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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... nanometers tall , about 1 / 40,000,000 your real size , and the smaller nanocomputer is twice your height . At that size , you can " see " atoms and molecules , as in Figure 1E . The simulation keeps bombarding you with air molecules ...
... nanometers tall , about 1 / 40,000,000 your real size , and the smaller nanocomputer is twice your height . At that size , you can " see " atoms and molecules , as in Figure 1E . The simulation keeps bombarding you with air molecules ...
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... nanometers in size , versus 100,000 nanometers or so for the width of the groove on an old - style record . Or look at a personal computer . John Foster , a physicist at IBM's Almaden Research Cen- ter , points to a hard disk and says ...
... nanometers in size , versus 100,000 nanometers or so for the width of the groove on an old - style record . Or look at a personal computer . John Foster , a physicist at IBM's Almaden Research Cen- ter , points to a hard disk and says ...
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... nanometers across . MOLECULAR CONSTRUCTION MACHINES These advances in software and chemical synthesis let the U. Lill team tackle the task of building a primitive version of a molecular assembler . Although they couldn't build anything ...
... nanometers across . MOLECULAR CONSTRUCTION MACHINES These advances in software and chemical synthesis let the U. Lill team tackle the task of building a primitive version of a molecular assembler . Although they couldn't build anything ...
Contents
The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
Copyright | |
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