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Article #464Limits to physical size with nanotech
From: Andrew Trapp
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1993 21:48
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1993 21:48
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Boy, is this newsgroup dead or what!
Well, I was wondering about something and thought I'd get your input &
opinions on it. Let's assume for a moment that we achieve advanced nano-
technology & that successful uploading becomes possible. Say you wanted
to upload, but also wanted to stay in the physical world (as opposed to
living in cyberspace). What would you people estimate to be the minimum
volume needed, nanocomputers + memory, to sustain and run a complete
human identity? Suppose you throw in stuff to allow for sensory percep-
tion? (Feel, smell, sight, hearing, maybe taste.)
BTW, in case you're wondering what inspired this idea: the world becomes
a much bigger place when you become a much smaller person!
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Andrew Trapp ignition;
dreamer@uiuc.edu O- full thrust
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fdeb7,e651e230878da66d,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfdeb7,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-06-19 14:58:37 PST Newsgroups: bit.listserv.xtropy-l Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!dreamer From: dreamer@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Andrew Trapp) Subject: Limits to physical size with nanotech Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1993 21:48:56 GMT Message-ID: <C8w1xK.K9o@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner) Keywords: nanotech, uploading, limits Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 20