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Machine-Phase Nanotechnology [Preview]

A molecular nanotechnology pioneer predicts that the tiniest robots will revolutionize manufacturing and transform society















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NANOSCRIBE K. Eric Drexler conceived the concept of molecular machine systems (a component of one is shown in the background). Image: PETER MENZEL

In 1959 physicist Richard Feynman gave an after-dinner talk exploring the limits of miniaturization. He set out from known technology

(at a time when an adding machine could barely fit in your pocket), surveyed the limits set by physical law and ended by arguing the


This article was originally published with the title Machine-Phase Nanotechnology.



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