General Introduction to atomically precise manufacturing - Revision history

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Contact / Contribution

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	Reasons for closing: <br>		Reasons for closing: <br>
	The amount the site has grown - even with a very good [[Sitemap documentation]] - newcomers would probably mess up this wikis structure by now.		The amount the site has grown - even with a very good [[sitemap\|Sitemap documentation]] - newcomers would probably mess up this wikis structure by now.
	The attainment of the knowledge about the fate of the wise-nano.com-wiki (see: [[Other sites]])		The attainment of the knowledge about the fate of the wise-nano.com-wiki (see: [[Other sites]])
	* Pages where growing out of bounds since the concerns wherent seperated well. As a result things were repeated over and over again. That is precisely what a wiki should prevent from happening by providing hyper-linking.		* Pages where growing out of bounds since the concerns wherent seperated well. As a result things were repeated over and over again. That is precisely what a wiki should prevent from happening by providing hyper-linking.

Apm: /* What, Why, How, When */

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What, Why, How, When

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	= What, Why, How, When =		= What, Why, How, When =

	For a more graphical introduction go back to this wiki's [[Main Page]].		For a more graphical (less outdated) introduction go back to this wiki's [[Main Page]].

	== What is atomically precise manufacturing (APM) ==		== What is atomically precise manufacturing (APM) ==

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	== Why do we need APM? ==		== Why do we need APM? ==
	[[File:Sport shoes crop.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|right\|In a world with advanced atomically precise technology no one (no matter how remote) needs to run around without shoes anymore. On a sunny day anybody can create oneself a pair in a few hours out of nothing but [[air as a resource\|molecules from the air]] (or out of [[Global microcomponent redistribution system\|prefabricated microcomponents from a public outlet]], in case one is near to such infrastructure). To get one of these pocket sized production devices one goes to ones local community (or friends/family). They will (with little effort) use their production devices to make one for you. If one is located in a remote place without power supply and the production process progresses too slow, then one just makes some more solar cell foil first. The data for fulfilling basic needs and more can become free, open source, or ad-supported. Beyond that one will still need to pay some form of money for some proprietary luxury products.]]

	The [[further improvement at technology level III\|prospective products of AP technology]] are a [[opportunities\|chance]] to '''solve the global problems''' of human civilization and to '''preserve and further enrich our world'''. Further there are some essays about [https:~~//www.foresight.org/nano/WhyCare.html why you should care].~~		See main article: [[Reasons for APM]]
	~~Nonetheless public interest is declining (~~[http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=google+public+data#q=molecular%20nanotechnology%2C%20eric%20drexler%2C%20advanced%20nanotechnology%2C%20nano%20robotics%2C%20scanning%20tunneling%20microscopy&cmpt=q number of searches]; [~~https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/sci.nanotech newsgroup activity]). Also in wide parts of the world the mere existence of '''~~APM ~~is as good as unknown''' to the general public.~~

	~~The reason for that development could be:~~

	*The rapid increase of non atomically precise nanotechnology was drawing all attention away. See [[history]].
	*A lack of a place where the importance of AP Technology is explained, exciting but not so near motivational examples are given and at the same time grounded technical aspects are shown. (This site here could be such a place.)

	== How do we build a personal fabricator? ==		== How do we build a personal fabricator? ==

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-The speed of progress in microcomputer technology shows that system complexity isn't so much of a hurdle.
+See main article: [[Time till advanced APM]]
 = What this site is for?  =

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+For the aims of this wiki see main article: [[Goals of this wiki]]
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	== Why do we need APM? ==		== Why do we need APM? ==
			[[File:Sport shoes crop.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|right\|In a world with advanced atomically precise technology no one (no matter how remote) needs to run around without shoes anymore. On a sunny day anybody can create oneself a pair in a few hours out of nothing but [[air as a resource\|molecules from the air]] (or out of [[Global microcomponent redistribution system\|prefabricated microcomponents from a public outlet]], in case one is near to such infrastructure). To get one of these pocket sized production devices one goes to ones local community (or friends/family). They will (with little effort) use their production devices to make one for you. If one is located in a remote place without power supply and the production process progresses too slow, then one just makes some more solar cell foil first. The data for fulfilling basic needs and more can become free, open source, or ad-supported. Beyond that one will still need to pay some form of money for some proprietary luxury products.]]

