Sience Topic 2
Simple Nanofactories vs. Floods of Products
Chris Phoenix, Director of Research, Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
In last month's essay, I explained why even the earliest meter-scale nanofactories will necessarily have a high throughput, manufacturing their own mass in just a few hours. I also explained how a nanofactory can fasten together tiny functional blocks—nanoblocks—to make a meter-scale product. The next question is what range of products an early nanofactory would be able to build.
For several reasons, it is important to know the range and functionality of the products that the nanofactory will produce, and how quickly new products can be developed. Knowing these factors will help to estimate the economic value of the nanofactory, as well as its impacts and implications. The larger the projected value, the more likely it is to be built sooner; the more powerful an early nanofactory is and the faster new products appear, the more disruptive it can be.......
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