A nanomachine, also called a Nanite, is a mechanical or electro-mechanical device whose dimensions are measured in nanometers.
Nanomachines are largely in the research-and-development phase, but some primitive devices have been tested.
For the purposes of this post we will assume that they are fully developed and viable technology.
All the way down to a scale capable of rearranging electrons, protons and neutrons.
One application of this technology could be transmutation or as it used to be known as, Alchemy.
To take and rearrange a soup of electrons protons and neutrons you could theoretically take any element and convert it into another.
Providing you had the appropriate amount of the building blocks and energy to manipulate of course.
This would lead to an age of abundance that would eliminate scarcity in its entirety, allowing mankind to create worlds from dust if we willed it.
Another potential use would be in medicine, by manipulating cells and biological processes curing cancer or any number of genetic abnormalities would be as simple as taking a breath of air.
The Nanites could locate and assimilate any number of unwanted tissues or genetic information and re-write the code as it were curing quite literally all the things.
This could even lead to a type of immortality whereby one could simply restart the aging process from say the teenage years and just live your entire life again with all the knowledge of the previous still stored within your eternal flawless mind.
Worried about energy? well worry no more, Nanites have you covered there. By surrounding a star in a swarm of these industrious little blighters we can capture the output completely.
Even going so far as to form up a transmission system to send this energy back to our planet, solving the problem of power for millennia.
This is known as a Dyson Swarm which can be made up of larger blocks but for the purposes of this post we will use nano-scale robots instead of larger components.
So that sun you were tapping for power is looking like it's getting a bit heavy now, so instead of letting nature take its course and allowing the star to eventually run out of fuel.
Why don't we start lifting some of the heavier elements from the star, breaking them back down into elemental hydrogen and feeding it back in.
Or alternatively, pull the heavier elements and use them as building blocks to create a larger swarm which could harvest space gas and dust and drop this into the sun.
This would extend the lifespan of the solar engine almost indefinitely.
Now that we are extending and expanding ideas, have limitless ability to do work so let's think about creating our bodies entirely out of Nanites.
Imagine eternal self healing bodies capable of re-configuring themselves from moment to moment. You want to be a cat, dog, fish, mermaid? sure, Nanites got you covered there.
A being of pure energy? well this might be a bit difficult but I'm sure a dispersed swarm could generate a field inside it, giving your soul a way to express itself through the medium of electrons.
Maybe even beam you across the cosmos at the speed of light (or even as light), allowing you to travel across the void effortlessly.
With this technology one could even go ahead and create entire universes inside universes, battle other entities to create and destroy at a whim.
Any possibility within the material universe you can think of is viable given enough energy input. Excluding perhaps time travel and wormhole stuffs.
But who needs time travel when you can just rewind the clock and re-arrange all the things back to a way they previously were.
I'd love to hear your thoughts any other applications you can think of in the comments below.
Thank you for taking the time to read my simple words dearest readers, much love. <3
Due to the segment of this article containing a possible solution to cure aging I am adding you to the Fountain Longevity Circle. I love your vision of the future.
Have any of you read the novel 'Diamond Age'?
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You're so inspiring bacause your posts! I never get bored of your posts, thank you for shared :)
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Nanobites entering the body, consuming foreign tissue, rebuilding organs, immortality is achieved. The human population explodes, resources are exhausted..... One alternative theory! But the uses for this type of technology is endless. Great article again :)
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My eyes actually opened wide like an owl for this one. Wow...!!!
You had me at...age of abundance...and creating worlds from dust if we willed it. Then the ideas for the application of nanites just get better. Mind explosion. I want to go and live in this reality...and after they re-write my code to repair my health I will definitely have a cat form. It makes sense that nanites are essentially alchemy understood as technology that once seemed like magic. Anything is possible given a deeper understanding of the scientific building blocks.
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Indeed, opens up a world of limitless possibilities. The only constraint being the amount of energy available in the universe. I'm glad you enjoyed it golden soul and hope you have a fine day, much love and more power to you. <3
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Great read about a fascinating subject. Nicely executed.
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Glad you enjoyed, I always strive to make my topics interesting and engaging. Much love. <3
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Hahaha. <3
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Do you ever read Prey by Michael Crichton? It is about Nanotechnology. It's getting on a bit now so not sure how dated it is, but the story was intense and I read the whole thing in a day.
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I think so, that one had the nanites that had the biological component? I can't remember exactly.
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You know, I always get leery about experiments on the natural way of things. Not really sure I'd want to live forever, either. I can imagine the human brain would suffer from a lot more psychological issues than it does already!
Still, it's very cool to think what was fantasy even a few years ago is now a very real possibility.
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Well you could always format your brain every so often and just become a new person if you wished? All very exciting tho thats for sure. :)
Thanks for the comment, much love. <3
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Such a fascinating concept... Your well thought-out execution makes this understandable even to laymen. Thank you as always for burrowing deep into the cosmos and sharing your reflection.
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I try to break things down to make it enjoyable for everyone, so I'm glad that you could easily understand and enjoy this. Thanks for your support and kind words, Much love. <3
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The last time i came across nanites don't end up good ! (Reference from "Revolution" series )
I really enjoyed your post ! But eternal life will be for a few people , and this can not end up well as well! :)
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I don't believe so, it'll either be we end up soup, or everyone lives forever. haha.
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Awesome! <3
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I always learn something from you, so thank you!
"One could simply restart the aging process from say the teenage years and just live your entire life again with all the knowledge of the previous still stored within your eternal flawless mind."
Yes!!!!
And the possibilities of using this to cure cancer would be so amazing.
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You could use it to cure pretty much anything, hell even storing an entire copy of yourself 'in the cloud' and restarting from a younger age, or transforming your body into anything you wanted.
Feel like soaring the sky as a giant dragon thing? Swimming the deepest ocean? Nanites got you covered.
I'm glad you enjoyed the post isaria, thanks for commenting, much love. <3
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The possibilities are endless...like you mention the energy part is the only real big hurdle standing in the way, but at the point in time you describe it wouldn't even be a problem then. Getting from here to there, that is the real challenge.
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Yeah at that point matter and energy will be interchangeable, and if we figure out the whole zeropoint energy stuffs, well there was a fellow who estimated the energy in the vacuum of a lightbulb to be enough to boil every sea on earth. Then you got dark matter harvesting and all sorts of interesting stuffs.
Much possibility!
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To use the kind of technological advancement you describe here we would have to evolve a more peaceful and less egotistical mind. Imagine the horrendous military applications of this technology. I'm afraid nanowar at this level of human development would make a global nuclear conflict seem rather soft core.
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I try to steer away from the negative and towards the positive, we have enough fear distrust and uncertainty in the world as it is, but yes, you are absolutely right. Thanks for sharing and much love to you @m1r0. <3
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Feed the minnows!
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hahaha
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We'll all just end up being dust aimlessly floating in space by the sounds of it.
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Sounds perfect to me.
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Congratulations @sammosk!
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You blew my mind away with the thought process of this post. Imagine a world where nanotechnology can cure diseases. I wish the planet was not so greedy to do so. You got the resteem and upvote. Well done my friend.
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