Productive Nanosystems (from molecules to superproducts, v 1.00, John Burch)

Visualizing productive nanosystems and molecular manufacturing is a major challenge in communicating the power of this technology. To help address this problem, Nanorex (www.nanorex.com ) and the Foresight Institute (http ) established a challenge grant to fund the production of a new computer-generated animated short film called “Productive Nanosystems: from Molecules to Superproducts”. This was a collaborative project of animator and engineer, John Burch (www.lizardfire.com ), and pioneer nanotechnologist, Dr. K. Eric Drexler (www.e-drexler.com ). The film depicts an animated view of a nanofactory and demonstrates key steps in a process that converts simple molecules into a billion-CPU laptop computer. [This is the same video as video.google.com but in some contexts the google video link didn't work well]
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Nottingham Nanotechnology Debate (4 of 7)

On August 24 2005, the School of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Nottingham hosted a debate entitled “Nanotechnology: Radical new Science or Plus Ça Change?” This brought together leading British scientists and key proponents of the molecular manufacturing concept (originally put forward by K. Eric Drexler in 1981) to debate the science, feasibility, and potential of nanomachines. A variety of thought-provoking technical and societal issues were raised during the well-attended two hour session (which featured as a component of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council-funded 2005 UK Summer School in Surface Science).