Re: [Sci.nanotech] Assembler in ten years?


Without Nanotechnology, six billion people are going to die, many of
them in less than a century. The longer we delay, the more will die.

I do realize that Nanotechnology won't bring us immortality, but it
does have the potential to give us lifespans of several hundred to
perhaps thousands of years.

Turn on your television on any given day and you'll see images of
starving children and people suffering from diseases that have no cure.


Nanotechnology may be able to save these people.

Isn't that reason enough to do whatever it takes to get the assembler
as soon as possible?


Phillip Huggan wrote:
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Sure, throwing tens of billions of dollars to develop new SPM tool-tip
geometries and techniques might produce an assembler in ten years. Or maybe
not.
Manhattan Project occured in the context of World War II. Apollo occured in
the context to better the Soviets.
I don't know about ending all poverty. That has been possible without MNT
since the Green Revolutions in the 70's, but those with capital haven't ended
poverty.
Eliminating all disease and facilitating immortality is even more
speculative, but certainly MNT could greatly bolster the number of researchers
working in various biotechnology/medicine fields.
Perhaps part of the problem is that those controlling the public purse are
faced with a bewildering array of "Next-Manhattans" needing funding. Recently
I've read about the need for a Manhattan Project style commitment to: develop
alternative energy resources, combat bioterror, build a Space Elevator, employ
all former Soviet nuclear scientists, fund anti-anging research, advance
desalination technologies, build an AI, learn about climate change processes,
build a Lunar Base....you can't expect Ministers of Industry to separate the
wheat from the chaff.


the.sandwich.king@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Could massive funding, perhaps on the scale of the Manhattan project,
or Apollo program, bring us the assembler in a decade or so?

If so, why aren't we doing more to speed up its development?

This one device could end poverty, eliminate all disease and provide
near immortality to all. Why isn't the government taking it seriously?

You would think that with over two decades of research, we'd be there
by now, right?



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<div>Sure, throwing tens of billions of dollars to develop new SPM tool-tip
geometries and techniques might produce an assembler in ten years.&nbsp; Or
maybe not.</div> <div>Manhattan Project occured in the context of World War
II.&nbsp; Apollo occured in the context to better the Soviets.</div> <div>I
don't know about ending all poverty.&nbsp; That has been possible without MNT
since the Green Revolutions in the 70's, but those with capital haven't ended
poverty.</div> <div>Eliminating all disease and facilitating immortality is
even more speculative, but certainly MNT could greatly&nbsp;bolster the number
of researchers working in various biotechnology/medicine fields.</div>
<div>Perhaps part of the problem is that those controlling the public purse
are
faced with a bewildering array of "Next-Manhattans" needing funding.&nbsp;
Recently I've read about the need for a Manhattan Project style commitment to:
develop alternative energy resources, combat bioterror, build a
Space Elevator, employ all former Soviet nuclear scientists, fund anti-anging
research, advance desalination technologies, build an AI, learn about climate
change processes, build a Lunar Base....you can't expect Ministers of Industry
to separate the wheat from the chaff.</div>
<div><BR><BR><B><I>the.sandwich.king@xxxxxxxxx</I></B> wrote:</div>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px;
BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Could massive funding, perhaps on the scale of
the Manhattan project,<BR>or Apollo program, bring us the assembler in a
decade
or so?<BR><BR>If so, why aren't we doing more to speed up its
development?<BR><BR>This one device could end poverty, eliminate all disease
and provide<BR>near immortality to all. Why isn't the government taking it
seriously?<BR><BR>You would think that with over two decades of research, we'd
be there<BR>by now, right?<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>
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