Active Shield Concepts
my inner geek (geek@ifeden.com)
Sat, 28 Aug 1999 18:48:52 -0700
Having thoroughly established that I'm a confused layperson in
technology areas, may I humbly request an explanation of the "active
shield" concept mentioned in "Engines of Creation?"
In the areas of global security, certain dangerous widgets are
guarded very closely, lest they be reverse engineered and used
against friendly parties. Example, guidance systems.
Once it is known that nanomachines are in use in a particular product
or person or object, what is to prevent the object from being frozen
then destructively scanned by SPM/AFM for structure?
In other words, if Johnny Mnemonic has a nice nano vr system in his
head, wouldn't there be many parties who wan't Johnny's head on a
silver platter, to study the hardware inside?
geek@ifeden.com