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[[File:Box_full_of_future_technology.jpg|400px|thumb|right|This box is full of things made with future '''gemstone metamaterial technology'''. While we can already make out roughly what [[products of gem-gum technology|some products]] could look like their exact visual appearance for now remain censored and hidden for our still undeserving eyes.]]
  
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'''Gemstone metamaterial technology (or gem-gum-tec for short)''' is the far term target technology of [[Main Page|atomically precise manufacturing]]. <br>
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next: [[further improvement at technology level III]]<br>  
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The kind of products in this technology level are outlined in the definition of APM on the [[Main Page]].
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Gem-gum-tec as a technological target point worth aiming for …
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This page should give more details to the different aspects of advanced APM systems.
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* was identified via stringent application of low level [[exploratory engineering]] done in the book [[Nanosystems]].
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* is not just some fantastic vision based on mere wishful thinking. <br> That is: It's not like "we want the periodic table to behave like a construction kit therefore it will". No. There was feasibility analysis being done and things tuned out to be surprising promising. <br><small>(See: [[Ultimate limits#Whisful thinking vs Exploratory engineering]])</small>
  
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= Productive nanosystems  =
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= Introduction =
  
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In the beginning of APM research only ''assemblers'' where considered for reachig the capability to produce macroscopic amounts of a product.<br>At '''T.Level III''' it turns out that Advanced nanofactories are more balanced and efficient than Assembler systems. At [[technology level I]] the border between minimal assemblers and rudimentary nanofactories is more blurred. A rudimentary nanofactory might be buildabel without self replicon but a simplified two dimentional assembler model might work well too. <br> To have an umbrella term for both ideas The therm ''productive nanosystems'' was introduced.<br>
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This page will focus more on the products (artifacts of atomically precise technology)<br>
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rather the production devices (devices for atomically precise manufacturing)
  
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Using the whole volume for the building process of the product rather than a layer in the "classic" nanofactory design could speed up the building process. But this will not be neccesary for practical usage [TODO find existing proof]. If you build a solid block though you might end up to being slower than with the layer method due to the [[fractal growth speedup limit]]
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== Products ==
  
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== Assemblers  ==
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'''See main page: [[Products of gem-gum-tec]]''' <br>
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Also related: [[opportunities]] and [[dangers]]
  
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'''Note: Assemblers are deprecated!'''<br>The idea is to create a machine with sidelengths of a few hundred nanometers which packages all the functionaliy to produce useful products and also make copies of itself.<br>This way you get an exponential rate of reproduction and can produce macroscopic goods in reasonable amounts of time.<br>  
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Products of gemstome metamatrial technology use [[gemstone like compounds]] as base materials but <br>
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vastly change their mechanical and other properties through nanostructuring into [[gemstone based metamaterial]]s. <br>
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For the fundamental nature of products of this technology see: [[Defining traits of gem-gum-tech]]. <br>
  
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It turned out that packaging all the functionality into such a small package is a rather unbalanced and inefficient approach for T.Level III.<br>[TODO add more detailed explanation with assembly levels]<br>
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'''Some expectable properties of this technology on the base materials side:'''
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* A giant slew on new materials with from today's perspective very weird and unexpected properties.
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* Way more materials that are suitable for outdoor usage exposed to rainwater and sun.
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* Materials with combinations of properties that are thought to be impossible today<br> E.g. Super-thought super-elastic elastic scratch resistant and heat transparent [[metamaterial]]s.
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* extremely low density yet robust materials allowing for (very speculative) [[aerial meshes]].
  
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Quite a bit of thought was put into this model.<br>  
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'''Some expectable properties of this technology on the materials side (near surface):'''
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* extremely bright displays with a much wider color gamut than what's possible today (2023) <br>also passive reflective-color displays with video capability <br>holographic capabilities (in the physically accurate meaning)
  
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Either they where sopposed to swim about in a solution or there was some form of movement mechanism in a machine phase scaffold crystal envisioned like:<br>
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'''Some expectable properties of this technology on the products side:'''
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* The possible high power densities means actuators will become invisibly integrated into things.
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* Ultra advanced emergency relieve systems. See: [[Disaster proof]] & [[Desert scenario]]
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* Enormous advances in macroscale robotics. See: [[Multi limbed sensory equipped shells]]
  
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*sliding cubes [TODO add references]  
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'''Some expectable properties of this technology on the production machinery side:'''
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* Super-fast and local [[recycling]] by disassembling stuff only to the reusable [[microcomponent]] level rather than individual atoms.
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* Many public terminals for a [[global microcomponent redistribution system]]
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* Larger scale systems may take the manufacturing chips along with them. <br>Like e.g. "growing roads" or sparse-scaffold mega-structures in shipyards for the maritime sea and outer space.
  
