Unbounding the Future: The Nanotechnology RevolutionExamines the field of medicine, toxic waste, and production relating how they will revolutionize life in the future. |
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... cost of labor time ) by more than a factor of ten . What can molecular manufacturing do ? Larger cost reductions have happened , most dramatically in com- puters . The cost of a computer of a given ability has fallen by roughly a factor ...
... cost of labor time ) by more than a factor of ten . What can molecular manufacturing do ? Larger cost reductions have happened , most dramatically in com- puters . The cost of a computer of a given ability has fallen by roughly a factor ...
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... COSTS The above estimate made a conservative assumption about future costs : that energy and materials will cost then what they do now , before molecular manufacturing has become available . They won't , because lower costs lead to lower ...
... COSTS The above estimate made a conservative assumption about future costs : that energy and materials will cost then what they do now , before molecular manufacturing has become available . They won't , because lower costs lead to lower ...
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... cost little , but the energy ? Today , the energy cost of a ticket to orbit in an efficient vehicle would be less than one hundred dollars . Low - cost vehicles and energy will drop the total cost to a fraction of this . We will know ...
... cost little , but the energy ? Today , the energy cost of a ticket to orbit in an efficient vehicle would be less than one hundred dollars . Low - cost vehicles and energy will drop the total cost to a fraction of this . We will know ...
Contents
The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
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