
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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