From: Vipul Ved Prakash <vipul@best.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:43:03 +0800
To: nobody@replay.com
Subject: Re: Nanotechnology
In-Reply-To: <199801162110.WAA17429@basement.replay.com>
Message-ID: <199801171808.SAA03742@fountainhead.net>
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Anonymous wrote:

> I think people here seriously underestimate how long nanotech will take.
> Suppose you have a machine which takes atoms and deposits them onto a
> surface, building it up layer by layer.  This is possible with today's
> technology, but it's a slow process.

Quantum Well Lasers are three atomic layers of gallium indium arsenide, 
packed between ultra-thin layers of indium phosphide and used in all high 
speed CDROM drives on the market. 

The revolution is closer than you think!  

Vipul

-- 
Powell lingered. "How's Earth?" 
It was a conventional enough question and Muller gave the 
conventional answer, "Still spinning."
				      -- "Reason", Asimov. 
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