanotech cyborgs, but don't exhibit much in the way of actual 'superpowers'; they're mostly depicted as regular folks with an occasionally odd-seeming outlook on things and seriously extended lifespans.
* Sam Everheart is walking around in the Literature/WhateleyUniverse because Sam interrupted an attempt to steal a nanotechnology experiment and ended up getting the nanotech, which then did a whole-body alteration. Luckily, Sam survived it.
* The ''Literature/ChaosTimeline'' has a lot of them in the last years.
* In Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars, Yasmin, Izzy and anyone Izzy gives nanomachines to has a HealingFactor that comes from said nanomachines.
* [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-204 SCP-204-1]] from the ''Website/SCPFoundation'' is a swarm of [[EatingMachine carnivorous]] nanobots that seeks out a human child to act as its GuardianEntity. Although it turns the child into an [[EnfantTerrible aggressive sociopath]] to put into danger so it has a means of gaining food.
* In Literature/WorldDominationInRetrospect, the VillainProtagonist Psycho Gecko has nanites that allow him to heal from anything up to and possibly including death, as well as change his phenotype and, if necessary, go GreyGoo on his enemies.
* Website/TaerelSetting: The kin'toni (vampires) appear to have these in their blood: in fact, https://taerel.com/wiki/index.php?title=Taerel:Biology_(Kin%27toni) mentions that nanotech was used to alter hantavirus packets as part of the kin'toni virus' making. Rykintas Aughan is mentioned to of died of a heart attack after nanobots in his body turned against him.

* ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'': Authority member The Engineer replaced all of her blood with nanomachines. She can [[GreenLanternRing create nearly anything with these]], from {{Arm Cannon}}s to [[MesACrowd duplicates of herself]]. This being ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'', many of the implications of these powers are investigated.
* During Creator/GrantMorrison's ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' run, Cassandra Nova attacked the team on a cellular level with nanosentinels.
* The ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe's [[spoiler:Mutant Gene]] is revealed to be these in ''ComicBook/UltimateOrigins'' via a mixture of Nick Fury's blood and Wolverine's DNA.
* In the ''Comicbook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'', some of Eggman's creations resulted in a hivemind mass of nanites that collected into a "city" in the forest. When an AI system of Eggman's was eliminated, NICOLE, the AI from Sally's computer, took over the dormant nanites herself and reconfigured them into a modified replica of Mobotropolis, giving her friends a new home. Nicole has been shown to occasionally modify the city structure through the nanites, though if her attention is divided she may have trouble maintaining everything at once. NICOLE also occasionally uses those nanites to create a physical form for herself, though she just as often uses holograms instead.
* In the fourth volume of the ''Comicbook/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Mirage}}'' comic book, it is revealed that Baxter Stockman had infected April O'Neil with "[=NanoBaxterBots=]," which were slowly killing her. As a response, utrom Glurin and Professor Honeycutt devise [=NanoTurtleBots=], nanomachines that draw their fighting skills from the turtles' memories, which they then insert into April.

* ''ComicBook/IronMan'': Tony Stark once killed [[YellowPeril The Mandarin]] with nanomachines. His Extremis and Bleeding Edge armors are made out of nanomachines, while his original armor was powered by "tiny transistors," the predecessor to today's nanomachines in terms of function and origin.

* Creator/ValiantComics and the then-successor Acclaim Comics have multiple nanite-powered heroes. Valiant's Bloodshot has nanite-infused blood that, in the Creator/ValiantComics incarnation, survives as the "Blood of Heroes" well into the 41st Century. Acclaim's Bloodshot's nanites may not be that long-lived, but were capable of healing any injury [[spoiler:provided they had enough raw material to work with]], reshaping his appearance, and [[SugarWiki/MomentofAwesome making a modem jack in his neck for free internet access]]. Acclaim's version of Magnus Robot Fighter was never explicitly stated to have nanites, but his blood was metallic and capable of healing wounds. You do the math.
* ''Franchise/TheFlash'': Flash's enemy Abra Kadabra is a time traveler who [[MagicFromTechnology uses technology to simulate magic]]. At least one recent story described most of his tricks as being based on nanotech.
* The magic behind virtual reality in ''ComicBook/{{kimmie66}}''.
* The villain's tech in the ''Comicbook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Third Doctor miniseries... although in keeping with the seventies setting (and the Doctor's avoidance of providing too much future knowledge to UNIT) the word itself is never used, the closest being "micro machines".

