Sandvik is an engineering group in tooling, materials technology, mining and construction.
At the moment nanotechnology is primarily a materials technology, but its potential goes far beyond that.
They are producing chemicals market and materials technology.
The company has also introduced numerous other materials technologies and manufacturing processes.
This was because nuclear energy requires expertise in many areas, from electronics to chemistry, materials technology and even experimental physics.
But as a practical matter it's well beyond our materials technology.
A combination of improvements in materials technology since the 1970s greatly improved this, as did the active matrix techniques.
A tether that can win this challenge would be a major step forward in materials technology.
Improvements in composite materials technology make possible plastic suspension links, although they are still uncommon.
However, given the current materials technology of the time, this too was impractical on Earth.