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The combination of their appearance (legs) with their very tightly packed capability of [[self replication]] led to the situation that the public started to perceive this technology as swarms of tiny life like nano-bugs that could potentially start uncontrollable and unstoppable self replication. Why this is a rather missinformed opinion can be read up [[the grey goo meme|here]].<br>
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== Production devices (also a product) ==
  
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The '''methods for movement are still relevant''' for higher assembly levels in nanofactories for transport of microcomponents. [and self repair by microcomponent replavcement ..]<br>The ''[[Legged Block Mobility|legged block mobility]]'' design is also known from the concept of [[Utility Fog|Utility Fog]] ''(speculativity warning) ''but has other design priorities in an manufacturing context like more rigidity and less "intelligence".<br>
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'''See main page: [[Gemstone metamaterial on-chip factories]]'''
  
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== Advanced nanofactories  ==
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Artifacts (products) of in-vacuum gem-gum technology are manufactured via robotic atomically precise pick and place manipulation of [[moiety|molecule fragments of a size ranging from one to a few atoms each]] ([[piezochemical mechanosynthesis]]). This happens in an environment "filled" with [[practically perfect vacuum]]. Following are a number of assembly steps at increasingly larger size scales. Thesee are the [[assembly levels]] of [[convergent assembly]].
  
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An [http://e-drexler.com/p/04/05/0609factoryImages.html artistic depiction] of a nanofactory.
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Products are assembled in [[advanced productive nanosystem]]s.<br>
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Note that only [[assembly levels#Level IV:|assemly level IV]] (convergent assembly) is visible in this picture. <br>
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These [[gem-gum factories]] may come in various [[Form factors of gem-gum factories|form factors]].
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The official productive nanosystem video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY5192g1gQg] shows all the other [[assembly levels]] except IV.
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Most promising candidate at the moment are [[gemstone metamaterial on-chip factories]] with an [[Design of gem-gum on-chip factories|appropriate design]] that employs [[convergent assembly]].
  
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The assambly process of AP products can be clearly devided in a number of subsequent steps no matter wether the concrete implementetion of a productive nanosytem looks more like a nanofactory or more like an assembler system. They are implementation agnostic. Further details can de found on the [[assembly levels|assembly levels page]].
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* The core of the technology. The manufacturing devices: '''[[Gemstone metamaterial on-chip factory]]'''
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* [[Technology levels]]
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* [[The defining traits of gem-gum-tec]]
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* [[In-vacuum gem-gum technology]] is both making up and made by [[gemstone metamaterial on chip factory]]. <br>If that sounds paradox it's because of the chicken egg problem of [[Bootstrapping methods for productive nanosystems|bootstrapping such factories]].
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* [[Gem-gum technology (disambiguation)]]
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= Terminology =
  
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= Design Levels =
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Here in this wiki "gem-gum tech" used without a prefix:  
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* shall always refer to this technology operating in vacuum "in-vacuum gem-gum tech". ([[PPV]] in a [[gem-gum housing shell]])
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== Atomistic level design  ==
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== About the chosen name for this kind of technology (meta) ==
  
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This is the art of designing [[diamondoid]] molecular elements [[diamondoid molecular elements|DMEs]]
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"In-vacuum gemstone metamaterial technology"
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To do so there was developed a great software tool called [nanoengineer-1]
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is a novel term introduced on this wiki (2017).
  
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== Bulk limit design  ==
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Bigger structures where atomic detail may matter less or is simply not simulatable yet because of limited computation power may be designd
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This situation led to [[History|problems in form of confusion and conflict in the past]].<br>
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But in this case the new term seems well motivated and thus justified.
  
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* Since we operate on the lowermust size level there needs to be set a minimum wall thickness that must not be deceeded
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== Motivations for the name ==
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[todo add links to demo collection]
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The "gem-gum" part of the name represents two core ideas:
  
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This is needed for AP manufacturing systems and their products ... <br>
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1) The core idea that even when one can [[mechanosynthesis|mechanosynthesize]] almost nothing (just a few simple [[diamondoid compound|base materials]]) one can make almost anything by mechanical emulation. '''Mechanical metamaterials'''. "gum" is just a shorthand for a concrete example of such a [[metamaterial]] that rhymes on "gem" which makes memorization a lot easier. Also it's an concrete example that's rather un-intuitive. Rubber made from gemstone. Which could peak interest (click-bait effect).
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[Todo: explain: elasticity emulation; infinitesimal gear bearings; recycling organisation; octocube ...]
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2) The core idea that gradually increasing the [[stiffness]] of [[diamondoid compound|the materials one builds with]] is the ultimate key to advanced [[mechanosynthesis]]. The term "gem" (short for gemstone - obviously) points exclusively to the stiff base materials of the far term target technology. This explicitly excludes early stage atomically precise manufacturing such as "[[structural DNA nanotechnology]]" which has no [[positional atomic precision]] and would be mushed in with other terms.
  
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On this wiki "Technology level III" may sometimes be used synonymously for in-vacuum gem-gum technology.
  
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By leaving out the "in-vacuum" part of the name (leaving only "gem-gum-tec") one can precisely widen the scope to include one technology level below. Namely ([[In-solvent gem-gum technology]]).
  
