X-Message-Number: 6276 From: Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 12:21:00 -0700 Subject: SCI.CRYONICS Nanotechnology -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- The following quotation is not from a science fiction novel but from the June 1996 issue of Byte. It describes a talk give at IBM's lab in Almaden by IBM Fellow Don Eigler. The talk was given in a large auditorium with standing room only. "Eigler brought up a massive screen at the front of the auditorium and flipped a few switches. Suddenly we were seeing a live feed from a Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) at the other end of the building. The STM isn't just good for looking at atoms, Eigler explained, it can move them one by one. He donned a data glove (whose inventor Tom Zimmerman, recently joined IBM at Almaden). The room fell silent. Then he "picked up" a xenon atom and moved it. The silence was broken by the ovation from the roomful of seasoned skeptics." John K Clark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.i iQCzAgUBMan8sn03wfSpid95AQEQ8gTwq83eQkNNYoOqlS/yh3CdR8liGh5QVzV8 AriWUWS15YXYcggT+VsfQj7lxoIC4TkjcauQbFLMiFfaI1DzYsD1z2ZD5g03QtOR fN1oKQpfJDUWqdMzG2FQsNKlLlguaXI0Ht0CYGUwF3BNDOpIuVoTjhdTdxLrZb2g VwUua8fv3PsY/491V4ZLFakohtYeZJJBGNpsHYrWgOPSPf4woJs= =vKw3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=6276