Comments on: Wired article on Drexler http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1646 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Anonymous Coward http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1646#comment-4644 Anonymous Coward Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:56:37 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1646#comment-4644 <p><strong>Drexler did not coin "nanotechnology"</strong></p> <p>In the Wired article we see a credulous Ed Regis falling for the big lie that Drexler coined the term "nanotechnology."<br /> <br /> In the reality-based community, we know that "nanotechnology" was coined in 1974 by Norio Taniguchi.<br /> <br /> ---------------<br /> <br /> N. Taniguchi, "On the Basic Concept of 'Nano-Technology'," Proc. Intl. Conf. Prod. Eng.<br /> Tokyo, Part II, Japan Society of Precision Engineering, 1974.<br /> <br /> On the Basic Concept of ëNano-Technologyí<br /> Norio TANIGUCHI<br /> Tokyo Science University<br /> Noda-shi, Chiba-ken, 278 Japan<br /> <br /> Abstract<br /> ëNano-technologyí is the production technology to get the extra high accuracy and ultra<br /> fine dimensions, i.e., the preciseness and fineness of the order of 1 nm (nanometer), 10-9<br /> m in length. The name of ëNano-technologyí originates from this nanometer. In the<br /> processing of materials, the smallest bit size of stock removal, accretion, or flow of<br /> materials is probably of one atom or one molecule, namely 0.1~0.2 nm in length.<br /> Therefore, the expected limit size of fineness would be of the order of 1 nm. Accordingly,<br /> ëNano-technologyí mainly consists of the processing of separation, consolidation, and<br /> deformation of materials by one atom or one molecule. Needless to say, the measurement<br /> and controll (sic) techniques to assure the preciseness and fineness of 1 nm play very<br /> important role in this technology.<br /> <br /> In the present paper, the basic concept of ëNanotechnologyí in materials processing is<br /> discussed on the basis of microscopic behaviour of materials and as a result the ion<br /> sputter-machining is introduced as the most promissing (sic) process for the technology.<br /></p> Drexler did not coin "nanotechnology"

In the Wired article we see a credulous Ed Regis falling for the big lie that Drexler coined the term "nanotechnology."

In the reality-based community, we know that "nanotechnology" was coined in 1974 by Norio Taniguchi.

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N. Taniguchi, "On the Basic Concept of 'Nano-Technology'," Proc. Intl. Conf. Prod. Eng.
Tokyo, Part II, Japan Society of Precision Engineering, 1974.

On the Basic Concept of ëNano-Technologyí
Norio TANIGUCHI
Tokyo Science University
Noda-shi, Chiba-ken, 278 Japan

Abstract
ëNano-technologyí is the production technology to get the extra high accuracy and ultra
fine dimensions, i.e., the preciseness and fineness of the order of 1 nm (nanometer), 10-9
m in length. The name of ëNano-technologyí originates from this nanometer. In the
processing of materials, the smallest bit size of stock removal, accretion, or flow of
materials is probably of one atom or one molecule, namely 0.1~0.2 nm in length.
Therefore, the expected limit size of fineness would be of the order of 1 nm. Accordingly,
ëNano-technologyí mainly consists of the processing of separation, consolidation, and
deformation of materials by one atom or one molecule. Needless to say, the measurement
and controll (sic) techniques to assure the preciseness and fineness of 1 nm play very
important role in this technology.

In the present paper, the basic concept of ëNanotechnologyí in materials processing is
discussed on the basis of microscopic behaviour of materials and as a result the ion
sputter-machining is introduced as the most promissing (sic) process for the technology.

]]> By: Anonymous Coward http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1646#comment-4643 Anonymous Coward Sun, 14 Nov 2004 21:24:39 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1646#comment-4643 <p><strong>controlling nanotechnology</strong></p> <p>I don't think anyone's asking Drexler to 'control' nanotechnology. It's just that the funding, government and private, seems to get funnelled into chemistry projects that Smalley would advocate: 'nano-pants' and so forth. The people who control the funding need to understand the fundamental difference between molecular nanotechnology and the chemistry that everyone thinks 'nanotechnology' refers to. Drexlerian ideas of molecular assemblers are currently viewed as being at the lunatic fringe of science, I think this contributes to the problem.</p> controlling nanotechnology

I don't think anyone's asking Drexler to 'control' nanotechnology. It's just that the funding, government and private, seems to get funnelled into chemistry projects that Smalley would advocate: 'nano-pants' and so forth. The people who control the funding need to understand the fundamental difference between molecular nanotechnology and the chemistry that everyone thinks 'nanotechnology' refers to. Drexlerian ideas of molecular assemblers are currently viewed as being at the lunatic fringe of science, I think this contributes to the problem.

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