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It is often thought that APM is supposed to be able to produce almost anything | It is often thought that APM is supposed to be able to produce almost anything <br> | ||
(often formulated: all allowed structures permissible by physical law) | (often formulated: all allowed structures permissible by physical law) <br> | ||
including e.g. food, wood, plastics and metal parts but this is surely not the case. | including e.g. food, wood, plastics and metal parts but this is surely not the case. <br> | ||
The range of materials and structures targeted actually lies in a very narrow range | The range of materials and structures targeted actually lies in a very narrow range. <br> | ||
See page: "[[Mechanosynthesis]]". <br> | |||
The magic lies in the [[diamondoid metamaterials]] that emulate properties above the atomic level. <br> | |||
This is not to say it will be impossible for all times to assemble materials (or rather compounds) lying outside the narrow set of now targeted materials. | This is not to say it will be impossible for all times to <br> | ||
When the technology will have been around for quite a while [[Most speculative potential applications|very advanced extensions]] may be able to do this but this is way beyond the scope of any current day APM attainment project because it is beyond the horizon of useful [[exploratory engineering]]. | assemble materials (or rather compounds) lying outside the narrow set of now targeted materials. <br> | ||
When the technology will have been around for quite a while <br> | |||
[[Most speculative potential applications|very advanced extensions]] may be able to do this <br> | |||
but this is way beyond the scope of any current day APM attainment project <br> | |||
because it is beyond the horizon of useful [[exploratory engineering]]. <br> | |||
== Related == | == Related == | ||
* [[Limits of construction kit analogy]] | * [[Limits of construction kit analogy]] | ||
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* [[Display pixels to gem-gum voxels analogy]] | |||
* [[Gemstone based metamaterial]] | |||
* [[Mechanical metamaterial]] | |||
* [[Metamaterial]] | |||
* [[Synthesis of food]] & [[Why identical copying is unnecessary for foodsynthesis]] | |||
[[Category:Surprising facts]] | [[Category:Surprising facts]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:37, 26 June 2026
It is often thought that APM is supposed to be able to produce almost anything
(often formulated: all allowed structures permissible by physical law)
including e.g. food, wood, plastics and metal parts but this is surely not the case.
The range of materials and structures targeted actually lies in a very narrow range.
See page: "Mechanosynthesis".
The magic lies in the diamondoid metamaterials that emulate properties above the atomic level.
This is not to say it will be impossible for all times to
assemble materials (or rather compounds) lying outside the narrow set of now targeted materials.
When the technology will have been around for quite a while
very advanced extensions may be able to do this
but this is way beyond the scope of any current day APM attainment project
because it is beyond the horizon of useful exploratory engineering.