Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!nanotech From: djoslin@yeager.bbn.com Newsgroups: sci.nanotech Subject: Re: Utility Fog for crash protection Message-ID: Date: 24 Aug 89 03:07:37 GMT Sender: nanotech@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA Lines: 23 Approved: nanotech@aramis.rutgers.edu Why worry about the car wreck (or bomb, or whatever) in the first place? Wouldn't it be easier to "back yourself up" frequently (incremental backup?) and have yourself reconstructed if disaster ever strikes? Perhaps what is needed instead is a Fog that senses disaster and rather than protecting you, dismantles you painlessly. Part of the dismantling process would involve recording your current "state" just prior to the car/bomb/whatever impact. The Fog can then endure the disaster fairly easily (how many G's can a Fog withstand?) and then either construct itself into a memory cartridge with a radio beacon, or travel to the nearest reconstruction location to put together a new copy of you. Or could it just reconstruct you at some nearby safe location? >It would also probably be a good defense against Grey Goo. Wouldn't it also be a good starting point for making Grey Fog? If good Fog can defeat Grey Goo, then what defeats Grey Fog? David djoslin@bbn.com POBox 1592, Cambridge MA 02238