Unbounding the Future: The Nanotechnology RevolutionA comprehensive, easy-to-understand handbook that explains what nanotechnology is and how it will revolutionize life in the future. The world's leading expert in the field, Drexler also examines the spectacular accomplishments that might result from a breakthrough: elimination of disease and pollution. 20 illustrations. |
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Page 141
... Ralph Merkle , a computers and security expert at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center , sees this as paralleling the way manufacturing works today : “ General purpose devices could do many tasks , but they'll do them ineffi- ciently . For ...
... Ralph Merkle , a computers and security expert at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center , sees this as paralleling the way manufacturing works today : “ General purpose devices could do many tasks , but they'll do them ineffi- ciently . For ...
Page 253
... Ralph Merkle of Xerox Palo Alto Research Center discussed this issue at the First Foresight Conference on Nanotechnology . He ex- plains , “ It's both uneconomical and more difficult to design a self- replicating system that ...
... Ralph Merkle of Xerox Palo Alto Research Center discussed this issue at the First Foresight Conference on Nanotechnology . He ex- plains , “ It's both uneconomical and more difficult to design a self- replicating system that ...
Page 257
... Ralph Merkle sees this ability as the one to keep an eye on : " Self - replicating systems can and should be appropriately regu- lated . There seems no need , however , to have any more than normal concerns for devices which cannot ...
... Ralph Merkle sees this ability as the one to keep an eye on : " Self - replicating systems can and should be appropriately regu- lated . There seems no need , however , to have any more than normal concerns for devices which cannot ...
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The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
Copyright | |
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