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2355588 No.2355588 [Reply] [Original]

Why is it so hard to move single atoms?

The reason I am asking this is because everything is made out of atoms, right? So we if we could move single atoms somewhat precisely we could just look at something, let's say pudding, and look how we have to piece together the atoms and then we could make pudding!

So we would have replicators and could make oil and water and all kinds of foods and more money and gold and diamonds for everybody and when somebody dies we just look at his atoms before he dies and then make him again.

>> No.2355598

There are a lot of intermolecular forces that become very noticable at the scale of moving single atoms.

>> No.2355600

>>2355588

>> more money and gold and diamonds

How does one make gold by moving atoms around?

>> No.2355601

http://thenanoage.com/
http://molecularassembler.com/

>> No.2355603

The energy it would take to make oil would always be more than you'd get back from burning it. And that ends up being the story with every other application.

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2355604

PUDDI PUDDI

>> No.2355606

>when somebody dies we just look at his atoms before he dies and then make him again
OP confirmed for 12 years old, high on drugs, or troll.

>> No.2355609

>>2355603

But we don't just need oil for energy but also to produce stuff.

>> No.2357709

You can't be serious, OP.

>> No.2357713

Replicators would be nice but they are not very energy efficient.

>> No.2357714

>>2357713

Why not? Since they can replicate everything they could also relocate energy itself and run on the energy they produce..

>> No.2357716

>>2357713

we wouldn't have energy problems if we could just use dyson spheres properly. (although arguably we'd need an intermediary technology first)

>> No.2357718

>>2357714
In movies, perhaps.

>> No.2357721

>>2357714

come back after you finish elementary school