> If/when technology switches over to the micro-mechanical, we'll suddenly all be scrambling to re-introduce a generation to this 1800s-era mechanical design st

> If/when technology switches over to the micro-mechanical, we'll suddenly all be scrambling to re-introduce a generation to this 1800s-era mechanical design stuff... Probably not. Micromechanics is completely different from larger scale mechanics, the kinds of problems you have to solve and the tools you have to solve them are often completely turned on their head.