Comments on: Why the DMS debate is a good thing for nanotech http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2924 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2924#comment-801459 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:36:14 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2924#comment-801459 im working on wet synthesis but attentivelyu watching merkle, grad school coulod offer some fun experiences at this rate :) im working on wet synthesis but attentivelyu watching merkle, grad school coulod offer some fun experiences at this rate :)

]]> By: http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2924#comment-801458 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:35:25 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2924#comment-801458 here i am here i am

]]> By: http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2924#comment-799938 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:00:16 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2924#comment-799938 I imagine there are some promising university students who are quietly working on the answer in their labs. Is anyone aware of who the next prodigies might be? I imagine there are some promising university students who are quietly working on the answer in their labs. Is anyone aware of who the next prodigies might be?

]]> By: http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2924#comment-798660 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:09:51 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2924#comment-798660 The more the merrier. You take the high road, you there take the middle road, and I'll take the low road to the left. See who gets to Scotland first, shall we? Biological nanosynthesis uses protein catalysts and aqueous solution. That is a working model which can be followed. Diamondoid synthesis requires making up the rules as you go and testing every aspect. If Eric D. can facilitate and illuminate middle paths that might be quicker to the prize, fantastic! A depressed world wide economy needs a "next big thing" to build a new boom bubble. Biotech and synthetic biology was supposed to have been that thing, but if nanosynthesis can exceed biotech in commercial potential in the next few years, we may have a half-century long boom on our hands, blending into Kurzweil-world. Alice Finkel The more the merrier. You take the high road, you there take the middle road, and I’ll take the low road to the left. See who gets to Scotland first, shall we?

Biological nanosynthesis uses protein catalysts and aqueous solution. That is a working model which can be followed. Diamondoid synthesis requires making up the rules as you go and testing every aspect.

If Eric D. can facilitate and illuminate middle paths that might be quicker to the prize, fantastic!

A depressed world wide economy needs a “next big thing” to build a new boom bubble. Biotech and synthetic biology was supposed to have been that thing, but if nanosynthesis can exceed biotech in commercial potential in the next few years, we may have a half-century long boom on our hands, blending into Kurzweil-world.

Alice Finkel

]]> By: http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2924#comment-797908 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:52:32 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2924#comment-797908 If Robert Freitas and Ralph Merkle are confident they can achieve DMS in 5 years, then I think DMS is obviously not too hard or too advanced a path to atomically precise manufacturing. They've done studies and simulations and reference many papers that support the DMS route, that's enough for me. Drexler should join them instead of being a doubting tom. If Robert Freitas and Ralph Merkle are confident they can achieve DMS in 5 years, then I think DMS is obviously not too hard or too advanced a path to atomically precise manufacturing. They’ve done studies and simulations and reference many papers that support the DMS route, that’s enough for me. Drexler should join them instead of being a doubting tom.

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