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Nanotechnology is the science dealing with a nanometer, or one-billionth of a meter, the width of about four individual atoms. When we get down to this size, the classical laws of physics change. Once atoms can be manipulated, it will be possible to produce new materials with desired properties: smaller, stronger, tougher, lighter
and more resilient than anything that has ever been made.
The holy grail of nanotechnology is self-assembly, which will soon be an effective nano engineering tool. Self-assembly is nothing new:
biology does it all the time; in chemistry molecules team up to form structures. Indeed, the concept of self-assembly grew out of attempts to aggregate molecules spontaneously into specific configurations. Now, nanotech self-assembly is attempting the same.
Michael Crichton's new techno-thriller PREY weaves a story about the perils of Nanotechnology. This is combined with a technically realistic account of distributed intelligence, self-organizing systems and emergent behavior – the subjects Dick Morley has been discussing at his Santa Fe "Chaos in Manufacturing" conferences for several years.
PREY brings to mind Bill Joy's Wired article warning: "Our most powerful 21st-century technologies - robotics, genetic engineering and
nanotech - are threatening to make humans an endangered species."
You might enjoy my new article on these topics.
"Nanotech & self-organizing systems - Michael Crichton's novel - PREY"
Published on AutomationTechies.com:
http://www.automationtechies.com/sitepages/art670.php
JimPinto.com link to Nanotech & Self-organizing systems:
http://www.jimpinto.com/writings/nanotech.html
I'll appreciate your feedback.
Cheers:
jim
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Jim Pinto
email : [email protected]
web: www.JimPinto.com
San Diego, CA., USA
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Nanotechnology is the science dealing with a nanometer, or one-billionth of a meter, the width of about four individual atoms. When we get down to this size, the classical laws of physics change. Once atoms can be manipulated, it will be possible to produce new materials with desired properties: smaller, stronger, tougher, lighter
and more resilient than anything that has ever been made.
The holy grail of nanotechnology is self-assembly, which will soon be an effective nano engineering tool. Self-assembly is nothing new:
biology does it all the time; in chemistry molecules team up to form structures. Indeed, the concept of self-assembly grew out of attempts to aggregate molecules spontaneously into specific configurations. Now, nanotech self-assembly is attempting the same.
Michael Crichton's new techno-thriller PREY weaves a story about the perils of Nanotechnology. This is combined with a technically realistic account of distributed intelligence, self-organizing systems and emergent behavior – the subjects Dick Morley has been discussing at his Santa Fe "Chaos in Manufacturing" conferences for several years.
PREY brings to mind Bill Joy's Wired article warning: "Our most powerful 21st-century technologies - robotics, genetic engineering and
nanotech - are threatening to make humans an endangered species."
You might enjoy my new article on these topics.
"Nanotech & self-organizing systems - Michael Crichton's novel - PREY"
Published on AutomationTechies.com:
http://www.automationtechies.com/sitepages/art670.php
JimPinto.com link to Nanotech & Self-organizing systems:
http://www.jimpinto.com/writings/nanotech.html
I'll appreciate your feedback.
Cheers:
jim
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Jim Pinto
email : [email protected]
web: www.JimPinto.com
San Diego, CA., USA
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