27th February 2004, 6:03 PM
Well there are alternatives. I mean, we aren't researching, and succeeding, in making nanotechnology for nothing. I mean, they finally managed to create an engine and energy supply for nanomachines. It's basically one of those energy molecule makers in the cell but with an iron bar strapped onto the molecule, creating a spinning motion. It's actually almost hilariously simple when you think about it, but this engine is more efficient than any other engine ever made, by several times. Nano age, here we come!
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)