Quantum leaps are only surprising for people who haven't got a clue or vision. But there is no magic either.
I think it will be possible some time. Just not in 30 years unless they make it another Apollo project where they get the whole nation's support. So for now I consider it a budget scam.
If they said 'we will be able to minimize these to nano-level, and maybe make them find their own energy source' I could possibly believe them.
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Quantum leaps are only surprising for people who haven't got a clue or vision. But there is no magic either.
I think it will be possible some time. Just not in 30 years unless they make it another Apollo project where they get the whole nation's support.
So for now I consider it a budget scam.
If they said 'we will be able to minimize these to nano-level, and maybe make them find their own energy source' I could possibly believe them.
Anyone recall the part in the bible where people tried to build a tower to the heavens?
Look at the picture.
The ant isn't exactly nanotech size right now.
Quantum leaps in technology?
It has taken 20 years to go from NMT to GPRS.
Combining these nanos into flying entities?
Computers can barely identify pictures after 20 years of trying.
Pathfinding?
Yeah, contemporary robots really find their way nicely on their own.
Energy?
We can't even do cold fusion yet!
Don't believe these child stories. But keep up the good spirit;) It just may be possible in a hundred years.
I bet we learnt some construction skills from the Tower of Babel flop though.