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Physical technology rests on our ability to fabricate physical objects, whether they be scientific instruments, consumer products, or tools used to fabricate other physical objects. To understand the ultimate limits in fields that employ physical technologies, one must understand the limits of fabrication. Our understanding of the limits of fabrication has been constrained by the analytical intractability of current fabrication technologies, which are simultaneously complex and diverse, yet narrow in their capabilities. This difficulty has stunted our understanding of the limits of physical technology as a whole.
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Drexler, K.E. (1995). Molecular Manufacturing. In: Welland, M.E., Gimzewski, J.K. (eds) Ultimate Limits of Fabrication and Measurement. NATO ASI Series, vol 292. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0041-0_28
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