Nanotechnology, the field of science that over 2/3 of Americans think is morally unacceptable,has made a giant leap today: it has joined forces with the internet.

Using what scientists have codenamed “widgets,” in a field of online study known colloquially in the nanotech community as “widgetization,” top researchers at Johns Hopkins University have designed a “widget” that can be “embedded” on Myspace pages and other social network profiles.

At this point, scientists are unsure of what the technology might mean for the internet as a whole.  Essentially, this “widget” is a flash player capable of snagging content through various online syndication mechanisms in order to display dynamic content from–get this–within a Myspace page.

Meaning that users won’t have to go to an entirely different static web page through the HTTP protocol in their web browser in order to view new content.

But of course this new nanotechnological science begs one very important question:

If dynamic content from various sources can be viewed on a single static page, will users continue to browse (or “surf”) the world wide web?  What will this do to advertising?

Many in the Valley are concerned.  Jason Calacanacan of Moohoola was quoted as saying “Oh, no.  Oh dear God no.  We’re all screwed.  This is so very, very serious.”

Update 6/22/08 - Internet (NASDAQ: INT) stock is down 93% due to this post.  We would like to reiterate that this technology is new, and it could be weeks, months, or even years before we see a flash-based widget embedded on a Myspace page.  There still might be hope.