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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... 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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... turning a crank that drives a set of oscillating rods , which in turn drive smaller rods . This doesn't look like a computer ; it looks more like an engi- neer's fantasy from the nineteenth century . But then , it is an an- tique design ...
... turning a crank that drives a set of oscillating rods , which in turn drive smaller rods . This doesn't look like a computer ; it looks more like an engi- neer's fantasy from the nineteenth century . But then , it is an an- tique design ...
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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 ...
Contents
The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
Copyright | |
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