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Jan     Nanofactory Product Catalog (NPC)More Products About NPC |
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Catalog Introduction |
This catalog is a compilation of ideas and designs for products that could be produced by a home desktop nanofactory or commercial molecular manufacturing industry. The catalog entries are derived from a wide variety of scientists, engineers, authors, and theorists in order to present a broad overview of current thought on the capabilities of molecular manufacturing and its societal implications. Weapons are specifically excluded from the catalog along with products that present an unreasonable risk to the environment through self-replication capability or nano product litter. Many of the product descriptions assume a post-nanofactory fictional history, nevertheless, our technical consultant Chris Phoenix of the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology has put great effort into making all product descriptions fall within the plausible capabilities of theoretical molecular manufacturing technology. Additional product details and specifications are available for some products by clicking on the product picture. In development means that the product is in the engineering phase and should be available some time after nanofactories are developed. Speculative means the products are as yet just ideas. Any errors or shortcomings are solely the fault of the General Editor, Mike Deering. |
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Desktop Nanofac Model-4 |
With four times the speed (400 grams per hour) and a third the power requirements of the Model-2A and none of the security problems of the recalled Model-3, the Model-4 Desktop Nanofac® is a state-of-the-art nanofactory. The Model-4 is built around the SIEM Assembler developed in Japan. The Model-4 can draw its feedstock from almost any solution containing the appropriate molecules, although performance may suffer with significantly impure sources. It has a hybrid opto-electronic computer system and wireless broadband internet connection. Click on picture for more details.  In development. |
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Express Nanofac Model-4E |
The Express Nanofac Model-4E is 100 times faster than the Model-4. This is possible by assembling a variety of programmable nanoblocks in advance. The nanofactory continuously assembles a variety of programmable nanoblocks and stores them for future use, then rapidly makes whatever product requested, by a process of programming the stored nanoblocks and joining them to form the finished product. Click on picture for more details.
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Electric Grass |
Solar panels indistinguishable from plants, aside, of course, from being inedible to wildlife. Replacing lawns in this fashion will generate huge amounts of power, as well as eliminating fertilizer runoff, and lawn mowing labor. Attach the "lawn interface" to your power panel, unfold the lawn panels and apply to the ground like carpet squares. The lawn pieces connect to each other and to the interface module. More individualized "plants" can be made up of variable assemblages of structural and solar collecting units, and assume any shape you assign, from a flower bed to a tree. Electric Grass is courtesy of Brett Bellmore. $1 per m2 Speculative.
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Nanotech AirCar |
Fits in your garage, takes off from your driveway -- quietly. It steers and controls attitude by means of shape changes in the wings and body, and cruises at 10 to 800 kph. Nanotech AirCar designed by Josh Hall. $99.99
Click on picture for more details. In development.
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SpyFly |
Wireless flying remote camera and microphone. Includes software for binocular and 3D scenebuilding, object tracking and following, swarming and stationkeeping. Uses NanoGecko(TM) technology to stick virtually anywhere. Top speed: 10 MPH. Can fly 5 minutes per hour on typical indoor light; continuously in full sunlight. Limited off-network use: stores up to 5 hours of high-quality video. Note: This product complies with PrivacyGuard protocols. Violation of privacy and intellectual property laws will be detected and may result in prosecution. SpyFly designed by Chris Phoenix. $1 for 10, $5 for 200. Speculative.
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Food Machine |
Makes tasty food from any biomass. Just stuff whatever plants or animal matter into the input hopper and miniturized chemical processes deconstruct it and reconstruct it into your desired dish. The Food Machine has a large chamber at the top to accept the biomass, which locks at the beginning of the process. A combination of heat and enzymes break down the biomass into simple amino acids and simple carbohydrates. After thermal depolymerization the molecules are sorted and routed to the production tracks. Some production tracks use lab-on-chip technology, others use molecular mills to produce the food precursers. The starches, proteins, and fatty acids of various lengths and properties, and also vitamins are routed to the product assembly chamber (below the input chamber) and are assembled into the finished product by micro-mechanical techniques. $7.99 Speculative.
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Greenhouse |
This greenhouse is 3m X 5m X 3m (W,L,H) and has integrated control of temperature, humidity, and light levels for an optimum growing environment. It takes care of the watering and feeding of your plants hydroponically and controls pests by removing the oxygen from the air when no one is inside. Automated software notifies you of any problems and when produce is ready for harvest. The greenhouse is solar powered or can be externally powered in extended low light level conditions. $15.99 Speculative.
