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Lifeboat Foundation Nanoshield

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the protecting-us-from-ourselves dept.

Maria Williams writes "KurzweilAI.net says: Tomorrow's biggest danger may be nanoweapons (grey goo and other) created with molecular manufacturing. The Lifeboat Foundation proposes development of detection methods, such as infrared satellite surveillance for nanobot signatures, along with a three-layer defense system, with devices such as an orbiting mirror to focus concentrated sunlight on an ecophagic outbreak."

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  1. Re:Nanoweapons scare me by lawpoop · · Score: 2, Informative

    A percentage of the population is already immune to the HIV virus because of a mutation that changes the structure of T-cells. I would bet that gene therapy will allow us to create resistant T-cells in the bodies of HIV+ persons long before we get any kind of nano-bot, much less one that can do anything worthwhile in a human body.

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