Nanofactory Animation

A nanofactory is a proposed system in which nanomachines (resembling molecular assemblers, or industrial robot arms) would combine molecules to build larger atomically precise parts. These, in turn, would be assembled by positioning mechanisms of assorted sizes to build macroscopic (visible) but still atomically-precise products.

A functioning nanofactory could create virtually any product at the cost of only the input raw material and energy.

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[Phyerbyrd]

They're going to have to make the machines self-repairing if they want them to work. If macro-scale machines' parts wear down then nano-scale machines should be no different. Manually replacing one billion broken parts would be taxing and time consuming. The day we invent self-repairing, self-replicating chemical ciphers I'll be the happiest guy in the world.

[Regginyaga]

I can imagine kids watching this and it seeming like a 40s science tape

[belzondium]

@Phyerbyrd Repairs will not be necessary. If these nano machines are able to build any physical object, you can simply have it make a copy of itself before it runs down. Continue using the original, and replace it with the copy when the time comes. Repeat ad infinitum. Seems simple enough to me.

[rrmackay]

@Pendrokar The US Government has funded this research for many many years - look at the reality of MEMS developed at Sandia National Labs - the results of this are things like microscopic accelerometers - you probably have one already if you own a smart phone that tell when you flip it sideways to change songs!

[rrmackay]

@crzer07 It is already here in many ways and moving faster everyday. currently automobile paint is made with nano particles. But then again luddites never believe the future will come.

The list of technical luminaries and pure scientists that believe in this is impressive, if don't think this is the future you're a fool.

There is some older fiction on this if that's what you need called the Diamond Age

[OccupyWarStreet]

@Iamgercornholio lol that nano computer could run games that look better then real life, the graphics would be that much improved!

[Anciegher]

Imagine piracy on this thing, print your own car! :D

[crzer07]

LOL so this is the supposed future of manufacturing production, where you have these nano machines instead of assembly line workers of today, and where large factories that pumps out huge carbon emissions can be reduced to the size of a desktop computer and be more efficient and have near zero waste?

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Sorry but that's pure pseudoscience, it's absolutely impossible and it can never happen ;)

[Iamgercornholio]

yes interesting, but can it run crysis?

[ApertureScience27]

@NForcer211 today's computers can't, but nanocomputers won't have any problems. Still, I would like to see quantum computing, and luckily, nanotechnology will make it easier.

[ApertureScience27]

@Phyerbyrd When a machine is only made of a few dozen atoms, it can't be gradually worn down like large machines, because you can only remove whole atoms, not fractions of atoms. But you are right that they will sometimes break, through chemical reactions, radiation, or thermal vibration, and I think (though I'm not an expert) that it would be best to make a nanofactory modular, so that malfunctioning machines can be removed, fixed or recycled elsewhere, and replaced easily.