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I was going to submit the same paper, and had the same question, along with another one. The abstract says that the system can be scaled down to molecular level
by godelmachine 9y ago
I was going to submit the same paper, and had the same question, along with another one. The abstract says that the system can be scaled down to molecular level, much like electronics has been scaled to sub mm or nm level. But at the sub nanometer level, we face quantum effects which are hard to overcome. Would mechanical based computing systems give us the same headache as we try to scale them further down?
- sp332 9y agoI think we know how to do links and rotary joints at that scale, and that's all you need for these machines.
- mhb 9y agoquantum effects which are hard to overcome This is discussed thoroughly in Nanosystems (Table of Contents - http://e-drexler.com/d/06/00/Nanosystems/toc.html http://e-drexler.com/d/06/00/Nanosystems/toc.html)