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= A Myth A Concept and An Idea =

=== Miraculous Nanobots – A Widespread Myth ===
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A viral idea that spread in the public consciousness.


Its about swarms of 
"living" nanobots (nanobugs) 
which spread uncontrolledly like pests.


Hoorofable: Grey Goo 
"the unavoidable total apocalypse" 
such a thing always sells well

=== Gem-Gum Pants-Pockets Factories – The Current Concept ===
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|[[File:Nanosystems-cover.jpg|x120px|thumb|right|book cover]]
|[[File:Productive Nanosystems screencap-collage cutopen.svg|x120px|thumb|right|Composition of screencaps from the video: "Productive Nanosystems"]]
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A reliably predictable but
hard to reach far term goal (since 1992)
that is barely known.

In contrast to the mythology such a device can:
* not "crawl away / buzz away"
* not "devour" everything
* not "mutate"


=== Molecular Assemblers – A Dated Idea ===

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|[[File:Replicating-molecular-assemblers_screencap_BBC-Horizon_Nano-utopia_1995_480p_high-contrast.jpg|x120px|thumb|right|Screencap: BBC Horizon: "Nanoutopia" (1995)]]
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An obvious bio-analogy (1986)
from which the "Nanobug-Mythology" emerged.

'''The idea is dated since it turned out that assemblers'''
* '''are significantly more difficult to reach''' – (but not fundamentally impossible)
* '''would be pretty inefficient''' – (due to missing space inside for specialization)
* '''are not desirable''' – (because of forms of grey goo that are toned down to more realistic levels)

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