Drexler, Smalley and the debate over Nano 3D printing
Channel: Peter Allen
Date: 2022-05-27

Alternative titles: Why we're not going to be eaten by grey goo.
Drexler-Smalley debate 20 years later.
Hey science, where's my replicator?

The 2003 Drexler-Smalley debate rehashed for your amusement. My PhD is in chemistry, and I have experience with using photolithography for microfabrication as well as building simple bio-inspired nano-machines. Who was right? What does that have to do with sticky fingers?

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https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0901-76

“NANOTECHNOLOGY: Drexler and Smalley make the case for and against 'molecular assemblers'” December 1, 2003 Volume 81, Number 48 CENEAR 81 48 pp. 37-42
http://pubsapp.acs.org/cen/coverstory/8148/8148counterpoint.html

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