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Article #642Re: Grey Goo that's too smart for its own good
From: G.Gleason
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1987 19:45
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1987 19:45
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In article <3278@soma.bcm.tmc.edu> kent@soma.UUCP (Kent Hutson) writes: >I still don't understand the difference between "nanotechnology" >and present-day genetic engineering. The difference is that "nanotechnology" is a broader class of mechanisms, not restricted to being composed of organic molecules. Drexler points to genetic engineering as being the present day beginnings of nanotechnology. Gerry Gleason
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!faline!ulysses!sfmag!sfsup!glg From: glg@sfsup.UUCP (G.Gleason) Newsgroups: sci.misc Subject: Re: Grey Goo that's too smart for its own good Message-ID: <2501@sfsup.UUCP> Date: 15 Dec 87 19:45:56 GMT References: <799@sbcs.sunysb.edu> <2698@drivax.UUCP> <1063@sugar.UUCP> <2411@watcgl.waterloo.edu> <1445@m-net.UUCP> <1526@mmm.UUCP> <2783@drivax.UUCP> <3278@soma.bcm.tmc.edu> Reply-To: glg@/guest4/glgUUCP (xmpj20000-G.Gleason) Organization: AT&T Information Systems Lines: 9