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Latest revision as of 13:07, 20 June 2023

This article defines a novel term (that is hopefully sensibly chosen). The term is introduced to make a concept more concrete and understand its interrelationship with other topics related to atomically precise manufacturing. For details go to the page: Neologism.
Defining traits of technology level III
building method robotic control (machine phase)
building material minimal molecule fragments and single H atoms
building environment vacuum or noble gas
Navigation
back to very first level technology level 0
previous level technology level II
previous step introduction of practically perfect vacuum
you are here Technology level III
basis for products diamondoid metamaterials
products further improvement at technology level III
This box is full of things made with future gemstone metamaterial technology. While we can already make out roughly what some products could look like their exact visual appearance for now remain censored and hidden for our still undeserving eyes.

Gemstone metamaterial technology (or gem-gum-tec for short) is the far term target technology of atomically precise manufacturing.

Gem-gum-tec as a technological target point worth aiming for …

Introduction

This page will focus more on the products (artifacts of atomically precise technology)
rather the production devices (devices for atomically precise manufacturing)

Products

See main page: Products of gem-gum-tec
Also related: opportunities and dangers

Products of gemstome metamatrial technology use gemstone like compounds as base materials but
vastly change their mechanical and other properties through nanostructuring into gemstone based metamaterials.
For the fundamental nature of products of this technology see: Defining traits of gem-gum-tech.

Some expectable properties of this technology on the base materials side:

  • A giant slew on new materials with from today's perspective very weird and unexpected properties.
  • Way more materials that are suitable for outdoor usage exposed to rainwater and sun.
  • Materials with combinations of properties that are thought to be impossible today
    E.g. Super-thought super-elastic elastic scratch resistant and heat transparent metamaterials.
  • extremely low density yet robust materials allowing for (very speculative) aerial meshes.

Some expectable properties of this technology on the materials side (near surface):

  • extremely bright displays with a much wider color gamut than what's possible today (2023)
    also passive reflective-color displays with video capability
    holographic capabilities (in the physically accurate meaning)

Some expectable properties of this technology on the products side:

Some expectable properties of this technology on the production machinery side:

  • Super-fast and local recycling by disassembling stuff only to the reusable microcomponent level rather than individual atoms.
  • Many public terminals for a global microcomponent redistribution system
  • Larger scale systems may take the manufacturing chips along with them.
    Like e.g. "growing roads" or sparse-scaffold mega-structures in shipyards for the maritime sea and outer space.

Production devices (also a product)

See main page: Gemstone metamaterial on-chip factories

Artifacts (products) of in-vacuum gem-gum technology are manufactured via robotic atomically precise pick and place manipulation of molecule fragments of a size ranging from one to a few atoms each (piezochemical mechanosynthesis). This happens in an environment "filled" with practically perfect vacuum. Following are a number of assembly steps at increasingly larger size scales. Thesee are the assembly levels of convergent assembly.

Products are assembled in advanced productive nanosystems.
These gem-gum factories may come in various form factors. Most promising candidate at the moment are gemstone metamaterial on-chip factories with an appropriate design that employs convergent assembly.

Related

Terminology

Here in this wiki "gem-gum tech" used without a prefix:

  • shall always refer to this technology operating in vacuum "in-vacuum gem-gum tech". (PPV in a gem-gum housing shell)
  • shall not refer to "in-solvent gem-gum tech"
    (an eventual precursor technology)

About the chosen name for this kind of technology (meta)

"In-vacuum gemstone metamaterial technology" is a novel term introduced on this wiki (2017).

Alternative older terms had one or many of the following problems:

  • they didn't exclude unrelated topics well (far too general and wide in scope)
  • they didn't capture the most important aspects of the technology well
  • they weren't catchy memorable and useably short

This situation led to problems in form of confusion and conflict in the past.
Introduction of the new terms should in general be kept to a minimum.
But in this case the new term seems well motivated and thus justified.

Motivations for the name

The "gem-gum" part of the name represents two core ideas:

1) The core idea that even when one can mechanosynthesize almost nothing (just a few simple base materials) one can make almost anything by mechanical emulation. Mechanical metamaterials. "gum" is just a shorthand for a concrete example of such a metamaterial that rhymes on "gem" which makes memorization a lot easier. Also it's an concrete example that's rather un-intuitive. Rubber made from gemstone. Which could peak interest (click-bait effect).

2) The core idea that gradually increasing the stiffness of the materials one builds with is the ultimate key to advanced mechanosynthesis. The term "gem" (short for gemstone - obviously) points exclusively to the stiff base materials of the far term target technology. This explicitly excludes early stage atomically precise manufacturing such as "structural DNA nanotechnology" which has no positional atomic precision and would be mushed in with other terms.

The "in-vacuum" part of the name narrows down further to materials that can only be synthesized in practically perfect vacuum.

See main page: The defining traits of gem-gum-tec

Modifications of the name

On this wiki "Technology level III" may sometimes be used synonymously for in-vacuum gem-gum technology.

By leaving out the "in-vacuum" part of the name (leaving only "gem-gum-tec") one can precisely widen the scope to include one technology level below. Namely (In-solvent gem-gum technology).

An other term occasionally used on the wiki to refer to gem-gum-tec is "advanced atomically precise technology". In-liquid gem-gum-tec may or may not be included dependent on context.

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