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Nano-Paint |
While maintaining the functionality of Drexler's Smart-Paint (self spreading, color control, self repair, and self cleaning), Nano-Paint incorporates several new and incredibly useful features, solar to electric power generation, electro-shock insect pest control, user configurable display screens, electrical power distribution, air cleaning by active molecular transport, and sound dampening or production. Can be used interior or exterior. Nano-Paint is courtesy of Gary Trosper. $1.50 per m2 Speculative.
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Wellhead |
This completely automated wellhead can supply clean drinking water for a neighborhood or irrigation for small farming operations. Once placed into the ground and activated it drills the well, and installs an underground pump. Maximum depth: 500 feet in the base model. The wellhead has two user programmable water outlets. Each outlet can be programmed for a specified level of filtration and treatment. Can also be used as a desalination unit for seawater. Requires external power supply. $89.99 Speculative.
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SolarSaver power storage system |
Stores solar, wind, or other
intermittent forms of energy. UL listed for portable or installed use.
Can be installed in grid-connected homes and sell power to the grid;
functions as a whole-house uninterruptable power supply and conditioner.
(Licensed installation and utility preapproval required in most U.S.
areas. Some power grids are already oversupplied.) $5 per kWh
capacity; 100 kWh recommended for the average home off-grid, 10 kWh
on-grid. Modules can be stacked if initial installation proves
insufficient. SolarSaver designed by Chris Phoenix. $19.99
Speculative.
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Laptop Computer |
This laptop has a massive cluster of the latest nanotech processors using 3D nanotube circuitry, and enough molecular memory that it doesn't need a hard drive. For input pointing devices, it has gesture recognition and eye tracking. Its software also includes limited AI. $19.99 Click on picture for more details.
Speculative.
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Respirocytes: Mechanical Artificial Red Blood Cells |
A bloodborne spherical 1-micron diamondoid 1000-atm pressure vessel with active pumping powered by endogenous serum glucose, able to deliver 236 times more oxygen to the tissues per unit volume than natural red cells and to manage carbonic acidity. An onboard nanocomputer and numerous chemical and pressure sensors enable complex device behaviors remotely reprogrammable. Click on picture for more details. In U.S. available by physician prescription. Warning: Not certified for diving. Respirocytes designed by Robert A. Freitas Jr.
Cost covered by most medical insurance. In development. |
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Protective Bodysuit |
Constructed from a matrix of diamondoid and carbon nanotube lattice plus an array of molecular machinery for added functionality, the suit is bulletproof, and when wearing the hood (not shown) it filters the air you breathe. The suit monitors the occupant's physical condition and will go rigid to prevent crushing or to distribute force. Also limits flexibility to a safe range of motion. Provides protection against infectious and chemical agents, and with the ability to inflate itself can provide temperature insulation, buoyancy, and injury stabilization, plus a safe comfortable harness for vertical work. Depending on amount of inflation, it can provide impact protection or even partial free-fall protection. It can gather a little solar power. It can also control humidity and keep out environmental toxins (smoke, poison ivy, military chemicals). With enough power, it can provide cooling. $14.99 Speculative.
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Camping tent |
Unfolding from pocket size, this tent is perfect for hikers traveling light. Constructed of nanotube fiber material this tent is light and strong. It unfolds itself for for quick set up, and refolds itself when no longer needed. $9.99 Click on picture for more details.
Speculative.
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Microbivore artificial white blood cell |
Artificial mechanical phagocytes of microscopic size, called "microbivores," whose primary function is to destroy microbiological pathogens found in the human bloodstream using a digest and discharge protocol. The microbivore is an oblate spheroidal nanomedical device measuring 3.4 microns in diameter along its major axis and 2.0 microns in diameter along its minor axis, consisting of 610 billion precisely arranged structural atoms in a gross geometric volume of 12.1 micron3. The device may consume up to 200 pW of continuous power while completely digesting trapped microbes at a maximum throughput of 2 micron3 of organic material per 30-second cycle. Microbivores are up to ~1000 times faster-acting than either natural or antibiotic-assisted biological phagocytic defenses, and are ~80 times more efficient as phagocytic agents than macrophages, in terms of volume/sec digested per unit volume of phagocytic agent. Click on picture for more details. Microbivores designed by Robert A. Freitas Jr.
Cost covered by most medical insurance. In development. |
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