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From: glg@sfsup.UUCP (G.Gleason)
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Subject: Re: Grey Goo that's too smart for its own good
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Date: 15 Dec 87 19:45:56 GMT
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In article <3278@soma.bcm.tmc.edu> kent@soma.UUCP (Kent Hutson) writes:
>I still don't understand the difference between "nanotechnology"
>and present-day genetic engineering.

The difference is that "nanotechnology" is a broader class of mechanisms,
not restricted to being composed of organic molecules.  Drexler points to
genetic engineering as being the present day beginnings of nanotechnology.

Gerry Gleason