	The [[further improvement at technology level III\|prospective products of AP technology]] are a [[opportunities\|chance]] to '''solve the global problems''' of human civilization and to '''preserve and further enrich our world'''. Further there are some essays about [https://www.foresight.org/nano/WhyCare.html why you should care].		The [[further improvement at technology level III\|prospective products of AP technology]] are a [[opportunities\|chance]] to '''solve the global problems''' of human civilization and to '''preserve and further enrich our world'''. Further there are some essays about [https://www.foresight.org/nano/WhyCare.html why you should care].

Apm: /* The Goal - advanced Diamondoid Atomically Precise Manufacturing - Gemstone Metamaterial Technology */ changed link destination from intuitive feel page to soft-core macrorobots with hard-core nanomachinery

2017-10-02T19:24:15Z

The Goal - advanced Diamondoid Atomically Precise Manufacturing - Gemstone Metamaterial Technology: changed link destination from intuitive feel page to soft-core macrorobots with hard-core nanomachinery

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	Advanced '''Atomically precise manufacturing (APM)''' is a prospective '''method of production for material goods''' of all sizes. <br>		Advanced '''Atomically precise manufacturing (APM)''' is a prospective '''method of production for material goods''' of all sizes. <br>
	The products of this manufacturing method consist out of atomically precise [[diamondoid molecular elements\|parts]]. These constituent parts like e.g. bearings gears springs and housing structures have the smallest possible physical size that allows for their functioning. When assembled the systems they create strikingly resemble conventional factory-equipment that one finds at the meter scale but on the meter scale those new kind of clearly non biological products may well be designed to be [[~~Intuitive_feel#The_feel_of_AP_Products~~\|smooth elastic and seamless]] a trait only biological matter illustrates today. In contrast to atomic scale biological systems those artificial atomically precise systems do not rely on [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownian_motion thermal movement] for their function, instead they operate in the [[machine phase]]. Out of [[diamondoid\|various reasons]] silicon, diamond and [[diamondoid\|similar substances]] are suitable building materials. All of the [[diamondoid molecular elements\|parts]] have their surfaces chemically plugged (passivated). Passivated surfaces do not bind to one another (not covalently to be exact). When the parts are aligned such that their atomic roughness can't intermesh they slide on each other [[superlubrication\|wear free and superlubricating]].<br>		The products of this manufacturing method consist out of atomically precise [[diamondoid molecular elements\|parts]]. These constituent parts like e.g. bearings gears springs and housing structures have the smallest possible physical size that allows for their functioning. When assembled the systems they create strikingly resemble conventional factory-equipment that one finds at the meter scale but on the meter scale those new kind of clearly non biological products may well be designed to be [[soft-core macrorobots with hard-core nanomachinery\|smooth elastic and seamless]] a trait only biological matter illustrates today. In contrast to atomic scale biological systems those artificial atomically precise systems do not rely on [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownian_motion thermal movement] for their function, instead they operate in the [[machine phase]]. Out of [[diamondoid\|various reasons]] silicon, diamond and [[diamondoid\|similar substances]] are suitable building materials. All of the [[diamondoid molecular elements\|parts]] have their surfaces chemically plugged (passivated). Passivated surfaces do not bind to one another (not covalently to be exact). When the parts are aligned such that their atomic roughness can't intermesh they slide on each other [[superlubrication\|wear free and superlubricating]].<br>

	With [[exploratory engineering]] it was shown <ref name="nasy">[[Nanoystems\|Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation - by K. Eric Drexler]]</ref> that [[products of advanced atomically precise manufacturing]] will perform better than most products out of materials known today and due to the decentral (at home / locally) and direct (raw material to product in one step) characteristics of the manufacturing process there is also reason to assume that AP products will be cheap in production. Combined those properties may lead to drastic changes in human civilization over a short period of time giving us an [[opportunities\|opportunity]] to rapidly solve yet untacklable global problems but also presenting us to new kinds of [[dangers]].		With [[exploratory engineering]] it was shown <ref name="nasy">[[Nanoystems\|Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation - by K. Eric Drexler]]</ref> that [[products of advanced atomically precise manufacturing]] will perform better than most products out of materials known today and due to the decentral (at home / locally) and direct (raw material to product in one step) characteristics of the manufacturing process there is also reason to assume that AP products will be cheap in production. Combined those properties may lead to drastic changes in human civilization over a short period of time giving us an [[opportunities\|opportunity]] to rapidly solve yet untacklable global problems but also presenting us to new kinds of [[dangers]].

