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 157
... solar cells that convert sunlight into elec- tricity at efficiencies of 30 percent or so . Molecular manufacturing could not only make solar cells much cheaper , but could also make them tiny enough to be incorporated into the mobile ...
... solar cells that convert sunlight into elec- tricity at efficiencies of 30 percent or so . Molecular manufacturing could not only make solar cells much cheaper , but could also make them tiny enough to be incorporated into the mobile ...
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... solar cells cheap enough and rugged enough to use as road surfaces . With green wealth , we can make clean fuels from solar energy , air , and water ; consuming these fuels in clean nanomechanical systems would just return to the air ...
... solar cells cheap enough and rugged enough to use as road surfaces . With green wealth , we can make clean fuels from solar energy , air , and water ; consuming these fuels in clean nanomechanical systems would just return to the air ...
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... solar - power plant , a molecular- processing plant , and a microscopic grain of sodium . The processing plant ... solar energy can be applied to remove CO2 directly , producing oxygen and glossy graphite pebbles . Painting the world's ...
... solar - power plant , a molecular- processing plant , and a microscopic grain of sodium . The processing plant ... solar energy can be applied to remove CO2 directly , producing oxygen and glossy graphite pebbles . Painting the world's ...
Contents
The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
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