Most are probably too young to remember but nanotechnology was supposed to be the most super amazing thing ever.

    • Sethayy@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Shit you and us all.

      Worst part of nano is that error is intristic, how much error is where the fun comes in

      • Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com
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        1 year ago

        In the maths in Engines of creation, the errors were supposedly so small they were negligible.

        • Sethayy@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          For sure, and thats generally the goal of any engieering - the biggest question is what error are we measuring? Something like vesting a fully autonomous drone, not even close; tubes in a funny shape that trap all light, were already there 99.9%

          • Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com
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            1 year ago

            IIRC it was around one misplaced atom every century for some throughput. It’s like digital vs analog or so I understood it.

      • Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com
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        1 year ago

        Atomically Precise Manufacturing.

        Where a printer can print an exact copy of itself. For example.