Nanotechnology Information

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Nanotechnology involves the study of chemistry, physics, and engineering to allow objects (machines) to be built atom by atom. It is thought that for a significant increase in the human lifespan (>150 years) that nanotechnology may be required to repair aged tissues and organs. It is highly probable that nanotechnology machines will be required to reanimate people who have been frozen using the current cryonic suspension technology.

Organisms which currently exist are complex nanomachines which were designed (by nature) by trial and error with the only intention being their survival to allow reproduction. There is a group at Principia Cybernetica dealing with the evolution of complexity which may reflect on whether the logical conclusion of the evolutionary path is for organisms to become complex nanomachines designed by conscious intention for purposes other than survival and reproduction, e.g. immortality, exploration, accumulation of knowledge and information, testing theories, etc.

For further discussion on the evolution of man and machines see Will Robots Inherit the Earth? by Marvin Minsky in Scientific American, October 1994, pgs 109-113.

A wonderful discussion of nanotechnology, Nanotechnology: Myth or Miracle? can be found at the Singapore NCB or locally.

Here are some excellent pictures of a nanotechnology bearing:
(and yes, the little colored balls are atoms)

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