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 175
... inexpensive , reliable equipment , the intensive labor of intensive agriculture can be automated . With technology like the deployable " tents " and smart materials we have described , greenhouse construction can be inexpensive ...
... inexpensive , reliable equipment , the intensive labor of intensive agriculture can be automated . With technology like the deployable " tents " and smart materials we have described , greenhouse construction can be inexpensive ...
Page 178
... inexpensive tunneling ) may finally make this practical . Before junking the car , though , it's worth seeing how it might be improved . Molecular manufacturing can make almost anything better . Au- tomobiles can be made stronger and ...
... inexpensive tunneling ) may finally make this practical . Before junking the car , though , it's worth seeing how it might be improved . Molecular manufacturing can make almost anything better . Au- tomobiles can be made stronger and ...
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... inexpensive solar energy and solar - derived fuels ) , efficient molecule - processing systems could re- fine it into pure , fluid fuels at the wellhead , and inexpensive tunnel- ing machines could provide routes for deeply buried ...
... inexpensive solar energy and solar - derived fuels ) , efficient molecule - processing systems could re- fine it into pure , fluid fuels at the wellhead , and inexpensive tunnel- ing machines could provide routes for deeply buried ...
Contents
The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
Copyright | |
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