Ask HN: Where do we stand with Self-replicating nano machines?

6 pointsMurkin2 comments

The key element of any SciFi and mega scale space project.

Are there any advances in the field? Startups trying to do it? Recommended places to learn more?

I remember reading Engines of Creation some 35 years ago and actually believing it, but there has been essentially zero progress. It remains pure science fiction and I expect nothing else in the foreseeable future.

I don't want to hijack this thread, but a while ago I posted an Ask HN requesting introductory books to nanotech -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18059301.

Never heard of Engines of Creation, but it looks like what I'm looking for (just ordered from Amazon). Apart from Engines of Creation are there any good intro texts?

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