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To: Mark Adams who wrote (161059)4/20/2002 9:23:52 PM
From: yard_man   of 436258
 
re nano-tech -- I would encourage you to get a copy of the article -- not avail online unfortunatly

Sept 2001 Sci Am -- Richard Smalley --

Of Chemistry, Love and Nanobots
BY RICHARD E. SMALLEY

A Nobel Prize winner explains why self-replicating nanomachines won't work.

Most of the folks whipping the hype about this have no practical experience in chemistry, physical or other.

What do scientist really have now as far as self-organizing replicating systems at this level?? Bucky-tubes, bucky balls -- they can do a lot of fun stuff with AFM and ESM, but aside from living things this stuff just doesn't happen.
Biotech will be MUCH, MUCH bigger ...

Read that article -- their are real impediments to the fanciful dreams used to sell stocks. <ng>
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