Nanotechnology is technology on the nanoscale, which ranges from 1 to 100 nanometers, thus including molecules and atoms. Nanotechnology is a growing field of study due to the increasing understanding, interest, and ability to manipulate molecules and atoms. Part of what makes nanotechnology so intricate is its interdisciplinary nature, as it relies on comprehension and theory based in physics, chemistry, mathematics, and biology. The developing field of science has generated a myriad of applications some of which include: biosensing, the identification/characterizing of molecules, rapid sequencing of polymers (such as DNA), nanomedicine, nanoelectronics, and the filtering of proteins. Select applications are made possible with the use of a nanopore, which is a nanoscale pore embedded in a membrane and allows for the transport of small molecules from one side of the membrane to the other. These presentations serve to introduce nanotechnology and nanopores.