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Re: Lego is like nanomachines
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Date: 
Tue, 3 Aug 1999 19:42:40 GMT
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Wow. Imagine what it would be like if some team of scientists could design a
molecule corresponding to each LEGO element. Then, you could use LEGO as a
prototyping system for nanobots. After you have the basics of your mechanical
design worked out, you could then construct a nanobot based on the same design.

Anyone feel up to the challenge? (-: [-8

- Robert Munafo

In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson) writes:
Building with Legos is like building nanomachines.  There's a limited
number of types of parts, although you've got lots to build from.  And
you can only attach them together in certain spots, just like atoms
and molecules.



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  Re: Lego is like nanomachines
 
(...) design. (...) Whoops! I just dropped my nano-brick separator and split an atom! (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Lego is like nanomachines
 
Robert Munafo wrote in message ... (...) a (...) mechanical (...) design. (...) Being serious, this wouldn't work. Scaling down would call for different structures. Eric (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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Building with Legos is like building nanomachines. There's a limited number of types of parts, although you've got lots to build from. And you can only attach them together in certain spots, just like atoms and molecules. (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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