Want to see some proposed -- and precisely simulated -- nanomachines?
Take a look at this gallery of simulations posted by Nanorex. The images are engineering designs prepared with nanoENGINEER-1 software, and are based on known scientific laws. Not just pretty pictures, but potentially real nanoscale machines.
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... based on known scientific laws .. Well, very nice - unfortunately, science is full of surprises.
Posted by: Colin Baxter | September 30, 2005 at 02:56 AM
... based on known scientific laws .. Well, very nice - unfortunately, science is full of surprises.
Posted by: Colin Baxter | September 30, 2005 at 02:57 AM
SORRY ABOUT MULTIPLE COPIES!
Posted by: Colin Baxter | September 30, 2005 at 03:01 AM
Was there actually a point to your first post?
Posted by: Janessa Ravenwood | September 30, 2005 at 07:47 AM
I think he was trying to say "Since science doesn't know everything yet, we can't trust these simulations."
A more valid critical position would be "Nice - but of course we have no way to empirically validate these complex simulations."
E.g. looking at that belt drive, would the belt actually stay on track, or is that reliability an artifact of the fact that the "motors" they use are totally virtual, and therefore apply perfectly aligned and smooth forces to the atoms?
Posted by: Tom Craver | September 30, 2005 at 11:22 AM
What I would like to see is similar machines made with just carbon and hydrogen. Machines made with only carbon and hydrogen may have to be substantially larger but a fully programmable fabricator is much easier design and program when you use fewer elements.
Posted by: jim moore | October 03, 2005 at 11:42 AM
cool, awesome, how do you do that
Posted by: jordan | October 24, 2007 at 10:54 AM