Re: Nano Tech Poised to Cure Disease and More, No kidding!

From: lad (chatw_at_my-deja.com)
Date: 12/05/04 

Date: 5 Dec 2004 13:39:49 -0800

DrPostman <Looky@mysig.foremail> wrote in message news:<52v5r05ts33qk8uspe79kpki18v1qah1pj@4ax.com>...
>
> Great stuff. The biggest problem I see is how much it will cost. My
> guess is that it will be well out of the range of the less than
> wealthy.

"Self-replicating technology" would be the operative word here.
Volume = affordability. Once they figure this stuff out, maybe they
could be "grown" like bacteria, or "stamped out' like computer chips,
or "etched out" like stereolithography.
 We'd also still have to make "counter nanobots" because of all
terrorists and hackers out there.

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