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[+] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)
  • 5 comments in c/startrek@startrek.website view that post
    [–] [S] 3 points 5 months ago
    [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    LOL, now Discovery's depiction of 32nd century technology is going to look even more underwhelming.

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  • 5 comments in c/science@lemmy.ml view that post
    [–] 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    This mechanosynthesis strategy is not limited to placement of isolated C2 units on the Si(100) surface. Once transferred, surface-bound IR-C2 structures can undergo successive reactions

    Oh shit this is actually huge. Like, actually building real things huge.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, you can basically grow shit bottom up from the atomic scale!

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Oh wow. I just re-read Drexler’s Radical Abundance recently after coming across an ancient job application I sent in to his lab like 25 years ago (I didn’t get it). I sort of assumed by this point I wouldn’t see real progress in my lifetime.

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  • 3 comments in c/futurology@futurology.today view that post
    [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    Programmable matter like in Star Trek: Discovery?

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago

    Check out Radical Abundance by Erick Drexler.

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