Monday, March 13, 2006
Posted by Roberto
3:43 PM
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ANIMATS
LIVING MATERIALS
Scientist Alan H. Goldstein predicts the coming elimination of the barrier between living and nonliving materials with the emergence of "animats" (living materials).
A nanobiotechnology device that is smart enough to circulate through the body hunting viruses or cancer cells is, by definition, smart enough to exchange information with that human body. This means, under the right conditions, the "device" could evolve beyond its original function.
Goldstein has formulated the three Laws of Nanobotics:
1. The fusion of nanotechnology and biotechnology, now called nanobiotechnology, will result in the complete elimination of the barrier between living and nonliving materials.
2. It is not possible to ensure that devices created using the techniques of nanobiotechnology will only transmit molecular information to the target system.
3. The carbon barrier will be eliminated when humans create the first synthetic molecular device capable of changing the state of a living system via direct, intentional transfer of specific chemical information from one to the other.
I, Nanobot, by scientist Alan H. Goldstein
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