Miron's Weblog » Nanotech http://hyper.to/blog Fast Forward Thu, 03 May 2012 05:13:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 On Nanotech and Economics http://hyper.to/blog/link/on-nanotech-and-economics/ http://hyper.to/blog/link/on-nanotech-and-economics/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 05:12:21 +0000 miron http://hyper.to/blog/?p=190 Tihamer Toth-Fejel writes about Productive Nanosystems and the 2009 Financial Meltdown.

The collisions between unstoppable juggernauts and immovable obstacles are always fascinating—we just cannot tear our eyes away from the immense conflict, especially if we have a glimmer of the immense consequences it will have for us. So it will be when Productive Nanosystems emerge from the global financial meltdown. To predict what will happen in the next decade or so, we must understand the essential nature of wealth, and we must understand the capabilities of productive nanosystems.

]]> http://hyper.to/blog/link/on-nanotech-and-economics/feed/ 0 Simplified nanobot anti-aging solution http://hyper.to/blog/link/simplified-nanobot-anti-aging-solution/ http://hyper.to/blog/link/simplified-nanobot-anti-aging-solution/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:56:41 +0000 miron http://hyper.to/blog/?p=28 http://hyper.to/blog/link/simplified-nanobot-anti-aging-solution/feed/ 1 Chris Phoenix on Nanotech Fast Takeoff http://hyper.to/blog/link/chris-phoenix-on-nanotech-fast-takeoff/ http://hyper.to/blog/link/chris-phoenix-on-nanotech-fast-takeoff/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:39:03 +0000 miron http://hyper.to/blog/?p=83 Chris Phoenix is writing an interesting series of articles over at CRN about the dynamics of the development of molecular engineering.

His thesis, as far as I understand it after the first three articles, is that we’re likely to see a fast takeoff, because it’s easy to achieve excellent results after you’ve achieved good enough.

One example is error rate – going past an adequate error rate to a superlative one just requires additional purification / error correcting steps. Other things that may improve very quickly once a workable solution is found are reaction rates – which are exponentially dependent on positional accuracy / stiffness.

]]> http://hyper.to/blog/link/chris-phoenix-on-nanotech-fast-takeoff/feed/ 0 Cool virus infection and assembly videos http://hyper.to/blog/link/cool-virus-infection-and-assembly-videos/ http://hyper.to/blog/link/cool-virus-infection-and-assembly-videos/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:33:43 +0000 miron http://hyper.to/blog/?p=75 Fun video with accurate structures and mechanism, although motions are not realistic (Brownian motion is not goal directed). The third video is the most involved.

H/T: Eric Drexler

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I find it amazing that the human race spends on the order of a million dollars per year on molecular manufacturing when the potential impacts are measured in trillions. In other words, the race is spending less than one ten millionth of its efforts on this technology. The shortfall is mostly due to political issues, such as a lack of interdisciplinary thinking.

]]> http://hyper.to/blog/link/making-choices/feed/ 0 Nano and lightyears in context http://hyper.to/blog/link/nano-and-lightyears-in-context/ http://hyper.to/blog/link/nano-and-lightyears-in-context/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:51:36 +0000 miron http://hyper.to/blog/link/nano-and-lightyears-in-context/ Check out this interactive “powers-of-ten” flash presentation from Nikon. Good for some perspective…

Make sure your browser is full screen or you may miss the controls at the bottom.

Hat tip to Nanodot.

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]]> http://hyper.to/blog/link/advances-in-top-down-nanotech/feed/ 0 CRNANO on DNA based nanomanufacturing http://hyper.to/blog/link/crnano-on-dna-based-nanomanufacturing/ http://hyper.to/blog/link/crnano-on-dna-based-nanomanufacturing/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:22:59 +0000 miron http://hyper.to/blog/link/crnano-on-dna-based-nanomanufacturing/ Chris Phoneix at CRNANO has some suggestions for nanomanufacturing using DNA bricks, and a followup article.

]]> http://hyper.to/blog/link/crnano-on-dna-based-nanomanufacturing/feed/ 0 Brian Wang’s predictions http://hyper.to/blog/link/brian-wangs-predictions/ http://hyper.to/blog/link/brian-wangs-predictions/#comments Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:36:12 +0000 miron http://hyper.to/blog/link/brian-wangs-predictions/ Brian Wang has predictions.

And he has some actual references to back them up.

(Found through Accelerating Future.)

]]> http://hyper.to/blog/link/brian-wangs-predictions/feed/ 0 Winner take all and Molecular Manufacturing http://hyper.to/blog/link/winner-take-all-and-molecular-manufacturing/ http://hyper.to/blog/link/winner-take-all-and-molecular-manufacturing/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2005 09:21:36 +0000 miron http://mail.hyper.to/blog/link/winner-take-all-and-molecular-manufacturing/ I posted on a discussion about the problem of winner-take-all and MM.

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