Nanotechnology is the latest hot field. One of its objectives is to utilize massive numbers of tiny devices operating in parallel to solve problems ranging from environmental decontamination (e.g.,...

Nanotechnology is the latest hot field. One of its objectives is to utilize massive numbers of tiny devices operating in parallel to solve problems ranging from environmental decontamination (e.g., cleaning up oil spills), to battlefield cleanup, (removing unexploded ordnance or mines), to exploration and analysis of the Martian surface. As an expert in parallelism, choose one of these application areas of nanotechnology and discuss the requirements for interdevice communications if it is to ensure that fewer than X percent of whatever it is looking for will be missed.