I’m not sure this is a good thing

Posted on March 16, 2006 by Gaius

Although I’m sure Glenn Reynolds will be all for it!

A scientist has developed a new technique for nano-assembly that essentially folds DNA strands like origami. This is a big step forward in nanotechnology, which should greatly reduce the cost of assembling many things.

So what’s the first thing he assembled?

Billions of smiley faces. Yes, those hideous little grinning yellow dots. Fifty BILLION of them at once…….

The article does not disclose whether WalMart financed the research……..

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3 Responses to I’m not sure this is a good thing

  1. geoffgo says:
    March 16, 2006 at 4:03 pm

    Hi Gaius,
    First time visitor. Nanotech now looks to be an obvious proof of:

    Value of deliverable equals Information over Mass

  2. Gaius Arbo says:
    March 16, 2006 at 4:47 pm

    Welcome, geoffgo. Nano-tech looks like it will be very interesting, very soon.

    But smiley faces? Yeesh.

  3. Tom says:
    March 16, 2006 at 5:55 pm

    Must be bored after looking into the microscopes for years on end…