By the time this technology comes out, people could manufacture their own gold or precious jewels. Money wouldn't be needed in that century. Everything would be free.
One particularly interesting research area at the mo is metamaterials. Someone recently theoretically worked out how to reverse the Casimir force and hence Van der Waals forces that were the basis of the 'sticky fingers' objection, not that that was a very good objection to begin with, for the reasons Hottides said. Metamaterials also do some really funky things with light which could have some huge implications for nanotech.
Yet ' Molecular manipulators' exist: the active sites of enzymes being the most ubiquitous examples. Once we really begin constructing artificial molecular manipulators, we'll probably discover amazing techniques that will surpass both enzymes and Drexlerian nano-Detroits. Great times lay ahead!
JUST IMAGINE WHAT WELL BE ABLE TO BUILD!!!!!!!!!
dennis3380 1 year ago
Exactly... the machines accelerate our ability to make better machines...
TheReasonWhyGuy 2 years ago
2 words "accelerated returns" this will be here in 12 to 16 years...
This is a truism...
ToadHypno 3 years ago
Brilliant production.
VirtualDavid 4 years ago
By the time this technology comes out, people could manufacture their own gold or precious jewels. Money wouldn't be needed in that century. Everything would be free.
H0D0NKAIN 4 years ago
Nanoscopic paper jams...
FluffyChikens 4 years ago 2
I hope so
THEoldy 4 years ago
fuckin awesome
br5019 4 years ago
One particularly interesting research area at the mo is metamaterials. Someone recently theoretically worked out how to reverse the Casimir force and hence Van der Waals forces that were the basis of the 'sticky fingers' objection, not that that was a very good objection to begin with, for the reasons Hottides said. Metamaterials also do some really funky things with light which could have some huge implications for nanotech.
chriscdc8 4 years ago
Yet ' Molecular manipulators' exist: the active sites of enzymes being the most ubiquitous examples. Once we really begin constructing artificial molecular manipulators, we'll probably discover amazing techniques that will surpass both enzymes and Drexlerian nano-Detroits. Great times lay ahead!
Hottides 4 years ago