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- From: kamchar@ibm.cl.msu.edu (SunCat)
- Newsgroups: sci.nanotech
- Subject: Different Words (was: Re: Nanosystems discussion of UV damage)
- Message-ID: <Nov.11.17.36.30.1992.19943@planchet.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 22:36:31 GMT
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- In article <Nov.4.18.22.33.1992.3281@planchet.rutgers.edu> robj@netcom.com
- (Rob Jellinghaus) writes:
- [...]
- > Perhaps we need two different words for "nanomachine"--one which would
- > denote "something manufactured with molecular nanotech", and one which
- > would denote "a machine which can only survive in an eutactic (i.e.
- > atomically-stable) environment".
-
- I use the terms "Nano-built" and "Nano-Active" and sometimes
- "Eutactic-Dependent".
-
- When I talk to my non-scientific but environmentaly-concerned friends I
- divide up the much-abused "Technology" thus:
- "Nature" (natural principles)
- "Capability" (the ability to make things)
- "Applications" (the things that are made).
-
- Thus molecular nanotechnology will be a broadly-applicable capabilty set
- much like electricity (which lets you make things that are not themselves
- electrical).
-
- I also like to point out that with "Technology" it's not how much but what
- kind that matters. "You mean appropriate technology?" So non-polluting
- industry would be boon. Unfortunately this does not work with those who
- think they understand quantum mechanics :-(
-
- > --
- > Rob Jellinghaus | "Next time you see a lie being spread or a bad
- > robj@netcom.com | decision being made out of sheer ignorance,
- > robj@xanadu.com | pause, and think of hypertext."
- > uunet!netcom!robj | -- K. Eric Drexler, _Engines of Creation_
-
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