Apm: /* Atomically Precise Manufacturing in general */ terminology repair: atomic resolution -> positional AP

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Atomically Precise Manufacturing in general: terminology repair: atomic resolution -> positional AP

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	* '''excluded''' is thermodynamic crystal growth - the exact number of atoms and surfaces shapes can not be precisely controlled (exception: atomically precise [[nanoparticle]]s)		* '''excluded''' is thermodynamic crystal growth - the exact number of atoms and surfaces shapes can not be precisely controlled (exception: atomically precise [[nanoparticle]]s)

	Biological life is doing atomically precise manufacturing since it has emerged (albeit barely with [[atomic ~~resolution~~]]).		Biological life is doing atomically precise manufacturing since it has emerged (albeit barely with [[positional atomic precision]]).
	It provides direct examples for the feasibility for some things (floppy soft diffusion based systems out of chain molecules).		It provides direct examples for the feasibility for some things (floppy soft diffusion based systems out of chain molecules).
	It does not provide direct examples for the feasibility of the targeted things (stiff diamondoid diffusion suppressing systems out of crystolecule machine parts) but it at least gives a hint that it is maybe worth to investigate them. Doing so (with the means of [[exploratory engineering]]) unravels that there is potential far beyond the limits of biological systems.		It does not provide direct examples for the feasibility of the targeted things (stiff diamondoid diffusion suppressing systems out of crystolecule machine parts) but it at least gives a hint that it is maybe worth to investigate them. Doing so (with the means of [[exploratory engineering]]) unravels that there is potential far beyond the limits of biological systems.

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How long will it take us to get there?: Moores -> Moore's

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	The speed of progress in microcomputer technology shows that system complexity isn't so much of a hurdle.		The speed of progress in microcomputer technology shows that system complexity isn't so much of a hurdle.
	Finding the right steps through the initial path puts the greatest question-mark on the time-spans to expect.		Finding the right steps through the initial path puts the greatest question-mark on the time-spans to expect.
	There's no such thing as a ~~Moores~~ law yet that we could track. Its not even sure if such a law may even occur and which metric would be used.		There's no such thing as a Moore's law yet that we could track. Its not even sure if such a law may even occur and which metric would be used.
	Kilogram per second of monolithic atomically precise product maybe.		Kilogram per second of monolithic atomically precise product maybe.

	In contrast to ~~Moores~~ law one though with APM not only the products regularly double in performance but also the		In contrast to Moore's law one though with APM not only the products regularly double in performance but also the
	production devices producing the products. So once an exponential trend sets in it cold potentially progress much more disruptively than ~~moores~~ law. Jim Von Ehr (CEO of Zyvex) mentions this idea here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1ZggI7ftAQ&feature=youtu.be&t=23m4s].		production devices producing the products. So once an exponential trend sets in it cold potentially progress much more disruptively than Moore's law. Jim Von Ehr (CEO of Zyvex) mentions this idea here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1ZggI7ftAQ&feature=youtu.be&t=23m4s].

	To be on the safe side we can assume that: (taken from a talk of Eric Drexler) <br>		To be on the safe side we can assume that: (taken from a talk of Eric Drexler) <br>

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Why do we need APM?: unknow -> unknown

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	The [[further improvement at technology level III\|prospective products of AP technology]] are a [[opportunities\|chance]] to '''solve the global problems''' of human civilization and to '''preserve and further enrich our world'''. Further there are some essays about [https://www.foresight.org/nano/WhyCare.html why you should care].		The [[further improvement at technology level III\|prospective products of AP technology]] are a [[opportunities\|chance]] to '''solve the global problems''' of human civilization and to '''preserve and further enrich our world'''. Further there are some essays about [https://www.foresight.org/nano/WhyCare.html why you should care].
	Nonetheless public interest is declining ([http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=google+public+data#q=molecular%20nanotechnology%2C%20eric%20drexler%2C%20advanced%20nanotechnology%2C%20nano%20robotics%2C%20scanning%20tunneling%20microscopy&cmpt=q number of searches]; [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/sci.nanotech newsgroup activity]). Also in wide parts of the world the mere existence of '''APM is as good as ~~unknow~~''' to the general public.		Nonetheless public interest is declining ([http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=google+public+data#q=molecular%20nanotechnology%2C%20eric%20drexler%2C%20advanced%20nanotechnology%2C%20nano%20robotics%2C%20scanning%20tunneling%20microscopy&cmpt=q number of searches]; [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/sci.nanotech newsgroup activity]). Also in wide parts of the world the mere existence of '''APM is as good as unknown''' to the general public.

	The reason for that development could be:		The reason for that development could be: