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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... turn trip to earn the now - rare Toxic Waste Cleanup Merit Badge . Today , tree farms are replacing wilderness ... turns up the temperature , and sets the whole thing in motion . A million atoms dance in thermal vibration , gears spin ...
... turn trip to earn the now - rare Toxic Waste Cleanup Merit Badge . Today , tree farms are replacing wilderness ... turns up the temperature , and sets the whole thing in motion . A million atoms dance in thermal vibration , gears spin ...
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... turn , and clamps lock the tool in position . Other shafts twirl , and the arm slowly leans up against the workpiece again at a new site . Finally , with a twitch of motion , more atoms jump across , and the block is again just a little ...
... turn , and clamps lock the tool in position . Other shafts twirl , and the arm slowly leans up against the workpiece again at a new site . Finally , with a twitch of motion , more atoms jump across , and the block is again just a little ...
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... turn turbines to turn generators to drive electrical power through power lines to trans- formers to local power lines to houses , factories , and so forth . The wildest optimist could never have claimed that nuclear power was THE SPIRAL ...
... turn turbines to turn generators to drive electrical power through power lines to trans- formers to local power lines to houses , factories , and so forth . The wildest optimist could never have claimed that nuclear power was THE SPIRAL ...
Contents
The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
Copyright | |
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