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

From: DrPostman (Looky_at_mysig.foremail)
Date: 12/06/04 

Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 03:22:43 GMT

On 5 Dec 2004 13:39:49 -0800, chatw@my-deja.com (lad) in accordance
with The Prophecy scribed:

>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.

I realize the potential for the self-replication to make it cheaper,
but I still see it as being a commodity that will be well beyond the
expenses of most of us. Now, 50 or 60 years from now it might
be cheaper, but when they perfect it the cost will be almost
prohibitive. 

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