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 254
... tion , this imaginary nanomachine sounds uncontrolled and danger- ous . With enough effort , a do - it - all nanomachine could perhaps be built , but it sounds difficult and there's no good reason to try . There are advantages to making ...
... tion , this imaginary nanomachine sounds uncontrolled and danger- ous . With enough effort , a do - it - all nanomachine could perhaps be built , but it sounds difficult and there's no good reason to try . There are advantages to making ...
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... tion while preventing serious abuse , again worldwide . To guide nanotechnology means grappling with a set of decisions that could ultimately remake much of the world - for the better if we are reasonably wise , or for the worse if we ...
... tion while preventing serious abuse , again worldwide . To guide nanotechnology means grappling with a set of decisions that could ultimately remake much of the world - for the better if we are reasonably wise , or for the worse if we ...
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... tion has swept a majority of species into nothingness . Variations on the first five to ten years of the Ordinary Expecta- tions scenario can provide a backdrop for scenarios covering the rise of nanotechnology in , perhaps , the next ...
... tion has swept a majority of species into nothingness . Variations on the first five to ten years of the Ordinary Expecta- tions scenario can provide a backdrop for scenarios covering the rise of nanotechnology in , perhaps , the next ...
Contents
The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
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