Upgraded street infrastructure
- solar street pavings with diamondoid solar cells
- energy transmission
- usage of existing gas pipes
- global microcomponent redistribution system
- optical high throughput data link
- coupling to air using micro ships
- coupling to ocean water (desalination)
- semi autonomous self extension
- self repairing streets
- self cleaning - leafes, litter
- handling (removal) of snow and ice
- shearing drive vacuum tube mail
- pedestrian security
- replacement of structural parts with anchored nitrogen inflated structures more then 99% of raw material
Inflated streets
Air inflated streets may seem ridiculous but nearer inspection shows that sufficient pressure for a "rock hard" surface is easily possible. Well compartmentalized structures with internal bracings can make surfaces perfectly flat. The main benefit: Due to the extremely low mass use these streets will become cheap even compares to the already dirt cheap concrete.
machine phase transport cables in existing pipes
Existing pipes (gas/water) may provide space for thin cables that do various kinds of machine phase transport. Putting them there might motivate to built in capabilities to let them extend slightly akin to growing plants. Full Nanofactory capabilities are not required though and also undesirable. Prefabricated microcomponents can be delivered along the cables and put in place by e.g. microcomponent maintainence units or something like a mobile piece of the upper convergent assembly layers of a nanofactory.
A biological analogy with remote similarity is the meristem tissue in plants - the growth zones. See: (Wikipedia)
