Google is currently working on developing nanoparticles that will detect cancer, according to Slate.

This initiative is a very ingenious and neat idea. However, I do not think that it will work. I also don’t think that the federal government should take interest in Google’s experiment or give the company priority over other companies conducting cancer research.

Slate writer Will Oremus pointed out that the nanotechnology would not actually cure cancer, but would only be able to detect early signs of it and other diseases, not cure them.

The scientists that are currently trying to create a cure for cancer should get more backing, as they are trying to find a solution, not just a way to identify the problem earlier.

According to Oremus, Google hopes to develop “nanoparticles that crawl through your bloodstream to search for early signs of cancer, heart attacks, and other specific maladies.”

Having technology inside of my body seems a little extreme to me. Any piece of technology has the potential to be hacked. If a nanotech was hacked, it could cause bodily harm to those with it embedded in them.

Just imagine if a hacker was able to control the insides of your body and wreak havoc. The things that hackers can do are virtually limitless. Perhaps they could change the entire purpose of the nanotech, maybe even destroy the body from the inside out. And you would not even know what was happening until it was too late.

Furthermore, if the federal government wanted to supervise Google’s development of the nanotech, that would be a whole other problem. With the semi-recent and ongoing news of governmental spying, this does not seem like a good idea.

Anything would be possible for the government if given the okay to regulate this project. Every government has a hidden agenda for everything. I think that this technology, though innovative and futuristic, will be bad for the world.

It will allow new ways for the government to abuse citizens and learn information illegally. Although this technology is very smart and advanced, I do not believe that the world is ready for something that could change everything.