Dr. Carroll, who has been exploring the properties of quantum matrix composites, is still amazed that you can carry a computer in your pocket, though now he's investigating the computer power of your pocket. In this accessible talk to high school students at TEDxYout@SanDiego, he demonstrates the "smart clothing" we'll soon be wearing thanks to the rapidly unfolding wonders of nanotechnology.

With 12 patents to his name, Dr. Carroll directs innovative projects to bring new technologies to cancer therapeutics, sensor technology and bionics. He is director of the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Caroline.

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