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Nanocompilers, Quantum Dots, and Nonlinear Optics
Overview Just as a software compiler translates source code into object code, in principle a nanocompiler (if it existed) translates assembly instructions for a nano-scaled object into the actual nano-device. As with most things nanotech, the real roots of a nanocompiler come from the work of Eric Drexler. His early papers outlined the concept of an assembler, a device that could hold and position single atoms, allowing the construction of objects one molecule at a time. He also proposed a mechanical computer (based on a set of nano-sized interlocking rods) that would handle the processing of the detailed instruction set, which the assemblers could then follow to fabricate a nanotech device.
| Publisher | Ars Technica, LLC | File Format | HTML |
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| Date Published | August 2003 | Downloads | 55 |
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