Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!nanotech From: toms@ncifcrf.gov (Tom Schneider) Newsgroups: sci.nanotech Subject: The Compendium of Nanomachines Message-ID: Date: 24 Aug 89 03:07:12 GMT Sender: nanotech@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: National Cancer Institute, Frederick Lines: 24 Approved: nanotech@aramis.rutgers.edu Reading about utility fog and nanograss, I realized that I'm building up a library of possible nanomachines in my head. Wouldn't it be neat to have a list of all the ones people had thought of? I'm thinking about a book (or hypertext with lots of cross links) which gave at least a short paragraph that described what the proposed machine would do, the person who suggested it and the source. It would make fascinating reading, and I bet it could be published and attain a wide readership. Important ideas wouldn't be lost to the winds of the net, and would be in a single place for future reference. Contributions could be posted here, and the list could be kept in a place accessible by ftp. Science fiction writers and inventors could sniff through it for ideas that the contributers wouldn't have the time/money/interest to develop. Anyone interested in starting the collection? Tom Schneider National Cancer Institute Laboratory of Mathematical Biology Frederick, Maryland 21701-1013 toms@ncifcrf.gov [sci.nanotech *is* the collection so far. I keep a full archives, and hope to produce subject-oriented digest(s) in the not-too-distant future (definitely before Breakthrough :^) --JoSH]