guyrocket@kbin.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoWhat ever happened to nanotechnology? Seems like it disappeared.message-squaremessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1156arrow-down1message-squareWhat ever happened to nanotechnology? Seems like it disappeared.guyrocket@kbin.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-text
Most are probably too young to remember but nanotechnology was supposed to be the most super amazing thing ever.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.mindoki.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoIn the maths in Engines of creation, the errors were supposedly so small they were negligible.
minus-squareSethayylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoFor sure, and thats generally the goal of any engieering - the biggest question is what error are we measuring? Something like vesting a fully autonomous drone, not even close; tubes in a funny shape that trap all light, were already there 99.9%
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.mindoki.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoIIRC it was around one misplaced atom every century for some throughput. It’s like digital vs analog or so I understood it.
In the maths in Engines of creation, the errors were supposedly so small they were negligible.
For sure, and thats generally the goal of any engieering - the biggest question is what error are we measuring? Something like vesting a fully autonomous drone, not even close; tubes in a funny shape that trap all light, were already there 99.9%
IIRC it was around one misplaced atom every century for some throughput. It’s like digital vs analog or so I understood it.