gary tripp writes:
>
> Why must we have assemblers that pick and place each atom?
Assemblers don't pick and place each atom, even if formally only one
atomic moiety is deposited.
> Wny couldn't we create molecular parts through the methods of bulk
> chemistry and then use drexlarian type assemblers to fuse these larger
> molecular parts into structures that have some use. We wouldn't be
See convergent assembly.
> able to make everything but we might be able to make useful machines
> nontheless. We could make probes for nanomedicine out of these.
> Moreover, we may only require few types of standard parts to truly useful
> structures.
The idea has merit. Structural bulk and coarse structures could be
deposited by a very controlled polymerisation. This increases
processivity by orders of magnitude and vastly decreases heat
dissipation.
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