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* [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-204 SCP-204-1]] from the ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' is a swarm of [[EatingMachine carnivorous]] nanobots that seeks out a human child to act as its GuardianEntity. Although it turns the child into an [[EnfantTerrible aggressive sociopath]] to put into danger so it has a means of gaining food.

* ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'':
** The T-X from ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' has nanomachines among the features of her [[SwissArmyAppendage versatile arm]], which are used for some MagicalComputer effects - the nanobots infect other machines and allow the "Terminatrix" to control them.
** The T-3000 in ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' takes it a step further. It is made completely out of nanomachines (dubbed "machine phase matter" in the film) that have [[spoiler:[[UnwillingRoboticisation infected and converted a human subject]], in this case John Connor himself.]]
* Film/JamesBond:

** In ''Film/NoTimeToDie'', Dr. Valdo Obruchev created "Heracles", a deadly mix of nanomachines and virus that spreads via touch and instantly kills its genetically coded targets. These stay in the body on an infected person forever. Also, Nomi gets injected with the "Smart Blood" as well.
* The source of KITT's superpowers in the 2008 ''Series/KnightRider'' PilotMovie. It's even what keeps the armor together; when the computer is turned off, the car's an ordinary non-[[ImmuneToBullets bulletproof]] ProductPlacement... I mean Mustang.
* In ''Film/{{Virtuosity}}'' an evil AI named Sid 6.7 enters the real life by creating itself an avatar using nanotech. He/It absorbs glass to heal.

* Nanomachines are used in the ''Film/IRobot'' movie to "execute" problem robots.
* In the remake of ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill2008'' nano-insects ([[GreyGoo grey-goo]] style) [[spoiler: KillAllHumans]].
* ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'' was the first time the Borg were shown using nanotech as an assimilation tool (see below under Live Action TV).
* The MacGuffin in ''Film/BallisticEcksVsSever'' is nanotech used as an assassination weapon. Roger Ebert wrote in his review: "A miniaturized assassination robot small enough to slip through the bloodstream would cost how much? Millions? And it is delivered by dart? How is this for an idea: use a poison dart, and spend the surplus on school lunches."
* ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'': According to [[AllThereInTheManual The Official Movie Guide]], Protoforms are made up of densely packed nanomachines. This is the semi-official HandWave for any transformation "cheats" in the films and where, for example, the rubber for Optimus' tires comes from.
* ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' features the nanites, originally created for medical intents and later weaponized (sometimes ''with medical intents'', for creating SuperSoldier EliteMooks who had a minor HealingFactor and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy parts of their brains destroyed to become fearless]]). And seems like [[http://gijoe.wikia.com/wiki/Nanomites they already existed]] in ''ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel''.
* One of the plots in the unproduced ''ComicBook/PlasticMan'' movie explained the technology which gave the titular character's powers.[[spoiler: It involves the use of a experimental chemical liquid that rubberized anything that comes in contact with... But to stabilize the transformation, the test subject has to have a nanomachine (inside its body) as a catalyst to render the liquid product safe in its organism. If the nanomachine isn't used in the process, the liquid continues to rubberize the subject until it decomposes from the liquid's grey goo attributes. According to the script's text, it described the nanomachine that it has the shape of a snowflake]]
* What the major antagonists are made up of in ''Film/Ben10AlienSwarm''. An interesting thing is that they're inert initially but [[spoiler:this is a ploy by the hive queen to keep the heroes guessing while she prepares an invasion.]]
* A major part of Caster's plan in ''Film/{{Transcendence}}''.
* In the movie ''Bombshell'', a kidnapped scientist gets his kidney removed and replaced with a sack of protein, which is slowly being turned into a bomb by the nanomachines he was developing.

