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From: szabo@netcom.com (Nick Szabo)
Subject: Advanced Manufacturing Ecology: Mailing List
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Date: Thu, 1 Dec 1994 03:37:22 GMT
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Announcing the nanomech-l mailing list
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nanomech-l: A new list for discussing the extension of 
micromechanical technology to nanometer precision 
(1 micron and below), high frequency agile manufacturing and 
robotics using high-precision parts, techniques for the 
assembly of micro- and nanomechanical devices, and systems
analysis of the resulting manufacturing ecology.  Possible topics 
include:

* actuation & control mechanisms (piezo, acoustic, etc.)
* parts and subsystems (electrostatic bearings, springs, ratchets, etc.)
* contact-free, high-frequency, high-DOF electromagnetic 
	and electrostatic actuators
* nanometer precision parts testing, sorting, and 
	selection systems
* nanometer precision assembly operations & mechanical
	designs for assembly machines
* high-precision registration (peg & hole, STM & atomic ruler, etc.) 
* nanometer precision lithographic techniques (SAMS, high proximity
  e-beam, tip arrays, high precision 3D lithography, etc.)
* materials for nanolithography (silicon, diamond, monodisperse 
  nanophase, Langmuir-Blodgett films, self-assembling molecular 
  structures, etc.)
* nanometer precision machining and finishing techniques (e-beam,
	AFM, "sanding", etc.)
* analysis of the resulting industrial infrastructure from the
viewpoints of economics, ecology and artificial life, including:
	+ analysis of the toolmaking web (ie, what tools are used 
	to make what tools)
	+ bootstrapping and self-reproduction: achieving
	maximal closure with minimal complexity
	+ R&D planning and constraints
	+ net present value estimates

Our vision: high frequency, high precision agile manufacturing 
toolsets that can produce more sophisticated and useful mechanical 
systems than those currently etched in-place by microlithography,
including most of the tools themselves (closure).  Closure can lead 
to a bootstrapping, rapidly expanding, highly agile industrial
ecology.  Applications range across areas as diverse as data 
storage, medicine, and aerospace.

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Nick Szabo				szabo@netcom.com
