cross-posted from: https://futurology.today/post/10412593
Researchers say they have made a significant step towards Drexlerian nanotechnology - programmable atomically precise manufacturing
Programmable matter!?
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.27250
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.27250
cross-posted from: https://futurology.today/post/10412593
Researchers say they have made a significant step towards Drexlerian nanotechnology - programmable atomically precise manufacturing
6 Comments
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 114d
yakko@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 114d
Can't wait for Big Matter. I'll be able to rent all of my surroundings which will all be slightly incorrect looking, and if I want it all to turn to goo and slither away I can just stop paying! I bet it won't even cause cancer.
vk6flab@lemmy.radio · 2 pts · 114d
If and when this becomes mainstream, we're going to need better software than OpenSCAD, FreeCAD and Blender to actually design the things you want to build.
Solumbran@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 114d
Heh, there's probably already a buried blender mode that does it
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website · 2 pts · 113d
It was only recently that I learned that programmable matter has been a (theoretical) concept for decades - pretty cool if there have been some new developments in the field.
haverholm@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 113d
LOL, now Discovery's depiction of 32nd century technology is going to look even more underwhelming.