Picotechnology

Picotechnology is the technological manipulation of matter on the scale of trillionths of a metre or picoscale (10−12). This is three orders of magnitude smaller than a nanometre (and nanotechnology) and two orders of magnitude smaller than most chemistry transformations and measurements.

It allows the structure and properties of individual atoms to be altered via the manipulation of energy states within electrons. This can produce metastable states with highly unusual properties, creating new and exotic forms of matter such as material that is harder and lighter-weight than carbon nanotubes.

It will allow the creation of perfect scans of human brains with subatomic detail. With this information, we may be able to create synthetic brains that process information thousands or even millions of times faster than biological brains.

Picotechnology is still the manipulation of matter at the atomic level but femtotechnology is at the subatomic level.