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 109
... REQUIRE MORE TEAMWORK THAN SCIENCE DOES ? Getting to nanotechnology will require the work of experts in dif- fering fields : chemists , who are learning how to make molecular ma- chines ; computer scientists , who are building the ...
... REQUIRE MORE TEAMWORK THAN SCIENCE DOES ? Getting to nanotechnology will require the work of experts in dif- fering fields : chemists , who are learning how to make molecular ma- chines ; computer scientists , who are building the ...
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... require only 3 percent of present U.S. farm acreage , freeing 97 percent for other uses , or for a gradual return to wilderness . When farmers are able to grow high - quality foodstuffs inexpensively , in a fraction of the room that ...
... require only 3 percent of present U.S. farm acreage , freeing 97 percent for other uses , or for a gradual return to wilderness . When farmers are able to grow high - quality foodstuffs inexpensively , in a fraction of the room that ...
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... require solving millions of separate , repetitive problems . The molecular machinery in cell - surgery devices will need to be controlled by complex software , and it would be best to be able to delegate the task of writing that ...
... require solving millions of separate , repetitive problems . The molecular machinery in cell - surgery devices will need to be controlled by complex software , and it would be best to be able to delegate the task of writing that ...
Contents
The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
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