** For lack of an extraterrestrial giant dwarf who forges mystical weapons, ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' sees Tony [[spoiler:create his own synthetic Infinity Gauntlet using nanomachines to secure the Infinity Stones. This also plays into the movie's climactic moment when the future-displaced Thanos, thinking he has Tony's nano-Gauntlet, attempts a new snap and discovers that the Gauntlet is empty. Instead Tony commands his nanomachines to bring the Stones to him so he can perform his own snap and eliminate Thanos and his army. Unfortunately the nanomachines cannot redirect the unfathomable effects of the Stones' immense celestial power and Tony's action results in his HeroicSacrifice]].
** ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' has Spidey using the wearable nanomachines to subdue an adversary: Doctor Octopus is removing swathes of the suit when he attacks. So Peter orders the nanobots stuck in the tentacles to immobilize them and effectively keep Doc Ock nailed to the ground.

* Pretty much the reason a [[Manhua/SchoolShock Vanguard]] is a [[SuperSoldier superior fighter]] against... soldiers, tanks, spider tanks and helicopters. Somehow, they make them super strong, fast, agile et cetera. They are also, however, harmful to the body, which is why Vanguards of the newer generations are euthanized after a certain period of time, being a military asset and damn expensive. A bunch of little machines pushing you to your limits, possibly straining the immune system, wearing you down... yep, sounds like {{Deconstruction}}.

* ''Animation/PinCode'': In appropirately titled episode "[=NanoBots=]", Dokko, Carlin, and Pin create many microscopic versions of The Iron Nanny. They are sent inside Wally's body, where they fight off bacteria and viruses.

* The society of the WebAnimation/MundoUltimateNewsCp smart city of Icetown in the 2090s has a PostScarcityEconomy. Naturally (due to many 21s century advances) nanotechnology is present everyhere in Icetown, but TheSingularity brought major nanotechnologies that broke the whole capitalist status quo and helped make Icetown possible.
** Universal molecular assemblers were created, enabling the end of poverty and the creation of a new economic system with two economies, one of them being personalized products with the price of each product decided by an AI analyse based on the quality of a design, making a civilization where innovation and creativity is the greatest value.

* Wiki/TaerelSetting: The kin'toni (vampires) appear to have these in their blood: in fact, https://taerel.com/wiki/index.php?title=Taerel:Biology_(Kin%27toni) mentions that nanotech was used to alter hantavirus packets as part of the kin'toni virus' making. Rykintas Aughan is mentioned to of died of a heart attack after nanobots in his body turned against him.

More often, fiction delights in taking nanotech way, way beyond the plausible. Nanomachines, "nanites" or "nanobots" [[PhlebotinumDuJour are a writer's best friend]]. Writers are not expected to ''show'' the nanomachines doing whatever it is that they do, all they have to do are the results. And the results can be ''anything''. Nanomachines can be depicted as masses of cloud/liquid in external "colonies", VoluntaryShapeshifting {{Blob|Monster}}s, or syringes of ''stuff'' to be injected into humans and have [[SuperSerum fantastic]] [[{{Transhuman}} results]], usually in the form of [[JustForFun/HowToGiveACharacterSuperpowers superpowers]], but sometimes in the form of a BalefulPolymorph, UnwillingRobotization or HarmfulHealing.

Nanites themselves will usually either be [[SlidingScaleOfRobotIntelligence dumb as bricks]], or [[HiveMind networked into a fully sentient mass]]. Some works may invoke MechanicalEvolution to make the nanomachines smarter/better/deadlier.

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* Hiro's microbots in ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' act similarly to nanobots but are visible to the naked eye, they interlock with one another to form structures and waldoes under the control of a neural interface. Unlike other versions of this trope he did not program his microbots to self-replicate. [[spoiler: This becomes a plot point when he and his teammates attack Callaghan's microbot structures, sending the bots into the portal Callaghan had set up to destroy Krei's corporate headquarters, robbing Callaghan of his main weapon.]]
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