In-solvent gem-gum technology
| Defining traits of technology level II | |
|---|---|
| building method | robotic control (machine phase) |
| building material | very small moieties |
| building environment | liquid or gas |
| Navigation | |
| previous | technology level I |
| products | side products of technology level II |
| next | technology level III |
Overview
This Level is the most unknown yet.
By definition we have reached technology level I here and have full robotic control. The task is to find blocks as tooltips with which we can build stiff covalent structures under solution. We want to switch from block resolution APM to atomically resolution APM here. Those structures then need to be able to form airtight seals or else the next and last step to vacuum will not be possible (unbased assuming technology level I can't do this).
There are bio enzymes that do such things but it is very doubtful that those will be used. The solution for the tooltip problem for T.Level III is pretty clear by now but not the one for T.Level II.
To investigate:
- How to find methods to create stuctures with as freely choosable geometries as possible ?
- What about surface passivation? Is this not necessary here ??
- How to do mechanosynthesis for technology level III with the materials used in this level? e.g. how to mount DC10c onto a pyrite/silicate/... robotic system?
- [Todo: will vacuum housing only suffice?]
Biomineralisation
Biomineralisation is the natural place to learn from. But the current research direction is focussed too much on the artiricial recreation of bulk hirachically structured polypeptide mineral composite biomaterials instead of the core synthesis process which is all thats needed for technology level II. Learning from biology is not blatantly copying it. Remember with rising technology levels we want to get away from biology to gain the benefits of superlubrication, superior material properties and most importantly systematic extensibility.
The idea is to copy just the crystal formation templating core configuration (not the whole polypeptides whose shapes are mainly responsible for vague site specivity) and guide it robotically by means of technology level I. Usage of partial machine phase at the tips (imagine randomly chattering teeth on a robot tip) could be allowed and may be beneficial or may not.
List of some Minerals of interest:
- Silicates
- Pyrite
- Magnetide
- Hydroxyappatite
- ...
