Comments on: How to assemble designer biomolecular nanomachines

By: Marcos Marin

Marcos Marin — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:17:45 +0000

yep! =)

By: Bri

Bri — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:30:18 +0000

In the Drexler nano research, they state repeatedly that trillions of nano sized replicators would have to be created by self replication. I believe that much research has already been done, along those lines.

By: melajara

melajara — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:40:56 +0000

My comment was an answer to Aaron. Granted we can’t have “Edit” again, but what about a “Delete” button, for e.g. 3 minutes?

By: melajara

melajara — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:38:14 +0000

Indeed, considering that there are more atoms in a mole than stars in the universe (6.02 * 10^23 vs 9 * 10^21), use of AFM and its derivatives for such synthesis is hardly better than an intellectual proof of concept.

By: Marcos Marin

Marcos Marin — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:31:09 +0000

oh.. I was missing something then. Thank you. =)
It seemed at first simply another application — however new of course — of AFM… sorry for the confusion.

By: Editor

Editor — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:37:48 +0000

They claim they have “modified the SMC&P method to allow them to take proteins from a storage site and place them at defined locations within a construction area with nanometer precision” as new. Do you know of an existing way to do that?

By: Marcos Marin

Marcos Marin — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:29:55 +0000

Nothing really new here or am I missing something? Nevertheless awesome, of course.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:09:05 +0000

No matter how advanced they get at building nanomachines, they won’t become economically viable until they find a way to mass produce them. Why don’t I ever see research in that direction? We have micro chemistry sets. Can’t the designs for those be used as a starting place?