Nanoweapon Nanotechnology is impacting the field of consumer goods , providing products with novel functions ranging from easy - to - clean to scratch - resistant . Modern textiles are wrinkle - resistant and stain - repellent ; in the mid - term clothes will become " smart " , through embedded " wearable electronics " . Several products that incorporate nanomaterials are already in use . Nanomaterials are in a variety of items , many of which people do not even realize contain nanoparticles . For example , car bumpers are made lighter , clothing is more stain repellant , sunscreen is more radiation resistant , synthetic bones are stronger , cell phone screens are lighter weight , glass packaging for drinks leads to a longer shelf - life , and balls for various sports are made more durable . Such novel products have a promising potential especially in the field of cosmetics . Nanotechnology also has numerous potential applications in heavy industry . Nanotechnology is predicted to be a main driver of technology and business in this century and holds the promise of higher performance materials , intelligent systems and new production methods with significant impact for all aspects of society . Military . Biological sensors . Nanotechnology can improve the military ’ s ability to detect biological agents . By using nanotechnology , the military would be able to create sensor systems that could detect biological agents . The sensor systems are already well developed and will be one of the first forms of nanotechnology that the military will start to use . Uniform material . Nanoparticles can be injected into the material on soldiers ’ uniforms to not only make the material more durable , but also to protect soldiers from many different dangers such as high temperatures , impacts and chemicals . The nanoparticles in the material protect soldiers from these dangers by grouping together when something strikes the armor and stiffening the area of impact . This stiffness helps lessen the impact of whatever hit the armor , whether it was extreme heat or a blunt force . By reducing the force of the impact , the nanoparticles protect the soldier wearing the uniform from any injury the impact could have caused . Another way nanotechnology can improve soldiers ’ uniforms is by creating a better form of camouflage . Mobile pigment nanoparticles injected into the material can produce a better form of camouflage . These mobile pigment particles would be able to change the color of the uniforms depending upon the area that the soldiers are in . There is still much research being done on this self - changing camouflage . Nanotechnology can improve thermal camouflage . Thermal camouflage helps protect soldiers from people who are using night vision technology . Surfaces of many different military items can be designed in a way that electromagnetic radiation can help lower the infrared signatures of the object that the surface is on . Surfaces of soldiers ’ uniforms and surfaces of military vehicle are a few surfaces that can be designed in this way . By lowering the infrared signature of both the soldiers and the military vehicles the soldiers are using , it will provide better protection from infrared guided weapons or infrared surveillance sensors . Weapons . Nanoweapon is the name given to military technology currently under development which seeks to exploit the power of nanotechnology in the modern battle field .