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Attotechnology and beyond
#21
Posted 25 June 2012 - 01:19 AM

#22
Posted 25 June 2012 - 12:42 PM

You've solved it, I retract my previous skepticism.Couldn't we technically create other universes and edit particles as small as we want via computer and them transfer them over?? (Thinking like T3 civ or even T4)
#23
Posted 25 June 2012 - 08:32 PM

#24
Posted 26 June 2012 - 01:09 AM

You've solved it, I retract my previous skepticism.
Couldn't we technically create other universes and edit particles as small as we want via computer and them transfer them over?? (Thinking like T3 civ or even T4)
What did I solve, lol. I didn't read anyone's comments because I was lazy. Do I get a prize????

#25
Posted 09 October 2012 - 09:29 AM

Don't know if its been reported here yet, but an interesting development and relevant to this thread.
http://singularityhu...r-than-an-atom/

#26
Posted 09 October 2012 - 11:57 AM

NEW IBM MICROSCOPE TECHNIQUE HAS RESOLUTION 100 TIMES SMALLER THAN AN ATOM
Don't know if its been reported here yet, but an interesting development and relevant to this thread.
http://singularityhu...r-than-an-atom/
I already posted this news a few weeks ago.
#27
Posted 09 October 2012 - 06:24 PM

Listen to clouds and mountains, children and sages. Act bravely, think boldly.
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#28
Posted 23 October 2012 - 06:38 PM

#29
Posted 23 October 2012 - 06:42 PM

Edited by Raklian, 23 October 2012 - 06:44 PM.
#30
Posted 08 January 2015 - 07:00 PM

Since there are objects on the scale of attometers (quarks), attotechnology might make some sense. Probably it would be used for exotic energy sources and to build objects capable of low-level reality warping.
It seems that zeptotechnology would involve manipulating particles on the order of neutrinos. Perhaps useful for high-level reality warping, such as having an object that can be in two places at once? Or as a power source for the universe factories that a Type V Civilization would operate?
#31
Posted 08 January 2015 - 07:17 PM

I'm not sure it's possible. You can hardly build things smaller than atoms, so you get the 'fat finger' problem. I think we will probably reach a boarder we can't overcome. The green line seems realistic, but the red line seems very unlikely to me.
I've thought about this before. If there were some way to manage electrical charges on a scale smaller than the nanoscale, or developed a set of optical tweezers using x-ray or (currently hypothetical) gamma ray lasers, you might be able to manipulate things smaller than an atom.
What difference does it make?
#32
Posted 08 January 2015 - 07:23 PM

Oh, and there are possibilities in bootstrapping our way to smaller-than-nanoscale technologies.
Look here: http://nextbigfuture...peculation.html
What difference does it make?
#33
Posted 09 January 2015 - 01:57 AM

One problem with the graph and the general discussion of the different scales of technologies is there tends to be the assumption that they all work the same way. A good example of this is clock work. Though the workings of a grandfather clock and a pocket watch. Though there are many similarities in their design there are significant differences largely dictated by their scale. Also the chart ignores the fact that watches contained parts that were smaller than 1 cm as much as 300 years ago. You could also view weaving silk to be nearly nanotechnology as structure in the fabric smaller than 1 mm could be manufactured.
As for when will we start using various of the technology scales I think the first nanotube product announces the beginning of picotechnology. I think pico scale will mainly involve controlling manufacturing on individual molecular level as is currently done in several "nanomaterials". Femtotech will most likely be the ability to manipulate on an atomic level. This would involve being able to make specific changes to an atom's structure. Beyond that I can see the ability to modify subatomic particles as being something that is achievable.
All these technologies will have definite limitations. Think of an alchemist discovering a process to turn lead into gold. The process turns on ounce of lead into one ounce of gold and consumes one pound of platinum. The result is a net loss.
Confirmed Agnostic - I know that I don't know for sure and I am almost certain no one else does either.
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