Nanofactory Animation

A nanofactory is a proposed system in which nanomachines (resembling molecular assemblers, or industrial robot arms) would combine molecules to build larger atomically precise parts. These, in turn, would be assembled by positioning mechanisms of assorted sizes to build macroscopic (visible) but still atomically-precise products. A functioning nanofactory could create virtually any product at the cost of only the input raw material and energy.

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25 Responses to “Nanofactory Animation”

  1. nadoeloiskat says:

    in about 50 years at least. when i’m (if alive at all) going to be an old, ugly, lonely, dying sick fuck, but hope to see it in reality

  2. Lightknife101 says:

    amazing.

  3. laitela01 says:

    This was just 2006… Scientists have actually started to develope this idea already… well it was an idea, and soon reality…

  4. greenheadjoe says:

    It would be awesome if someone can use these stuffs to assemble groceries…
    Scarcity Solved.

  5. spencertron88 says:

    I want to design a way to project particle beam holograms. There would be protons and neutrons and electrons being projects into certain places in a certain order. Heat is applied, and maybe these nuclear particles could combine to create atoms which are already in position.

  6. Phyerbyrd says:

    They’re going to have to make the machines self-repairing if they want them to work. If macro-scale machines’ parts wear down then nano-scale machines should be no different. Manually replacing one billion broken parts would be taxing and time consuming. The day we invent self-repairing, self-replicating chemical ciphers I’ll be the happiest guy in the world.

  7. SpawnXIII says:

    It would just create it’s own again. ;D

  8. soulextracter says:

    My opinion, Evolution ;) , ya know, there was a race of some kinda animal that layed eggs, and then they just evolved over the years :) and they all originated from tha Amoeba ^^

  9. C4Pieper says:

    In my mind it was the egg :P
    (This egg was made by an animal, that was quite a chicken, but just quite.
    Then with mutating genes,it put the information of the first real chicken in this egg.
    Whats your opinion?

  10. Takeital says:

    the factory looks awefuly complicated and good luck troubleshooting if a conveyor breaks down or something

  11. briandaley says:

    I dont understand why you think its NOT possible to assemble molecules?

  12. soulextracter says:

    haha what came first? The chicken or the egg ^^

  13. soulextracter says:

    woot or w00t is an expression of joy or exitement over victory, not another word for “What” just so you know ^^

  14. soulextracter says:

    Aye ^^ i saw theese Nanotrousers on TV a couple of years back :) if you threw water on them, it would just roll off ^^ but the trousers looked and felt normal when you touched them :P

  15. soulextracter says:

    Yes i see your point, but then again, in the future, maybe everyone will have a couple of theese in their homes, and som kinda reversed machine in the toilet and the trashcan that breaks down every waste product in to molecules and send them into theese “Making stuff machines”, so you can make your own can of coke, and then recyckle the can and the pee into a new one ^^

  16. Innomen says:

    Heh. Put simply, no it hasn’t.

    Wiki “Moore’s law” and then click Other_formulations_and_similar_laws

    Also, put “The Law of Accelerating Returns
    by Ray Kurzweil” in google.

    Also, TED talks.

    I don’t know where you got that idea, but someone pulled your leg.

  17. fleecemaster says:

    It hasn’t been recently… Look at processor speeds. Technology has plateaued, due to reaching atomic level.

  18. fleecemaster says:

    It’s an animation, I’m also thinking it’s a joke! lol, at least I hope it is… If there is someone out there that thinks this is actually chemically viable, I am worried, or they’ve never done any high level science!

  19. TheNewOldVeteran says:

    @SenasDraugas Maybe (about 300 years ago people couldnt kill each other by moving a finger.

  20. panzarw says:

    YES, I had the same thought in my head, but first of all we need to make machine at macro size that will make micro machines, and this is sooo cool, any country will be able to produce anything high tech!!!
    bhahahaha, im gonna run and buy stuff to built a mini construction yard, that will build even smaller things, and so on and so on!!!
    PS even what about the oxygen? is it supposed to be in vacuum?

  21. Nanodev says:

    Man, I know you prefer a nuclear bomb

  22. Jenfucius says:

    I could see where you are comming from.

    As long as its good people (like yourself) then it is all good. We need more people like you.
    ^_^

  23. benzprim says:

    Immortality!! thats the scary part..certain people will die and some live for ever..

  24. SenasDraugas says:

    Absurd! I dont believe that concruction

  25. pilgrimoftheworld says:

    I can finally get the AK47 I’ve always dreamed of.

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