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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... cost of a bare computer chip . ) COSTS : A FIRST ESTIMATE Some costs apply to a kind of product , regardless of how many copies of it are made : these include design costs , technology - licensing costs , regulatory - approval costs ...
... cost of a bare computer chip . ) COSTS : A FIRST ESTIMATE Some costs apply to a kind of product , regardless of how many copies of it are made : these include design costs , technology - licensing costs , regulatory - approval costs ...
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... COSTS The above estimate made a conservative assumption about future costs : that energy and materials will cost then what they do now , before molecular manufacturing has become available . They won't , because lower costs lead to lower ...
... COSTS The above estimate made a conservative assumption about future costs : that energy and materials will cost then what they do now , before molecular manufacturing has become available . They won't , because lower costs lead to lower ...
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... cost of maintenance on all these . These costs were known to be a major part of the cost of power , so free heat wouldn't have meant free power . Thus , the claim was ab- surd the day it was made — not merely in hindsight . In the early ...
... cost of maintenance on all these . These costs were known to be a major part of the cost of power , so free heat wouldn't have meant free power . Thus , the claim was ab- surd the day it was made — not merely in hindsight . In the early ...
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The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
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